Department of Education

Region III - Division of Nueva Ecija

STA. BARBARA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Sta. Barbara, San Antonio, Nueva Ecija
 
Learning Activity Sheet in English for Academic and Professional Purposes (EAPP)
Quarter 2–Module 1:
Writing a Reaction / Critique Paper

Name: ___________________________ 12- __________________

General Directions: Do not write in all capital letters, including your name. Wrong spelling is always wrong;
so be careful. Failure to follow given directions will get deductions from the total score; so read each of the
directions and statements carefully.

What I Have Learned

A Reaction/Review or a Critique Paper may be a response, or reaction, to some

style of prompt. The prompt is also a matter, a current, event, or a sort of media, including
movies or video clips. As a SHS (College) student, you're expected to think at the next level,
your instructor wants to grasp what you're thinking that supported what you've got learned,
so it's always an honest idea to incorporate references, whether or not this implies only
referencing your textbook.
A good reaction paper gives a fair and balance social commentary; provides
relevant and accurate factual information on the situation; exhibits by means of thorough
and in-depth analysis an appreciation of context (including time, place, people,
involvement, their motivation, and actuations); makes a clear distinction, through
language, between what is actual and what is probable or possible; exhibits a deep sense of
humanity and an understanding of the human situation even while expressing disapproval
or disagreement most intensely.

What I Can Do
Read the following example of a movie review
(courtesy of https://www.bigscreen.com/ReaderReview.php?movie=Titanic).

Parts of a Reaction Paper Reaction / Comments

about the movie
"Titanic" is one of the best movies I have ever seen, a
Introduction three-hour epic of a torn love relationship set against the
An introduction, sinking of the "Titanic" in 1912. Director James Cameron has
which gives all the
made his best film, a $200 million love story with the most
background information,
such as the type of the realistic visual effects I have ever seen, along with the most
film, cast and the understandable story from a mainstream director. Call it
director, main characters, "Gone with The Wind on The High Seas." This is by far the
and the setting. best major studio film of the decade.
The film opens with an expedition crew, led by Brock
(Bill Paxton), diving down to the wreck of Titanic off the coast
of Newfoundland. Finding a safe on the wreck, believed to
contain a priceless diamond, the crew finds not the diamond
but a picture of a woman. The picture is broadcast on TV, only
to have the survivor, the woman in that picture, Rose (Gloria
Stuart), phones the expedition crew and claims that she is the
woman in that picture. She visits the crew and begins to tell
them the fate of the Titanic.

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 Then the film swoops right back to 1912, where we meet
Rose, as a 17 year old girl (played by Kate Winslet), arriving
Body with her rich as nuts fiancée Cal (Billy Zane) and company to
A main body, which be, among others, on the first class deck of the first ever sailing
deals with the key plot of the new Titanic ship. On they go, and then we visit Jack
elements as well as the (Leonardo DiCaprio) on a hand of poker, with his buddy
comments on the acting, (Danny Nucci). The prize: two tickets on the "Titanic" for its sail
directing and character to New York. Jack hits a full house, and the two are off, running
development. to the almost leaving ship. They are heading for third class.

The beautiful, massive boat sets sail, as we learn more

about Kate and her relationship to her Cal (her mother has
forced her to marry him just for the money), which she
desperately wants out of and will even jump off the boat to do
it. Here is where she meets Jack, who saves her life and is
treated by the upmost respect by Cal and company. So here is
Jack, a drifter from the third class, being invited to a boring
first-class dinner and conversation. Jack kindly accepts, only to
blow the engagement halfway and take Rose down to a fun Irish
party. I love how these two scenes were set up, and how the
action of a blast of an Irish party cut with a quiet first-class
party. (Not to mention getting a look at the steam room, the
heart of the ship, which is so massive I cannon even get into
detail).

Jack and Rose eventually fall for each other, and their
love is wonderful; finally Cameron (who wrote the script) has
gotten a real love relationship down on film. The results are
beautiful, from the eroticism of Jack painting that historical
picture of Rose naked, to the two having sex in the car she rode
in on.

You know the whole "Titanic" legend, the ship sails and
sinks. But the latter half of the movie is getting to see how this
ship went down. The ship hits an iceberg, the beginning of the
end. At first, even the viewer would doubt that this little
encounter with ice would harm the ship. But it starts taking
on water, faster and faster, until the crew discover that the
boat will eventually sink like a stone. Although you have a
pretty good idea what happens next, I will go no further, only
to tell you that the disaster of the Titanic on film is the most
horrifying I have ever seen, and the most amazing.

Conclusion I feel this is a good romantic movie. There are many

good things about this movie such as the acting. The Acts in
A conclusion, which this movie were very good in playing the parts of people form
is mainly the opinion of
the author about 1914. I also liked the special effects of this movie and how they
whether the film is worth based the story on fact or fiction. There are a few things that I
watching. really did not like about this movie One is the Gun which
Roses bodyguard is caring around the gun is a semi-auto
9mmI do not think they were invented until about 60 years
later. Another thing is how Jack never tries very hard to get on
the door with her. Overall, this was a very good movie and I
feel you should go see it in the theater.

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 Directions: Using the given example, write a review of your own favorite movie (whether a
foreign or Filipino movie). Be guided by the following rubric from Homework Market .com at
https://www.homeworkmarket.com/questions/diary-of-a-heroin-addict .
Write your reaction / critique on the space provided below.

Reaction Paper Grading Rubric

Content: Topic Background (10 points):
• Topic background and connection to course content
(lecture notes, text) are covered thoroughly, clearly,
and accurately)
Content: Opinions & points of view (10 points):
• At least three key points made by speaker or
film were addressed thoroughly, clearly, and
accurately

Content: New info learned (10 points):

• At least three new pieces of information were described
• Opinion of speaker or film was discussed,
along with reasons for your opinion
Writing (15 points):
• Grammar, punctuation, and spelling are correct
• Logical progression of sentence structure and
paragraph Structure

Format (5 points):
• Paper is typed, 12 point font, 1 inch margins
• Paper is at least 2 pages (excluding title, name, etc.)
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