EVALUATIVE

WRITING
 ARE YOU A FOODIE?
WHAT KIND OF FOOD DO YOU
PREFER?

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EVERYONE'S A
CRITIC!
WORK IN GROUPS TO
EVALUATE SUSHI

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 Criteria

This refers to the reasons

WHAT WAS you made your opinion. The

YOUR criteria you select must

establish the ideal of the
CRITERIA? product, place, or person
that you are evaluating.

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 Judgment

WERE YOU
OBJECTIVE OR
SUBJECTIVE?

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 Evidence

Evidence refers to the

information that you use to

DID YOU support the judgment. It

STATE AN answers the question "why?"

elaborately. To avoid being
EVIDENCE? subjective, you must provide
strong clues or evidence for
your judgments.

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 What is true about an evaluative
essay?

“ You are asked to evaluate some of the

common things, including movies,

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books, items, products, tools, events,
speeches, vehicles, and anything else.

TRUE
 What is true about an evaluative
essay?

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It’s same as a persuasive essay.

False
Although an evaluation essay is similar to a
persuasive essay, it provides a more balanced
”
argument. You need to provide a judgment that is
 What is true about an evaluative
essay?

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While writing it, you provide evidence

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to justify your opinions about the
subject.

TRUE
 What is true about an evaluative
essay?

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Although you are giving your point of

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view, it is not to be opinionated.
Rather, it should be as objective as
can be.
TRUE
 What is true about an evaluative
essay?

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You are not allowed to give your

”
opinion while writing an evaluative
essay.

False
When writing an evaluative essay, you should review
something, a place, a phenomenon, or an issue, then
objectively give your opinion on the value.
• So, we can apply this to an evaluation
essay .
• We carefully examine the ‘Object’ and
provide an overall judgement of it.
• WHI CH TOP I CS Y OU MAY BE
AS KED TO WRI TE AN E VALUATI ON
ESS AY O N?
A BOOK
A MOVI E
A PRODUCT
AN ARTI CLE
AN E VENT
A SP EECH
 

 
CRITERIA TO CONSIDER
• Discuss both the pros and cons of the thing.
• Discuss both the strengths and weaknesses of the thing.
• Look at the thing from multiple different perspectives.
• Be both positive and critical. Don’t make it look like you’re biased towards
one perspective.
 EXERCISE 1 ​
• READ THE SAMPLE  EVALUATIVE ESSAY AND ANSWER THE
QUESTIONS ​
Answer

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Answer

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Answer

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 L et’s reca p

WHAT ARE THE 3 ELEMENTS OF

EVALUATIVE WRITING?
• Criteria
• Judgment
• Evidence

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 L et’s reca p

WHAT IS THE OUTLINE OF THE

EVALUATIVE WRITING?

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 Critical thinking

IF YOU ARE ASKED TO REVIEW A

MOVIE, WHAT CRITERIA WOULD
YOU THINK OF TO WRITE A GOOD
EVALUATION?
• Plot, dialogues, characters, use of colors, camera techniques,
mood, tone, symbols, costumes, Soundtrack or directing)

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EXIT TICKET
• Write a paragraph to evaluate a movie of your choice.
1. State the movie name.
2. Decide your criteria
3. Be objective
4. Include evidence

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 H.W

READ THE
TEXT (GHOSTS
CAMPFIRE
SCARS) AND
COMPLETE
THE FORM.

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