Essays comparing the Great Detective to Mr. Spock, Hermione Granger and other brainy characters.
After completing and transcribing their interviews, students write reflective essays, comparing these accounts to their own.
4. Write essays comparing personally memorable photos with prize-winning ones.
4. Learn about the trials of other public personalities accused of crimes; write essays comparing the researched situations to that of Kobe Bryant.
For example, to practice comparing and contrasting, she had students read an article about a Pakistani girl's daily routine, then write essays comparing their lives with hers.
The essays compare alternative approaches and apply these methods to evaluate the quality of elections in several areas, including the United States, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America.
Evaluation / Assessment: Students will be evaluated based on initial journal responses, thoughtful participation in class discussions, cooperation in small groups, creation of "How It Works" posters, presentations of posters, and essays comparing and contrasting three languages.
The qualitative analyses suggest that raters had inconsistent perceptions toward certain features of essays compared to the experts, such as the amount of textual borrowing, the development of ideas, and the consistency of the focus.
Four pairs of essays compare and contrast Aristotle and Kant on deliberation and moral development (John McDowell and Barbara Herman), eudaimonism (T. H. Irwin and Stephen Engstrom), self-love and self-worth (Jennifer Whiting and Allen Wood), and practical reason and moral psychology (Julia Annas and Christine Korsgaard).
Evaluation / Assessment: Students will be evaluated based on completed journal entries, participation in class and group discussions, thorough reading and analysis of their assigned section of the newspaper, and thoughtfully written essays comparing the story of a news article to other well-known plots.
