Today we are starting Animal Farm
Unit Learning goal: Students will be able to create a multi-part literary project that details the following items:
The Literature Project
Rationale:
The purpose of this project is to assess your ability to read,
summarize, analyze, and connect pieces of literature as well as assess
your writing skills. This is your chance to show me everything you know
and have learned. This is your chance to dazzle, shine, dance, sing,
shout (during your presentation).
Assignment: You will read Animal Farm. This final project will consist of five parts.
1) A
reading log revealing your engagement with the literature. This part
should be very thorough and should contain all the things listed below. You will create a log for every chapter.
2) A creative connection
3) A book summary/personal response paper
4) A connection—a one page paper connecting the book to a short story or novel read last year by either symbolism or theme.
5) A
presentation (this could be creative—and has to be 3 minutes with
visual aids): this is an overview of your project and your understanding
of the novel.
POINT
VALUES: The log, creative
connection, personal response, presentation, and connections are worth
50 points each. Therefore, the total point value is 250 points. This
is nearly your entire project grade for the semester.
EXPECTATIONS:
THE
READING LOG: The reading log reveals your engagement with
literature. Furthermore, a detailed reading log will significantly aid
you in the development of the rest of the project. After reading each
chapter, you should write in your log:
n A short synopsis of the action and character development
n Your interpretation of the significant events occurring in the chapter
n Noteworthy figurative language and other literary elements
n Vocabulary—unfamiliar words
Please
note that the copying of Cliff Notes or Internet Sites is
plagiarism. I want only your thoughts, don’t steal. Cheating will
equal a ZERO.
THE CREATIVE PART:
Draw
a picture (or some sort of visual representation) drawing from the
reading. Be sure to include a written component explaining why you chose
to create your visual representation.
Book
Review/ Personal Response: Give a detailed summary of the book. What
did you like? What did you not like? Would you recommend this book to a
friend? Why or why not?
THE
CONNECTION: 1-2 pages connecting the novel to a short story read in
class. You may focus on theme, characterization (think dynamic), or
figurative language.
THE PRESENTATION: 3 minutes—this should be an overview of your project and what you learned. It should include a visual aid.
GRADING SCALE for READING LOGS:
4 – The student analyzes what happens in a
chapter and the noteworthy literary elements in the chapter to larger ideas
(themes) and how they relate to the novel as a whole. Journal has a short but
detailed summary (synopsis), 3-4 noteworthy literary elements, and 3-4
unfamiliar words (vocabulary).
3 – The student can analyze what happened in
a chapter and make connections with larger themes or how the action in the
chapter connects/relates to the novel as a whole. The student is beginning to analyze the meaning
of literary devices in connection with larger meanings (example how symbols
reinforce main ideas). Journal has a
short detailed summary (synopsis), 2-3 noteworthy literary elements, and 2-3
unfamiliar words (vocabulary).
2 – The student can summarize the events in a
chapter discussing what happened with good detail. The student can list literary devices but
might not be able to analyze them and connect them to larger ideas. The student is beginning to make connections
between what happened in a chapter and how it reinforces larger themes. Journal could also be missing vocabulary
words or might only list literary elements.
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