1.Body Biograhy due next Wendsday
2.Vocab. Quiz Friday
English 10HP
1. Read Grendel Ch. 5-6
2. Body Biogaphy due 11-21-07
Body Biography
Outside Reading Project
This project combines visual and written response to the novel. Your goal is to demonstrate that you understand the protagonist’s physical and psychological development throughout the entire novel and that you can show the environmental influences on the character’s life. Follow all instructions carefully!
c The title (in italics) and author’s name should be visible and legible and spelled correctly.
c Think about what the protagonist does and how he/she changes over time. Write a thesis statement (your opinion) in response to the following prompt: How does the protagonist develop throughout the novel? The thesis statement must be prominently displayed on your project.
c Start with the body of the protagonist and organize the words and images inside and around him/her to most effectively convey the key ideas. Thoughtfully use the spine, the brain, the heart, the hands, and the feet.
c Select significant evidence (3-5 substantial and meaningful quotes) from the text to support your opinion. Use parenthetical citations correctly. Thoughtfully choose the placement of each quote.
c Think about the significant events in the novel that influenced the protagonist and are related to your thesis. Thoughtfully choose the placement of objects/images that represent these events.
c Choose symbols from the text that are most significant to the protagonist’s growth throughout the novel. Thoughtfully choose the placement of each symbol.
c Choose colors carefully, paying attention to the symbolic meaning associated with them.
c Create original text (diary/journal, poem, letter) from the protagonist’s perspective or in response to the protagonist that connects your novel to other texts, what you have learned about the world, or to your personal experiences and observations.
c The completed project should be colorful, organized, neat, and ready to display.
c Review the rubric!
c Put your name, date, and period on the back.
Body Biography Rubric
5
5 IDEAS AND EXPLANATIONS (at least three) are insightful, thorough, convincing, and strongly supported by compelling evidence.
5 VISUAL ANALYSIS includes clear representation of significant events. Includes symbols that correspond to the six dimensions. Uses colors, shapes, and words effectively.
5 ORGANIZATION is logical and appropriate. Placement of quotes, events, and symbols is colorful and neat.
5 STYLE is graceful, uncluttered, rich and vivid. Original text connects novel, thesis, and six dimensions.
5 GRAMMAR AND MECHANICS errors are absent.
5 FORMAT errors are absent.
4
4 IDEAS AND EXPLANATIONS (at least two) are thoughtful, substantial, and supported by well-chosen evidence.
4 VISUAL ANALYSIS includes clear representation of significant events. May include symbols that correspond to the character’s growth. Uses colors and shapes effectively.
4 ORGANIZATION is appropriate. Placement of quotes, events, and symbols is colorful and neat.
4 STYLE is uncluttered. Original text connects novel, thesis, and six dimensions.
4 GRAMMAR AND MECHANICS errors are rare.
4 FORMAT errors are rare.
3
3 IDEAS AND EXPLANATIONS are mostly understandable and on topic, but evidence is limited and explanations are simple, obvious, or brief. May contain plot summary.
3 VISUAL ANALYSIS includes clear representation of events. May correspond to the character’s growth. Uses color.
3 ORGANIZATION is simplistic. Relationship of quotes, events, and symbols are sometimes unclear.
3 STYLE functional but vocabulary is limited or imprecise OR style is lively but wordy.
3 GRAMMAR AND MECHANICS errors are occasional.
3 FORMAT errors are occasional.
2
2 IDEAS AND EXPLANATIONS are simple, repetitious, hard to follow, mostly irrelevant, or inaccurate.
2 VISUAL ANALYSIS includes representation of some events. No connection to the six dimensions. Uses color.
2 ORGANIZATION shows some minor skill but has major flaws- e.g. no controlling idea, redundant sections.
2 STYLE has major flaws- e.g., simplistic, wordy, repetitious, monotonous, often unclear.
2 GRAMMAR AND MECHANICS errors are frequent.
2 FORMAT errors are frequent.
1
Does not meet project requirements.
___________/100 TOTAL POINTS
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