Create a handout or visual presentation about an author using online and print sources. Don’t use Wikipedia or any source that seems to come from a blog—go to literary sources or universities. Also, for every (and I do mean EVERY) fact you gather, you must cite a source. That is, you have to tell me where you found your facts. AND, you must use at least two different online sources in addition to the text you read and one other print source (maybe a different work by the same author?). Copy links as footnotes while you work, but you will create a bibliography for this assignment too. We will be in the library Wednesday and Thursday listening to a presentation about citing sources and plagiarism (DO the first, DON’T DO the second).
All of this information must fit onto two pages double spaced and into a presentation of 4 minutes or less. My suggestion would be to worry about that after you’ve found your facts.
This is the minimum expectation: (you know, a ‘C’)
- Name
- Place of birth
- Education
- Literary significance
- 3 little known facts
- Three important quotes (worked into the text)
- Cause of death (if applicable)
- Place of burial (if applicable)
- Influenced by
- Influenced…
And do the following for a ‘B’:
Create a bibliography of at least four sources that you consulted for this project.
You may want to use an automatic bibliography maker such as easybib.com or killerbib.com. There’s also a pretty nifty tool for this in Microsoft Word. MLA style, please.
Add two of the following after you have completed the work above: (‘A’ level)
ü An example of an allusion to your author or to one of the works your read that you found in contemporary music, a movie, or literature. Explain the allusion in a sentence or two (add to the other information above) and then cite the original source in your bibliography.
ü Share a contemporary reference to your author or one of his or her works by playing a song, showing a video, or whatever for the class. Explain the reference.
ü Theme statement of one of the works you read. Make it good. Follow the directions you were given on the handout. You may add this to the original assignment or make a poster. You could also use glogster (online poster maker) or something like that.
ü Interview an older person (someone out of high school) about reading the author you chose and share what you learn with the class.
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathon Swift
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Any other author you’re interested in… just let me know who it is first.
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