Assignment+Details

=English 11 Literary Analysis Research Unit =
 * See your assignment sheet from your teacher for specific class instructions! Ms. Slusher's assignments & Mr. Querijero's assignments vary a bit! **

**Assignment Details:** This project will require that you research, read, and write outside of class. There will be a limited number of days to work during class. You are responsible for meeting all deadlines. No late work will be accepted.

__1st Semester__ You are to select one world author (Querijero) or British author (Slusher). Select the author from a time period you are interested in! If you choose to select poetry (more than one poem is required!) or an American author, your author and the work must be submitted for approval. You are welcome to use the novel you select for this project as one of your SSR books for this yea r!

The works you select will be the basis for analyzing:  You will also need to provide personal and historical information about the author you select. Information such as, but not limited to:
 * Styles of writing
 * Type of writing (poetry, drama, fiction, etc.)
 * Importance of the author to his/her culture
 * Importance of the writing/author historically
 * How culture impacted the authors’ styles and writings
 * What their writings gave to society—then? Now?
 * Family
 * Where they were born, lived, died
 * Important societal events during their lives
 * Interesting facts
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Other authors influenced by their works

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Do not limit your research! <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;"> __2nd Semester__ Literature Circles Project (see specific details on the left side of the page) Deadlines <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Your personal and historical research about your author will be presented in PowerPoint. Your presentation should analyze the background of your author, historical significance and other items of interest. Include: examples, quotes, pictures, etc.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">The culmination of this unit will be an analysis of the literature you selected.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">September 15/16 2009--Author selection due
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">October 27/28 2009--Personal/Historical PowerPoint presentations
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">January 7/8 2010--Literary Analysis research paper due
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">January 25, 2010--Literary groups and novel assigned
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">March 25/26 2010--Literary Analysis research paper due
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">--Activity or lesson for the class
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">June 1-4 2010 --Literary group PowerPoint presentations

Use the links on the __left side__ of this page to browse for potential authors, create MLA citations, locate literary analysis sources, and to understand the conference and other project requirements for this unit. Rubrics are included here as well.

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