Day 10: Unraveling the CAT-W

1. Dissecting "The Dangers of Reality TV" HERE. 
2. Understanding how your responses are scored (page 23 of the packet) 
3. Returning CAT Practice 1; calculate your total score by adding the five scores. For example: 2 (3+4) + 2(4+4) + 2(3+2) + 3+ 4 + 4+ 4= 55
4. General problems with this CAT-W:

• No original claim/reasons; your claim/reasons were a copy of Sexton's
• The response focused on more than ONE significant idea
• The response shifts from the reading's topic (reality tv) to something else (television in general, ads, movies...)
• Very little concrete evidence
• Introductory sentence was ungrammatical:

                        In "The Dangers of Reality TV" by Timothy Sexton explains....

      5. Beginning Blog 7: Revision of CAT Practice 1. 

For next week: Don't forget to Watch The Matrix and complete The Matrix Quiz at the top of my blog!