2nd Semester Final Projects
You may choose one of the following options or come up with your own. Your project may be based on any novel, short story or poem we read this semester: The Crucible, The Great Gatsby, the poems of Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Edwin Arlington Robinson, etc. You can also base your project on any other story or poem found in Chapters 8-16 of the textbook (if you want an added challenge). Make sure you complete any project to the best of your ability!
Projects must be complete and ready for presentation on the day of the final.
Here are some project suggestions:
1. Film key scenes from the novel/story/poem. Create a storyboard to ensure a high-quality, carefully edited movie!
2. Produce a newspaper that might have been published in town in which the story or poem takes place. The paper should include two articles about current events from the setting. Remember to answer the journalistic questions: who, what, when, where, and why. Your paper should also include an editorial about a controversial issue facing the people of the city, a letter to the editor from a citizen, and an obituary of someone from the novel/story/poem who died (if applicable). Articles should have headlines; the paper should have a name. Present in a newspaper format.
3. Prepare a scrapbook that a character might have kept. You should have some representation of 10 items, and an explanation of why you selected those particular items and what the item reveals about the character.
4. Research the historical context of a novel/story/poem and create a Keynote presentation revealing its influence on the text. For example, you could research the Red Scare and McCarthyism and explain how it relates to The Crucible.
Projects must be complete and ready for presentation on the day of the final.
Here are some project suggestions:
1. Film key scenes from the novel/story/poem. Create a storyboard to ensure a high-quality, carefully edited movie!
2. Produce a newspaper that might have been published in town in which the story or poem takes place. The paper should include two articles about current events from the setting. Remember to answer the journalistic questions: who, what, when, where, and why. Your paper should also include an editorial about a controversial issue facing the people of the city, a letter to the editor from a citizen, and an obituary of someone from the novel/story/poem who died (if applicable). Articles should have headlines; the paper should have a name. Present in a newspaper format.
3. Prepare a scrapbook that a character might have kept. You should have some representation of 10 items, and an explanation of why you selected those particular items and what the item reveals about the character.
4. Research the historical context of a novel/story/poem and create a Keynote presentation revealing its influence on the text. For example, you could research the Red Scare and McCarthyism and explain how it relates to The Crucible.