The response part of the assignment should be Here are some sample formats for this sentence. The last sentence in your introduction should be your The thesis statement for this paper should make a statement of agreement or disagreement with some point in the video or should identify some problem or problems with the information stated in the video, offer an application of the information in the video, or compare your own experience to the experiences of the students in the video. In this thesis statement, you will present what you are going to say in the rest of the response. You will have a different thesis statement depending on what type of response you are planning on writing. Here are some sample formats for this sentence: Robertsons point that is inaccurate because College professors who have international students in their classes should In the video, Pablo, a student from Colombia, makes an excellent point when he says This is the part of the paper where you
get to give your own ideas about what you have seen in the video. However, in your writing. Since you are writing the paper, it is obvious that the ideas presented are yours; you say, I think or I believe or My opinion is The conclusion should be a brief restatement of what you said in your response. It should contain at least 2-4 sentences. Your conclusion should include no new information that you havent already included in the response, unless you want to add a brief application or some brief advice. DO NOT use contractions (like in your essay)! DO NOT use 2 person pronouns (you, your). You may use 3 person pronouns (he, she, they, etc). You may ONLY use 1 person pronouns (I, me, my) IF you choose to write a personal experience response to the articlebut only for the part of response that is telling about the personal experience. (Essays adapted from by Dolahite and Haun) Characteristics of a Response: Examples of the three types of responses: