First rule: Criticism is not necessarily negative. Criticism is seeing the deeper meaning of an event, claim, essay, etc.
Second rule: Post the paragraph by Monday so we can talk about it.
Thus, for PA#6 find something interesting about the Branch Rickey/ Jackie Robinson event you attended and evaluate it. The "something interesting" could be an idea implied by the event, some quality of the event, or some idea stated at the event. In your evaluation, follow up on that quality or idea. Develop its implications. Then refer to details about the event that support your point of view.
You could, for example, look for some theme present (but not stated) in the Branch Rickey one man show. You could also analyze the acting ability or the playwriting of the event.
An example: I recently saw "The Social Network." I realized that biopics of this type have in the past tended to deify the person portrayed in the film, even if the screenwriter had to manufacture positive qualities that weren't actually there.
Lately, the victim of such films have been demonized, or at least their flaws have been quite evident even if the screenwriter had to manufacture them. Hmmm, I wondered. Does this film manifest that latter tendency or the former one?
In any case, your paragraph may look something like this:
5 Some basic info about the event, but only the info relevant to the paragraph (not all first sentences are topic sentences)
4 The principle of evaluation you are using (Don't try to write the whole essay!)
3 Your evaluation of the event
2 Evidence from the event to support it
2 Evidence from an outside source to support your evaluation
Some advice:
1. You are not writing a summary paragraph. Presumably, that paragraph appears earlier in the essay.
2. Each number above may be more than one sentence.
3. However, avoid the tendency to wander off topic or write the whole essay. Again, you are writing only one paragraph out of an essay that might be a more comprehensive evaluation of the event. Chose your principle of evaluation wisely.
