Identifying words and phrases to write a media review
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Ask students to open 5-10 reviews websites of either movies or games, open https://www.wordandphrase.info/analyzeText.asp, and copy the reviews and paste them onto the box. Then click ‘search’.
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Click ‘SEE LISTS’ to see the word frequency list of the text
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Ask students to identify usages of words in media reviews, and share in the classroom
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Identifying similarities and differences across the review types
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Students compare the word lists (https://www.wordandphrase.info/analyzeText.asp) from the media reviews and product reviews, compare the common words from both types of reviews, and identify similarities and differences
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Ask students to open https://seoscout.com/test, paste text reviews of medias and products (one review type at a time) onto the box, and identify the following differences:
- Reading ease
- Average words per sentence (select ‘Text Analysis’ to see the result)
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From the analyses, students share results and discuss the similarities and differences with their classmates
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Explain students that, in the next two weeks, they are supposed to turn in the 1st half learning reflection and a text review
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Give students an opportunity to ask questions about the two assignments.