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Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to develop your critical
engagement with scholarship.
Article to be Reviewed:
Colpitts, George. “Treaty 6 Cree Annuity Spending in the Territorial Economy of Western Canada, 1873–
1905.” Ethnohistory 67, no. 1 (January 1, 2020): 29–48. https://doi.org/10.1215/00141801-
7888689.
Description: This assignment requires students to write a formal academic critical analysis of academic
writing. The purposes of the assignment are to: (1) identify the thesis statement and analyze the
author’s supporting evidence and academic writing (2) develop your own writing skills including creating
thesis statements and supporting with evidence, and (3) learn something of the history of Canada. The
critical analysis should include:
● An introduction. The introduction should not be longer than half a page. Students will be
graded on the structure, grammar, content and referencing of the paper.
o Identify the article, the topic of the article & main sections, and the author’s thesis
statement.
o Your thesis statement- This is your overall argument on how effective you think the
article’s author is at supporting their thesis statement.
● Your supporting arguments.
o Each should be its own paragraph and discuss about how the article is written and how
these items were beneficial or not to the author supporting their argument.
o Things that may be explored in your review: methods, organization, sources, scope
(what is included what is not)
o Your supporting argument should use specific examples from the article to support
your position.
● Conclusion
o Restate your thesis statement and how you supported your position regarding the
article.
Letter Percentage Grade
Point
Value
Descriptor
A+ 95-100 4.0 Excellent
A 90-94 4.0
A- 84-89 3.7
B+ 78-83 3.3 Good
B 73-77 3.0
B- 70-72 2.7
C+ 67-69 2.3 Satisfactory
C 61-66 2.0
C- 55-60 1.7
D+ 52-54 1.3 Poor
D 50-51 1.0 Minimal Pass
F Below 50 0 Fail
4
Structurally, the review should be organized logically. Paragraphs should have topic sentences that
relate to YOUR THESIS. I highly recommend TEEL paragraph structure which can be seen here:
https://emedia.rmit.edu.au/learninglab/content/writing-paragraphs Words should be spelled correctly,
and sentences should be free of grammatical errors.
This review is not very long. Students will need to write concisely avoiding unnecessary words and/or
sentences. You are also required to reference or footnote the article, using The Chicago Manual of Style
(CMS) format (Notes-Bibliography- Footnotes), when you refer to specific content, including when you
refer to an idea from the article, when you borrow an idea, provide a direct quotation, and when you
paraphrase. Include a bibliography also using CMS format. Please see further in this syllabus for more
citation information.
Length and formatting: This assignment must be 600-800 words. Very important: length requirement
does NOT include cover page, bibliography, or citations. Formatting is per writing conventions listed
above.
Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to develop your critical
engagement with scholarship.
Article to be Reviewed:
Colpitts, George. “Treaty 6 Cree Annuity Spending in the Territorial Economy of Western Canada, 1873–
1905.” Ethnohistory 67, no. 1 (January 1, 2020): 29–48. https://doi.org/10.1215/00141801-
7888689.
Description: This assignment requires students to write a formal academic critical analysis of academic
writing. The purposes of the assignment are to: (1) identify the thesis statement and analyze the
author’s supporting evidence and academic writing (2) develop your own writing skills including creating
thesis statements and supporting with evidence, and (3) learn something of the history of Canada. The
critical analysis should include:
● An introduction. The introduction should not be longer than half a page. Students will be
graded on the structure, grammar, content and referencing of the paper.
o Identify the article, the topic of the article & main sections, and the author’s thesis
statement.
o Your thesis statement- This is your overall argument on how effective you think the
article’s author is at supporting their thesis statement.
● Your supporting arguments.
o Each should be its own paragraph and discuss about how the article is written and how
these items were beneficial or not to the author supporting their argument.
o Things that may be explored in your review: methods, organization, sources, scope
(what is included what is not)
o Your supporting argument should use specific examples from the article to support
your position.
● Conclusion
o Restate your thesis statement and how you supported your position regarding the
article.
Letter Percentage Grade
Point
Value
Descriptor
A+ 95-100 4.0 Excellent
A 90-94 4.0
A- 84-89 3.7
B+ 78-83 3.3 Good
B 73-77 3.0
B- 70-72 2.7
C+ 67-69 2.3 Satisfactory
C 61-66 2.0
C- 55-60 1.7
D+ 52-54 1.3 Poor
D 50-51 1.0 Minimal Pass
F Below 50 0 Fail
4
Structurally, the review should be organized logically. Paragraphs should have topic sentences that
relate to YOUR THESIS. I highly recommend TEEL paragraph structure which can be seen here:
https://emedia.rmit.edu.au/learninglab/content/writing-paragraphs Words should be spelled correctly,
and sentences should be free of grammatical errors.
This review is not very long. Students will need to write concisely avoiding unnecessary words and/or
sentences. You are also required to reference or footnote the article, using The Chicago Manual of Style
(CMS) format (Notes-Bibliography- Footnotes), when you refer to specific content, including when you
refer to an idea from the article, when you borrow an idea, provide a direct quotation, and when you
paraphrase. Include a bibliography also using CMS format. Please see further in this syllabus for more
citation information.
Length and formatting: This assignment must be 600-800 words. Very important: length requirement
does NOT include cover page, bibliography, or citations. Formatting is per writing conventions listed
above.