How long does this paper have to be Ms. Bernier?

• 5-7 pages.

Oh, but I would like honors credit?  What do I need to do?

• 7-9 pages. Also, you will present your papers to me and a small group, after school.  We will schedule these soon. You will also write a meta-cognition paper.

Does my bibliography count for the pages?

• No! No,  it doesn’t.

When is this due?

• The rough draft – which must be 1200 words (aprox. 3-4 pages) will be due on Monday, June 4th. This is uploaded to TurnItIn.

When will my final draft be due?

• The morning of the first day of exams.  You will also need to bring a printed copy to the exam for an exercise on peer review.   This will also be part of your exam grade.

How many sources do I need?

• Six secondary- and of course, anything you read that including in your paper.

How many note-cards do I need?

• A minimum of fifteen.

B-Period

Time to get those note cards going.  I will check off that you have five for Monday.  Also in the queue – Thesis statements.  We will work on them in class Monday, and they will be checked off by the end of class.

 

Research Topics – B period

• How Transcendentalism shows up in modern literature
• How the author’s past experiences influence the style of writing in relation to books on war
• How global events affect the writing, especially in historical fiction
• Effects of religion on literature
• Defining American Gothic literature
• How the author’s personal experience shows up in the text
• Comparing and contrasting/short stories to longer works of fiction
• Problematic protagonist
• Comparing style between works
• The effect of fear vs. melancholy
• Evolution of feminism in American literature
• Comparing/contrasting author’s of a particular style (Poe and King)
• How a characters personality develops through the plot line of a novel
• Opinions v.  anecdotal experience (Slaughterhouse 5)
• Discussing conflict in different books -
• Danger of conformity
• Fantasy v. reality
• Text v. Movie – the author’s view v. the director’s view

 

11th Grade – G Period – Homework

Tonight -

• Use the library databases to find two articles related to your topic from Bloom’s Literary Database.
• Create an account to save your articles in.

Tomorrow -

• We will be in the library, so I will be able to check that your articles are saved.
• We will reconnect to our NoodleBib accounts.

 

Possible Research Topics

Class brain storm G period

• The author’s style – and its effect on the reader -
• Groundbreaking work of the author – ie transcendentalists or modernists or Harlem Renaissance writers
• First hand experience vs. an author who hears about an event. (an authentic text)
• How the author’s life affects their lives -
• Society’s reaction to a piece of literature
• The role of nature in an author’s work
• How feminism is portrayed in literature
• How philosophy/religion/mythology affects modern literature
• Banned books
• The role of history in themes of books
• conflict in books (comparing)
• Happy authors don’t get famous -OR- how an author’s struggle affects a text
• The role and effect of booze in a novel –
• The author’s message and the readers perception  - as related to style
• Mental illness/ learning disability affecting the author’s work.
• comparing of the style of two time periods
• comparing the work of two authors in a time period
• vernacular and dialect in a text and how it affects meaning
• how gender affects a text
• young adult literature
• discussing race and literature
• discussing ethnicity and literature
• revolution in literature
• war in lit.
• lit as a means of social justice
• lit. as a teaching tool
• lit as a way to inspire the masses (also known as propaganda)
• the american dream in lit.
• the age of an author (old man v. schoolboy)
• tracing poetry through American history
• Characters in novel
• political perspective

 

Don’t forget to bring everything you have read this year (or notes, or papers, or emails) to our next class.