LESSON-7_CRITIQUE-WRITING.pptx

CHECKING PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
Before we proceed to our lessons and activities, let us answer the following questions to
check first your prior knowledge by answering the pre-test below. Encircle the letter of your
answer.
1.It is an analysis of any form of academic piece of writing.
a. essay b. critique c. editorial d. creative
2. What does a critique aim to?
a. Analyze how well the points in the article are made
b. Prove the inconsistency of a literary work
c. Synthesize the original text
d. Entertain the readers
3. A critique must be done based on observations of the text.
a. subjectively c. psychologically
b. objectively d. opinion

4. Which of the following is the benefit of writing critique?
a. critiques help the writer improve his work
b. critiques encourage to continue different line of work
c. critiques give the writer concrete ideas for more text
d. critiques develop skills in writing
5. Which of the following is the first step in writing a critique?
a. state the conclusion
b. read and understand the text
c. orient the readers regarding the text
d. edit and revise the text
6. Which of the following is considered a good critique?
a. discusses the weaknesses of the text
b. presents the ideas objectively and fairly
c. focuses only on the good points of the text
d. evaluates one part of the text

7. Which of the following statement about critique is not true?
a. critique benefits only the writer of the original text
b. good critique presents both the strengths and weaknesses of the text
c. critique writing involves critical thinking and analytical skills
d. critique persuades the readers
8. Rowell needs to write a critique of an article but he does not know how.
Which of the following should he do?
a. He should find a familiar essay
b. He should summarize the essay
c. He should analyze the essay
d. He should paraphrase the essay
9. Below are the characteristics of an effective critique paper, except:
a. consistency b. accuracy c. subjectivity d. objectivity
10. Which characteristic of an effective critique shows pointing out what the
creator or author of the work being evaluated has done well and what s/he has not?
a. objectivity b. balance c. relevance d. emphasis

B. Write True if the statement is correct; False if it is wrong.
Write your answer on the space provided before each number.
1. A critique does not include the summary of the work being evaluated.
2. A critique should point out the strengths of the work being evaluated, not just
its weaknesses and flaws
3. The writer should be subjective in writing a critique as one cannot critically
examine a piece of work without emotion or feelings involved.
4. The introduction of a critique should clearly provide evidence or proof to the
writer’s claim or assertion.
5. In answering a critique, the writer may present counter arguments to deal
with oppositions and reaffirm his/her position.

ACTIVITY 1: EXPLAIN THE PIC!
Activity 1: Multiple Choice.
Direction: Which of the following statements or phrases best describes a reaction
to a COVID 19 pandemic picture? Encircle the letter of your choice and explain your
answer.
A. Face mask is a must for everyone to have.
B. Social distancing is a barrier to
practice traditional greetings.
C. Social distancing prevents everyone
from enjoying social functions.
D. Social distancing prevents is one of
the measures to prevent from acquiring
the disease.
Why?

answer.
Picture #2:
A. Losing a job is uncontrollable.
B. Hoping is just a fate, reality is undeniable.
C. Losing job means moving forward and
D. Losing a job is losing faith and hope.
hoping. Why?

answer.
Picture #3:
A. Loving over caring
B. Caring over loving
C. Protecting is loving and caring
D. Loving and caring is protecting

Activity 2: Ask and Tell
Direction. Using the same pictures, test yourself by providing evidences in answering the
following questions:
1. What should the government do to address the problems that exist during the pandemic?
2. Is observing social distancing enough action to prevent the pandemic? If not, can you give other.
alternative without bias opinion about it?
3. Is caring a justifiable act to violate social distancing? What are your evidences?
4. What are the limitations or shortcomings of the government, if any, in dealing with the situations?
5.Give your personal observation about the programs extended by the government during the
pandemic.

OBJECTIVES
1. discuss critique writing; and
2. critique academic texts

3 ACADEMIC TEXT
REACTION PAPER
CRITIQUE
REVIEW
-are specialized forms of
writing in which
-can be written in 250 to
750 words
-present
but with proofs or evidences
-have similar format
LESSON 7: CRITIQUE WRITING

Subjects for a reaction paper, critique & review
1. Scholarly Works- Academic books, researches, and
articles.
2. Works of Art- literary texts, exhibits, plays film,
performance art, dance, even sports.
3. Designs- buildings, furniture, fashion design.
4. Graphic Designs- posters, billboard, commercials, and
other digital media.

Common Format
I. Introduction –Title or Name of the Subject, Author or
Creator, Date Made, and other basic information about
the subject.
II. Body (has 2 sections)
A. Summary –Explains what the subject is. Is it a
scholarly work? A work of art? What its purpose? What does
it contain? What can be seen from it?

B. Evaluation- Presents your judgement of the subject.
How well is the subject made? How do you feel about it?
What are its good and bad points? Is the work significant?
May use Critical Approaches –formalism, feminism,
Marxism, and reader response.
III. Conclusion –tells your Overall impression of the work.
Includes final judgment on the subject’s value, significance,
worth or future improvements.

Guidelines in Writing the Three-body Paragraphs
1. Organize your critical evaluations.
2. Discuss the techniques or styles used in the work.
3. Explain what types of evidence or argument are used.
4. Determine what the work adds to the understanding of its
topic
5. Use examples for each point.

1. Organize your critical evaluations
These should form the bulk of your critique
and should be a minimum of three paragraphs. You can
choose to organize your critique differently depending
on how you want to approach your critique. However,
you should devote a paragraph to each main topic,
using the rest of the steps in this section to develop
each paragraph's discussion.

• If you have three clear points about your work, you
can organize each paragraph by point. For example, if
you are analyzing a painting, you might critique the
painter’s use of color, light, and composition, devoting
a paragraph to each topic.
• Alternatively, you could organize your critique by
―strengths and ―weaknesses. The aim of a critique is
not merely to criticize, but to point out what the
creator or author has done well and what s/he has
not.

• If you have more than three points about your work, you
can organize each paragraph thematically. For example, if
you are critiquing a movie and want to talk about its
treatment of women, its screenwriting, its pacing, its use of
color and framing, and its acting, you might think about
the broader categories that these points fall into, such as
―production‖ (pacing, color and framing, screenwriting),
―social commentary‖ (treatment of women), and
―performance‖ (acting).

2. Discuss the techniques or styles used in the
work
This is particularly important when evaluating
creative works, such as literature, art, and music. Offer
your evaluation of how effectively the creator uses the
techniques or stylistic choices she/he has made to
promote her/his purpose.

• For example, if you are critiquing a song, you
could consider how the beat or tone of the music
supports or detracts from the lyrics.
• For a research article or a media item, you may
want to consider questions such as how the data
was gathered in an experiment, or what method a
journalist used to discover information.

3. Explain what types of evidence or argument
are used.
This may be more useful in a critique of a media
item or research article. Consider how the author of
the work uses other sources, their own evidence, and
logic in their arguments.

• Does the author use primary sources (e.g., historical
documents, interviews, etc.)? Secondary sources?
Quantitative data? Qualitative data? Are these sources
appropriate for the argument?
• Has evidence been presented fairly, without distortion
or selectivity?
• Does the argument proceed logically from the evidence
used?

4. Determine what the work adds to the understanding of its topic
-There are a couple of ways to approach this. Your goal in this
section should be an assessment of the overall usefulness of the work.
• If the work is a creative work, consider whether it presents its ideas in an
original or interesting way. You can also consider whether it engages with
key concepts or ideas in popular culture or society.
• If the work is a research article, you can consider whether the work
enhances your understanding of a particular theory or idea in its
discipline. Research articles often include a section on ―further research‖
where they discuss the contributions their research has made and what
future contributions they hope to make.

5. Use examples for each point
Back up your assertions with evidence from
your text or work that support your claim about
each point. For example, if you were critiquing a
novel and found the writing dull, you might
provide a particularly boring quotation as
evidence, and then explain why the writing did
not appeal to you.

1. State your overall assessment of the
work
This should be a statement about the
overall success of the work. Did it
accomplish the creator’s goal or purpose? If
so, how did it achieve this success? If not,
what went wrong?

2. Summarize your key reasons for this assessment
While you should have already presented evidence
for your claims in the body paragraphs, you should
provide a short restatement of your key reasons here.
This could be as simple as one sentence that says
something like ―Because of the researcher’s attention to
detail, careful methodology, and clear description of the
results, this article provides a useful overview of topic X.

3. Recommend any areas for improvement,
if appropriate
Your assignment or prompt will usually
say if recommendations are appropriate for the
critique. This element seems to be more
common when critiquing a research article or
media item, but it could also apply to critiques
of creative works as well.

4. Provide a list of references
How you present these will depend on your
instructor’s preferences and the style (MLA, APA,
Chicago, etc.) that is appropriate to your
discipline. However, you format this list, you
should always include all the sources you used in
your critique.

1. Give the fundamental data about the work.
The primary section is first experience with the work, and
you should give the fundamental data about it in this passage.
This data will incorporate the creator's or maker's name(s), the title
of the work, and the date of its creation.
2. Give a setting to the work
The kind of setting you give will differ dependent on what
sort of work you're assessing. You should expect to give the peruse
some comprehension of what gives the maker or creator may have
been reacting to, however you don't have to give a thorough
history. Simply give your per user enough data.

3. Sum up the maker's objective or reason in
making the work
This component ought to consider what the
proposal or motivation behind the work is. In some
cases, this might be obviously expressed, for
example, in an examination article. For different
writings or inventive works, you may need to define
what you accept to be the maker's objective or
reason yourself.

4. Sum up the central matters of the work. Depict, quickly, how
the central matters are made
For instance, you may discuss a work's utilization of characters
or imagery to portray its point about society, or you could discuss the
exploration questions and theories in a diary article.
• For model, on the off chance that you were expounding on The
Shining, you could sum up the primary concerns thusly: "Stanley
Kubrick utilizes solid imagery, for example, the position of the film's
inn on an Indian cemetery, the naming of the inn "Disregard," and the
steady nearness of Native American fine art and portrayal, to point out
watchers' America's treatment of Native Americans ever."

5. Present your underlying evaluation
This will fill in as your proposition explanation and should
make a case about the work's overall adequacy and additional
handiness. Is your assessment going to be essentially certain,
negative, or blended?
• For an examination article, you will likely need to concentrate your
proposition on whether the exploration and conversation upheld the
writers' cases. You may likewise wish to study the exploration
technique, if there are clear blemishes present.
• For imaginative works, consider what you accept the creator or
maker's objective was in making the work, and afterward present
your appraisal of whether they accomplished that objective.

1. Begin with an introduction that outlines
your argument.
The introduction should be no more than two
paragraphs long and should lay out the basic
framework for your critique. Start off by noting
where the article in question fails or succeeds
most dramatically and why.

2. Provide evidence for your argument in the body paragraphs
of your critique.
Each body paragraph should detail a new idea or further
expand your argument in a new direction.
3. Complicate your argument near the end of the critique.
No matter how solid your argument is, there is always
at least one dramatic way in which you can provide a final twist or
take your argument one step further and suggest possible
implications. Do this in the final body paragraph before your
conclusion to leave the reader with a final, memorable argument.

4. Present your arguments in a well-reasoned, objective tone.
Avoid writing in an overzealous or obnoxiously passionate
tone, as doing so can be a turn-off to many readers. Let your
passion shine through in your ability to do thorough research and
articulate yourself effectively.
5. Conclude your critique by summarizing your argument and
suggesting potential implications.
It is important to provide a recap of your main points
throughout the article, but you also need to tell the reader what
your critique means for the discipline at large.

Directions: Read each questions carefully. Choose the letter of
the correct answer and write it on the space provided before
each number.
1. It is a genre of academic writing that briefly summarizes and critically evaluates
a work or concept.
a. analyzing
b. critiquing
c. summarizing
d. Paraphrasing
2. A good critique should be supported with, except;
a. it has main points that are based on facts
b. it has an argument and evidence that supports the claim
c. it has witnesses to prove the story is true
d. it has strong claims to support the argument
LET US CHECK YOUR LEARNING

3. The aim of a critique is
a. to criticize the work
b. to evaluate the worth of the work
c. to replace the work
d. to synthesize the work
4. What does a critique aim to?
a. analyze how well the points in the article are made
b. prove the inconsistency of a literary work
c. synthesize the original text
d. criticize the idea of the text

5. A critique must be done_____ based on observations of the
text.
a. subjectively
b. objectively
c. psychologically
d. Opinion
6. Which of the following is the benefit of writing critique?
a. critiques help the writer improve his work
b. critiques encourage to continue different line of work
c. critiques give the writer concrete ideas for more text
d. critiques develop skills in writing

7. Which of the following is the first step in writing a critique?
a. state the conclusion
b. read and understand the text
c. orient the readers regarding the text
d. edit and revise the text
8.Which of the following is considered a good critique?
a. discusses the weaknesses of the text
b. presents the ideas objectively and fairly
c. focuses only on the good points of the text
d. evaluates one part of the text

9. Which of the following statement about critique is not true?
a. critique benefit only the writer of the original text
b. good critiques present both the strengths and weakness of the
text
c. critique writing involves critical thinking and analytical skills.
d. critique persuades the readers
10. Rona needs to write a critique of an article but he does not
know how. Which of the following should he do?
a. He should find a familiar essay
b. He should summarise the essay
c. He should edit the essay
d. He should paraphrase the essay

11. Below are the characteristics of an effective critique
paper, except:
b. consistency
b. accuracy
c. subjectivity
d. objectivity
12. Which characteristic of an effective critique shows
pointing out what the creator or author of the work being
evaluated has done well and what s/he has not?
a. objectivity
b. balance
c. relevance
d. emphasis

13. What academic writing requires you to analyze and identify the
strengths and weaknesses of an article?
a. article critique c. literature review
b. book review d. essay
14. Are fictitious data allowed in crafting a critique?
a. yes c. maybe
b. no d. never
15. Mae is critiquing an academic text. Which of the following should she
include in her critique?
a. whether the arguments are logical
b. whether the text is interesting
c. whether the text is for kids and adults
d. whether the text is informative

Write a critique about the caricature below observing the principles in
critiquing. Write your critique on a whole sheet of paper
PERFORMANCE TASK

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