Lit+Analysis+Essay+1

All of the elements listed above are required elements!
 * Follow these tasks in order and you will fulfill the requirements of this essay.**
 * Task 1:** Select a book. from one of the lists provided on the websites below. If you would like to read a book that is not listed, please have it approved by me. Two students cannot read the same book.
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 * Task 2:** Read the book as fast as time will allow you.
 * Task 3:** Research and read a minimum of two scholarly literary analysis sources (typically articles) about the book you read. These sources can be printed or electronic.
 * Task 4:** Complete REALnotes pages for a minimum of two sources you found.
 * Task 5:** Complete the Research Conference form to talk to your teacher about the essay you will write.
 * Task 5A (optional):** Complete an outline of your essay or a rough draft for your conference.
 * Task 6:** Schedule a conference with me, giving me at two-day notification to schedule a time for your conference.
 * Task 7:** Conference with me about your essay. Bring the completed Research Conference Form, the two REALnotes pages you filled out for your sources, and a rough draft or outline if you created one.
 * Task 8:** Write the rough draft of your essay, print it out, and have it PQS'ed by at least two of your classmates. Hold on to these materials because you will be turning them in with your final draft. I would like to have individual conferences with students (conferences are a required element and will be graded) about their papers no later than Friday, December 2nd . I will not conference with students after this date for credit.
 * Task 9:** Write the final draft of your essay and make any changes based on the suggestions you received. Make sure that:
 * the essay is in MLA format (obviously, a Works Cited page should be included)
 * an original and appropriate title has been given to the essay
 * you have underlined thesis statement
 * that you incorporated at least 3 citations from the book
 * that you incorporated a minimum of two scholarly source and can turn in the REAL notes pages for them
 * Task 10:** Prepare a 3-5 minute powerpoint presentation about your author's biography information and your essay's thesis. Be prepared to deliver this presentation to the class on Monday, December 12th.
 * Task 11:** Turn in a printed and electronic copy of your essay on Friday, December 9th by the end of class with the rough draft, the PQS responses, REALnotes pages, and the Research Conference form. I will not accept late papers, absent or not..




 * Cody A || Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare) ||
 * Kelsey B || The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde) ||
 * Adrianna D || Emma (Jane Austen) ||
 * Emily E || Great Expectations (Charles Dickens) ||
 * Kari E || Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë) ||
 * Linda H || Push (Sapphire) ||
 * Sarah H || The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X) ||
 * Alixe K || A Room with a View (E.M. Forester) ||
 * Nathan K || All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque) ||
 * Jennifer K || And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie) ||
 * Courtney L || The Odyssey (Homer) ||
 * Richard L || King Lear (William Shakespeare) ||
 * Anne M || The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway) ||
 * Kylie M || The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini) ||
 * Takumi O || Catch-22 (Joseph Heller) ||
 * Amber O || Cat’s Eye (Margaret Atwood) ||
 * Ashlea P || The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood) ||
 * Alissa R || Sula (Toni Morrison) ||
 * Kylee R || The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde) ||
 * Sara S || Equus (Peter Shaffer) ||
 * Haven S || Slaughterhouse Five (Kurt Vonnegut) ||
 * Raquel V || The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Kim Edwards) ||
 * Travis W || Paradise Lost (John Milton) ||
 * Marie W || Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) ||
 * Amy W || Persuasion (Jane Austen) ||
 * Nicole W || Atonement (Ian McEwan) ||
 * Cody W || The Rape of the Lock / An Essay on Man (Alexander Pope) ||