Senior English 08: THE PAPER

Friday, April 11, 2008

THE PAPER

The Final Paper will be worth 250 points

I will grade it for the 6 traits.

In addition, I will evaluate each one of the 4 examples you provide for clarity, logicality, and relation to your thesis.

Here's the official Question:

What is the Project of your novel? How do the elements in the text (like symbolism metaphor, allegory, characters, plot, settings, mood) support that project? Use at least 4 examples from throughout the
text.

Here's a link to a site that has a good essay structure.
http://www.monash.edu.au/lls/llonline/assets/images/writing/medicine/essay-structure.jpg

Here's the rubric:
Ideas: 30
Voice: 20
Organization: 20
Word Choice: 20
Conventions: 20
Example 1: 30
Example 2: 30
Example 3: 30
Example 4: 30

Total: 250

8 comments:

alan said...: eeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa boy!; April 11, 2008 at 11:42 AM
CProctor said...: Thank you for the google link. It is actually turning out to be more useful than i thought; April 11, 2008 at 12:56 PM
katy said...: We should get another week!!; April 11, 2008 at 12:59 PM
Konstantin Tsirikhov said...: really we need one more week!; April 11, 2008 at 1:15 PM
Anna Anderson said...: mr downing i did the assignments (4th and 5th) and i will do my best on the paper , i will be in class today to get more info. sorry i have missed so much. i have been very sick, with chest problems and going to the doctor a lot... so i will see you today in class, but i did do the other assignments to let you know.; April 14, 2008 at 10:15 AM
Ay LUPITA LUPE LUPE LUPE LUPE #24 YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! said...: um i kind of did'nt understand it, but i did writr something.
sorry its late.; April 14, 2008 at 10:39 AM
Kiersten said...: I'm hoping this is due at the end o class tomorrow cuz I thought thats what you said? anywho..
I hope you like it
=D; April 17, 2008 at 9:00 PM
Ay LUPITA LUPE LUPE LUPE LUPE #24 YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! said...: MR.DOWNING I TURNED THIS IN OR FRIDAY THE 18, 2008 SO HOPEFULLY I DID OK ON IT. HAHAHA. BUT YEA. OK GOOD BYE.; April 19, 2008 at 7:37 PM

Fourth Assignment

Answer these questions as fully as you can before 11:59 p.m. on sunday night

Find 3 elements in your text that you feel are especially important. The elements you choose could be symbols and/or metaphors and/or allegories and/or characters and/or settings and/or moods and/or plots and/or conflicts. If you've written about an element in class or online, you can use it for this assignment.

For each element, write what it is and describe it a bit. For example, if you found a symbol, write that it's a symbol, describe where you see it, and describe what it means.

How do you know that it is what you say it is? For example, if you found a metaphor, how do you know it's a metaphor?

Describe what each element you chose does in the text. You don't need to describe how that element works in general, you should have already done that. In stead, describe what that particular example does in your book specifically. That is, what's the element's job?

Do you know the project of your book? If so, what is it?

Third Assignment

Due 11:59 pm on Sunday the 16th

Answer these questions as fully as you can as a post on your blog, remember to title your response "Third Assignment," and have a good spring break.

A professor by the name of Dr. Thomas Foresters says, "... there's only one story." He goes on to explain that he thinks every book is just the same story told over and over again in different ways, in different settings, with different characters, and with a few of the same conflicts. He thinks that all stories borrow from each other.

Is your book's story completely original and new? Or, do you recognize pieces of familiar stories in your book?

What makes your book's story original, or old news?

Do you think that a writer in this day and age can make a completely new story?

Senior English 08

Friday, April 11, 2008

THE PAPER

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