Wednesday

 Today, we are going to write sentences with our next two words of the day (morose and canter), work on reading logs, and watch a little of the movie.

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.