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COLLEGEENGLISH2011

ProjectOp+ons

Inouroriginalsyllabus,Ihadaskedyoutowritea800-1000wordpaperonthebookthatyou

arereading.Inaclassvote,itwasdecidedthatIwouldpresentyouwithavarietyof

assignmentoponsinaddiontotheessay.Pleasechooseonlyoneopon.

*Pleasenote,allprojectsdohaveawringcomponent.

Duedate:October14,2011atthebeginningofclass.

Obama:ThenandNow.....(DreamsfromMyFather)

Youwillprepareascrapbookofwords,andpicturestohighlightBarackObamasjourneytothe

WhiteHouse.Youshouldincludenumerousdetailsonhislife(asfoundinthebook)andatleast15-25images.

Youcaneithercreatethescrapbookusingagraphicsprogram(suchasPagesforMacorMS

WordofAdobeInDesignforPC)oryoucancutpicturesoutofmagazinesandgluethemonto

construconpaperthatyouwillthenputinabinderorfolder.Becreave....

Youmustincludedetailsonthefollowingchildhood,educaon,teenageyears,family,early

careerinChicago,2008elecon,presidenalaccomplishmentsandchallenges,future.

Theremustbeatleast650wordsinyouralbum.

Youwillpresentyouralbumtotheclass....

Iran:AJourneyinWordsandimages....

Cantaketheformofapowerpointpresentaon(atleast30slides)ayoutubevideo,a

scrapbookorajournal.YourjourneyshouldincludenumerousdetailsonthehistoryofIran,

therevoluon,thecurrentpolicalsituaon,thechangingroleofwomeninIran,thegreen

socialmediarevoluon.YourresearchshouldincludedetailsontheancienthistoryofIranand

itsimpactontheIranoftoday.Yourprojectmustincludeatleast20imagesthatcanbeeitherselfcreatedortakenfromothersources.Akeypartoftheprojectisintegrangasmuch

informaonasyoucanfromthePersepolisintotheproject.

Youwillpresentyourworkina7minutepresentaontotheclass.

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TheWorldofTheReader:HannasSecretDiary

UsingavarietyofprintandonlinesourcesyouwillcreateyourversionofHannassecret

journal.Ulizingevidencefromthebookyouwilla_empttocreateaseriesofentriesthatgive

aninsightintoHannasstateofmindandacons.Yourjournalmustlookauthenc(googleold

fashionedjournalsforhelp)andifpossibleshouldincludesomeartwork.Maybetherewouldbepoetry,lovele_ers,confessions,andanger.Yourtaskwillbetomakethediaryseemasreal

aspossible.Theremustbeaminimumof8entries.Minimum100wordsperentry.Youwillbe

gradedontheauthencityoftheentriesandtheamountofmaterialyouincludefromthe

book.Thereisnopresenta+onrequiredforthisassignment.

ImaginingtheworldofTheHungerGames

Thisassignmentisafullonartproject.Youwillcreate8worksofartinspiredbytheworld

describedinTheHungerGames. Theseworksofartmusteachbedifferent.Eachworkofart

mustbeofenrelydifferenttechniques(forexampletheremustbeonepainng,onepencil

sketch,onecollage,oneenrelytextbasedartwork,onecomic,onephotograph,maybeevenapieceoffoundartorsculpture.Ohyesandyoumustalsowritethreepoemsthatsomehow

capturetheworldofTheHungerGames.Thisprojectisnotforthefaintofheart.

ORyoucanchoosejusttowrite:

TheEssay

Youwillwritea800-1000wordessayononeofthetopicsassignedbelow,oryouwillpropose

yourowntopic.

1) TheReader:HowguiltyisHanna?Whatissheguiltyof?Whosejobisittoassignguiltand

punishment?2) TheHungerGames:RealityTVhasbeenapartoftheentertainmentworldsincetheearly

daysoftelevision(withshowssuchasCandidCameraandtheMissAmericaPageant),butin

the21stcenturytherehasbeenatremendousgrowthofcompeveshowsandsurvival

shows.DiscussthisphenomenonwithrespecttoTheHungerGames.Whatotheraspectsof

ourpopularculturedoyouseereflectedinthisstory?

3) DreamsfromMyFather:Obamarecallsweepingatthegravesofhisfatherandgrandfather,

andsays,"Whenmytearswerefinallyspent,Ifeltacalmnesswashoverme.Ifeltthecircle

finallyclose."Whatdoeshemeanbythis?Whatinhimhaschangedatthispoint?

4) Persepolis:Whatistheroleofwomeninthestory?Compareandcontrastthevarious

women:Marji,hermother,hergrandmother,herschoolteachers,themaid,theneighbors,

theguardiansoftherevoluon.

Allessaysmustincludeathesisstatementandincludeplentyofevidencefromthebook.

Yourchoice:Ifyouwouldliketodesignyourownprojectforyourbookitisuptoyou.Your

projectmustactuallyrequireasignificantamountofworkandmustbeapprovedbyme.

YOUMUSTCHOOSEAPROJECTBYTHEENDOFCLASSTOMORROW.