From now on when I create activities/materials I will bring a whole new set of skills and insights to the table, and will no doubt be a more informed, educated materials designer.  Although the activities presented here won't win any awards, they are useful and meaningful - A student wouldn't be wasting his/her time reading Roger Ebert's review of Saturday Night Fever and answering a few questions.  If anything, the student would walk away with a bit of interesting trivia (Siskel's acquisition of the famed white suit), and if he took the time to view the trailer, a tad of amusement as well.  So not only is the student exposed to one critic style of evaluation, he's also learning about American pop culture. 

And let us not forget Scarlet - the whiny, southern belle who took the South by storm. A few short readings about Selzick's legendary flick exposes the learner to yet another pillar of American pop culture, as well as the biases of Hollywood.  And to top it all off, the student gets to practice evaluating tone in the process.  

 Ultimately, even with all of the theories and the research that goes along with them, the process of designing meaningful and engaging activities is a complicated process that requires diligence, practice, and resilience, and if I could sum it all up in one word, it would have to be "revise."  Nothing is ever finished; nothing is ever perfect. It can always be better.