English 3 project/ essay

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Now you are going to engage in a discovery project based on the novel The Sweet Hereafter.

Search the novel for a detail that you know something about or some detail that you find intriguing. You may choose one of the topics from the list below or email an idea to your instructor for approval.

Possible topics to consider

Take your chosen detail as a separate idea from the novel and research it. Then, choose an angle from which you might share your information. You might research its usefulness in the world, its history, its superstitions, its modern-day meaning, its negative effect on the world, or any angle you can think of. Think: what most interests you about this topic? You will want to have a narrow focus that considers your audience(your peers), your purpose (to inform), and your tone (up to you).

Example

Keep track of the research sources that you find by using source cards. Use the Research Source Cards.

Keep track of your evidence in an Evidence Log, so that you can use the information to create your project.

Since this is a mini-discovery project, you must follow the rules for research and attribution (citing your sources), so you do not accidentally plagiarize. Watch the presentation below to review those practices. Then be sure to approach this project in order as the steps are presented in the Best Discovery Practices Presentation (or view the Text Version).

ou have completed your discovery process and you are ready to share your results.

Build a PowerPoint presentation (10-15 slides with audio) about your detail from the novel that teaches your peers about that detail.

Your presentation will include

Your presentation will also follow these general guidelines for best practices for presentations

Since you will be submitting your presentations for peer review, be sure to go over the Speak Up presentation (or view the Text Version) before reviewing your peer’s presentation.

Discussion: It’s All in the Details

Writers and filmmakers carefully select the details of their stories to give the audience insight into the characters and themes of their works. The more we understand the details, the more we can understand the work, and there is no greater tool for learning this concept than to teach it.

In this assignment, you are going to turn the tables and teach the details of The Sweet Hereafter.

By now you have done the following

Now, do the following:

  1. Post the PowerPoint file to the Discussion: It’s All in the Details link.
  2. View at least two of the PowerPoint files posted by your peers and write brief peer reviews that follow the 4 P’s of peer review (praise, probe, propose, be positive). Choose posts that have zero or one comment so that all students receive two reviews.
  3. Read the comments that peers provide for your presentation.

To ensure success on this assignment, read the discussion rubric.

Then, read the project rubric that your instructor will use to evaluate the revised version of this assignment (you will turn this in later).

For insight and help with effective writing guidelines that your teacher is looking for, read the 6+1 Trait® Writing rubric.