project options

Thanks to all of you for contributing ideas for end-of-semester projects!  Please have a look at the three most popular recommendations below.  If you are passionate about doing something different that you think will more effectively highlight what you learned in this course this semester, please persuade me via email. 


OPTION ONE: PAPER

Please write a 3-5 pp. paper in which you explain how any of the texts we read this semester create understanding of their themes through at least three of the following: tone, figurative language, allusion, symbolism, diction, or syntax.


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Please write a 3-5 pp. paper in which you explain your Big Question.  Specifically, you must: 1) describe your topic; 2) explain why this topic is of interest to you; 3) share the steps you have taken to explore the topic so far; 4) share your plan for further exploration between now and June 2018; and 4) introduce leaders in the field and/or prospective mentors for you as you progress.


OPTION TWO: VISUAL ARTIFACT

Please create a visual representation of a concept you learned through reading any of the texts we read as a class this semester.  You may use any digital or analog medium, as long as you post a one-page explanation of the artifact on your blog.  (Also, please note that posters are notoriously easy to produce, and as a consequence they very often suck, so if you choose such a traditional approach, make it AWESOME.)


OPTION THREE: INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE

This may take the form of anything you do with a live studio audience-- performing a song or a skit, or presenting with Prezi/PowerPoint/GoogleSlides/etc., or leading participants on a treasure hunt, for example.  Experiences must be 4-6 minutes long and incorporate at least three literary elements and two texts we read this semester.