The final exam for your choice book unit is Friday, March 27. That is also the date that your essay is due. If you are leaving early for spring break, you need to complete both assessments before you leave. Below is a description of the essay assignment.
For the choice book analytical essay you need to compare your choice novel to two other works studied in World Literature. Your comparison should analyze a common topic by detailing text to text connections – remember that you can discuss the differences in how the texts approach the topic as well as the similarities. The A to Z Taxonomy of Common Issues is a great place to start for essay ideas. You may use any films, poems, short stories or novels read in World Literature this year for the two texts that you will compare to your choice novel. Since you may not have ready access to the short stories or previous novels read in World Lit, supporting details for main points for those texts simply need to be paraphrases of events and ideas. However, you should support main ideas about your choice novel with direct quotations from the text.
Comparison Texts
World Literature I major texts:
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Choice novel (Life of Pi by Yann Martel, Snow by Orhan Pamuk, The Last Summer of Reason by Tajar Djaout, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Films: Il Postino, The Cup, Surviving Picasso
World Literature II texts (so far)
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Films: Pride and Prejudice, Lagaan
Various short stories (keep track of them in your notebook)
The essay should be two pages long, 12-point font, double spaced.
The essay is due on Friday, March 27 or the day before you leave for spring break!
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Friday, March 13, 2009
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Choice Book and Essay
The Choice Book Unit final multiple choice exam will be held Tuesday, Dec. 16 during the shortened late start day period. The 25-question test covers the characters, plot and setting of the book that you read.
The essay on your choice book is due Friday, Dec. 19. If you are absent from school that day and have not turned in the paper prior to Friday, please email it to me by 3:10 p.m.
Here are the essay prompts and checklist:
Essay Prompts:
1. How do political situations affect the personal relationships in the novel?
2. What does your choice novel teach the reader about the key components to a successful government?
3. What is the author saying about obsession in the novel?
4. Analyze the connection between hope and despair in your novel.
5. What does the novel say about the role of religion in people’s lives?
6. What is the author saying about mental health in the novel?
7. What is the author saying about nature’s healing power in the novel?
8. Compare and contrast the choice novel with either Brave New World or Things Fall Apart in terms of theme(s) developed.
Essay Checklist
____ The essay is at least two pages, double-spaced, 12-point font, with one inch margins.
____ The essay has a creative title.
____ The introduction has an attention-grabbing device like an anecdote or relevant quotation.
____ The book’s title and author is incorporated into the introduction.
____ The thesis statement includes specific cultural components and the connection to humanity.
____ The body paragraphs have clear topic sentences.
____ Analytical statements are supported with direct quotations from the novel.
____ MLA format is used to cite all direct quotations (e.g. Shelley 24) and other sources cited.
____ The essay is free of plagiarism.
____ The conclusion leaves the reader with a lasting impression by commenting on the relevance of the topic for the reader’s life. In other words, why do humans care about the issues discussed in the essay?
The essay on your choice book is due Friday, Dec. 19. If you are absent from school that day and have not turned in the paper prior to Friday, please email it to me by 3:10 p.m.
Here are the essay prompts and checklist:
Essay Prompts:
1. How do political situations affect the personal relationships in the novel?
2. What does your choice novel teach the reader about the key components to a successful government?
3. What is the author saying about obsession in the novel?
4. Analyze the connection between hope and despair in your novel.
5. What does the novel say about the role of religion in people’s lives?
6. What is the author saying about mental health in the novel?
7. What is the author saying about nature’s healing power in the novel?
8. Compare and contrast the choice novel with either Brave New World or Things Fall Apart in terms of theme(s) developed.
Essay Checklist
____ The essay is at least two pages, double-spaced, 12-point font, with one inch margins.
____ The essay has a creative title.
____ The introduction has an attention-grabbing device like an anecdote or relevant quotation.
____ The book’s title and author is incorporated into the introduction.
____ The thesis statement includes specific cultural components and the connection to humanity.
____ The body paragraphs have clear topic sentences.
____ Analytical statements are supported with direct quotations from the novel.
____ MLA format is used to cite all direct quotations (e.g. Shelley 24) and other sources cited.
____ The essay is free of plagiarism.
____ The conclusion leaves the reader with a lasting impression by commenting on the relevance of the topic for the reader’s life. In other words, why do humans care about the issues discussed in the essay?
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