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EVALUATIVE COMMENTARY
30%

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• Evaluate / Review / Critic an Argumentative Article that
I already approved.

• It is a pairwork. So, only submit 1 assignment. For

example, since there are 28 of you in Electrical and
Mechanical, I will receive 14 assignments. As for the
Civil, there are 30 of you, so I will receive 15
assignments.

• Due date for submission is the last day of class,

whether during the class or during the day of your
class. So, the last day will be different for each group
since the time for your class is different with me. I do
this because I want everyone to submit to me
personally. As you know, this assignment is 30%.

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 FORMAT
1) COVER PAGE
 EE – RED
 EC – GREEN
 EM – BLUE
2) ARTICLE (SIGNED BY ME & HIGHLIGHTED ALL THE POINTS)
3) OUTLINE
4) ESSAY (6 PARAGRPHS; 350 – 400 WORDS)

• Typed
• 11 Calibri
• 1.5 Spacing

* I already made the template for you. Use the template. It will be
standardized and easy for me to mark.

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 COVER PAGE
• The colour of the paper used for the Cover
Page is different according to your group. It
will be easier for me to identify your group.
• Electrical is RED.
• Civil is GREEN.
• Mechanical is BLUE.

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 ARTICLE
• The article must be signed by me when you are going to submit the
assignment. So, I know that I already approved the article.

• If let’s say I already signed but you want to print again (the same
article), don’t worry, just give me the article to sign before you
submit the assignment.

• I have a record of when you give me the article to approve before

(the date).

• You also need to highlight all the points in the article. Use different
colour (any colour). For example, use pink for main ideas and green
for supporting details. So, I will know that you know/you can
identify all the points in the article.

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 OUTLINE
• I want to see the outline next week during
your class, EC and EM are on Sunday; EE is on
Monday.
• For next week, you don’t have to type the
outline yet. You just write and show it to me.

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 Preparing Outline

Crucial step before begin to

Full sentence outline
write. – express ideas in
complete thought.

Important in organising ideas

in the most logical order.  Ideas will not be
forgotten during the
writing stage.
Can see clearly:  Transfer the sentences
- Sufficient support or not.
directly to the paper.
- Irrelevant details – eliminate.

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 Template for Outline
1  Title, Author, Source
INTRODUCTION  Overview of the article
 Author’s Tone
 Thesis Statement (3 main ideas)

2  Main Idea 1
BODY  Supporting Details (2/3 supporting details)

3  Main Idea 2
BODY  Supporting Details (2/3 supporting details)

4  Main Idea 3
BODY  Supporting Details (2/3 supporting details)

5  Write Personal Opinion / View (agree / disagree)

YOUR OPINION  Justify Your Opinion (Reasons)

6  Restate Personal Opinion / View

CONCLUSION  Final Comment

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 Title, Author, Source
• Title -> Write the title of your article. What is the title?

• Author -> Write the author of your article. Who wrote the article?
Let’s say if you cannot find the author of your article such as
missing author or anonymous, don’t worry. Just write -. However,
please find the author first because I will check.

• Source -> Write the source of your article. Where do you find it? Is
it online or in a newspaper? If it is online, write the name of the
website and the website address. For example, Private Writing
(http: …). You need to write the website address so know that it is
from online. If you did not write the website address, I think it is
from newspaper. But as I said before, I will check everything again.

• Example: I review an article entitled ‘…’ written by … This article is

taken from …
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 Overview Of The Article
• What is it about?
• Is the author agree or disagree with the topic?
• You can write about 2 or 3 sentences.
• It is in the article. But maybe you cannot see it
directly. You need to read the article. But
usually you can find about the overview in the
first paragraph of your article.
• Example: The article is about … The author
agreed that …
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 Author’s Tone
• Tone refers to the author’s attitude towards the
topic.
• Can be known through choice of words and phrases.
– Eg: Sarah should never have applied for a course in Marine
Biology. With her results, she is not going to last long at
the university (judgemental; critical).

Positive Neutral Negative

Amused Objective Angry
Optimistic Factual Bitter
Enthusiastic Informative Critical
Confident Serious Pessimistic

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• How to determine the tone? Read the whole
article. If you are not sure, read loudly. Then,
which category the tone is? Is it positive,
neutral, or negative?
• If you read and the tone is negative, now
choose which negative? Is it bitter, angry,
sarcastic? There are a lot of tones apart from
what I wrote here. You can go and search.
• It is only in 1 sentence.
• Example: The author’s tone of this article is …

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 Thesis Statement • The thesis statement can
- 1 statement or sentence. be general or specific
- States purpose (thesis). thesis statement.
- Introduces 3 main points • Usually, you cannot find
(predictors). the thesis statement in
- The last sentence of
INTRODUCTION. the article. It is you
yourself who need to
General Specific write the thesis
statement.
E.g.:
There are a number of
E.g.: ways to improve English
language proficiency,
There are a number of
such as by speaking 1
ways to improve
English with our peers,
English language
listening to English 2
proficiency.
songs and reading
various English
materials. 3

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 Paragraph 2, 3, 4 - Body
• Paragraph 2, 3, 4 MUST be from the article.
Meaning all your main ideas and supporting
details are from the article.
• What you highlighted in the article are the
same as in the outline.
• For the main ideas, write a topic sentence.
Your topic sentence is the first sentence.

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 Topic Sentence

Main Inform Introduce

the
thought reader main idea

Usually But can also be in

1
1st the middle, at the
sentence
sentence end or implied

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 Subject
(topic)

Topic
Sentence
Controlling
idea
(direction)

E.g.:

The teacher is loved. X

The teacher is loved for her patience. √

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 Supporting Details
Develop the topic sentence into a paragraph

Provide details related to the topic sentence

explain, elaborate, example, support, data, study, etc.

Minimum sentence for supporting details are 2. It can be

more than that, depends on your article. But don’t copy
everything. Just choose.

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 Your Opinion
• Do you agree or disagree?
• Why? Give reasons.
• It is in 1 paragraph and in your own words. Be
critical. Your opinion must be different from
the author.
• Example: We agree/disagree … This is because
…

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 Conclusion
• You have to restate your personal opinion
again.
• After that, write your final comment.
Minimum is 1 sentence. But it can be more
than that, up to you. Final comment is to wrap
up your essay.
• Example: In conclusion, we agree/disagree …

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GOOD LUCK!
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