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The final project is a bit complex. Please read this information carefully and
ask plenty of questions, so that you will understand what is expected of you. There
are three parts to this research project, two group efforts and one individual effort.
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and your team choose one poem from your poet that is representative of
the poet's work. You will
tell me which poem you want the class to read, and you will make a photocopy of it. I will then make copies of it and have it available
for classmates. You will, in addition, read each of the group's poems before their
"presentations" and be prepared to interact in class discussion. |
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| The second consists of each team
developing a web resource of information about your poet. This resource, often
called a LitWeb, should include as much information about an
author as you can find. You will submit the info to me on a disk or through
email, and I will create the webwork. |
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| For the third portion
of the project, you will work individually on a
research paper. Both the paper and the LitWeb will be compiled then added to the SCC website as resources for future students. Please read the
information below to help you complete these tasks. Also, be sure to follow the timelines created for you. |
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| With your team, select one poem (not included in the text) that seems to capture the
ideas and themes addressed in the text. |
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| Prepare to "teach" your poem to the class during the presentation week of
class. |
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| When you give the poem to me, make sure to include what you want the class to do with
your poem? Do you have questions you want us to answer? Vocabulary to understand?
Metaphors to find? Images to understand? |
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Use various search engines to help with these tasks. Lycos and Alta Vista will serve
you better than an indexing machine like Yahoo. Use the list below to help you compile
your site:
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| At least three different types of resources on the web
(monographs, popular magazines, journal articles, newspaper articles, interviews of
experts, government documents, or others.) The sources you use should be recent. |
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| A link to a photo of the author if possible. |
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| Links which include biographical information and links to
various sites which contain work by the author. |
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| Links to as many reviews as you can find of the book you
are reading for your book group. Reviews of other work by the author. |
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| Be sure to append a short one sentence summary of what can be found at the site.
Don't give me a list of web addresses.
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| LitWebs by others: (wouldn't this be a better list if it included
a short blurb for each of these sites?)
http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/english/ms-writers/
http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~daniel/amlit/amlit.html
http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~natasha/316/316syllabus.html
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The research paper is traditional in nature. Please use a handbook to help with
formatting and process.
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| The final paper should be four to six pages in length. |
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| It should focus on a comparison and/or contrast of this
poet's work and at least two other works we have studied this
quarter. |
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| You will use at least three outside sources in the body of
your paper. |
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| You may focus on any of the following: characterization, theme, literary techniques
(point-of-view, symbolism, etc.), style of writing, etc. Let me know if you have any other
ideas for the thesis of your research, i.e., a historical approach or language use.... |
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| Focus on an area that interests you and create a thesis that excites you. |
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| It will be a research paper, so take a chance on doing something interesting and then
use outside support for your ideas. You will be amazed at the connections you can
make. |
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| If you work this efficiently, the information you gather in your LitWeb will fit into
your paper; keep that in mind while researching. |
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