Book Report Assignment
The theme is friendship. How does each story define and defend the notion of friendship: its responsibilities and its benefits.
Usually I let students chose their own books, this time I gave students a choice between three titles: The Pact, The Kite Runner, and Sula.
For each essay, students need to find three articles: a published book review or analysis, and for the author, see if there is something on the author in Literary Criticism, (on-line in the Library Database and in COA library (public libraries as well). Third, find an article that addresses one of the themes in the book. Include all of these sources in your works cited page.
The essay will be 3-4 pages and in it you will summarize your book’s major themes and analyze them. If the book is a biography, feel free to tell us something about the author and how he or she comes to know the person he or she writes about. If the book is an autobiography or a memoir tell us how the author came to write it and if this is his or her first book.
Abstract
The presentation is weighted heavily here, so prepare well, and please include an abstract which includes the title of the book, the key points you plan to make and any arguments you’d like us to consider. Bring in copies for each student. If you would like the college to make copies, give me a copy of the abstract Monday, April 4, 2011. We will meet in A-232 on Monday, April 4. Make sure your essay and all support documents (planning) are digitized.
Book Report
Planning Sheet, Outline, Thesis March 31___________
First Draft Monday, April 4___________
Final Draft due Thursday, April 6 via email____________
Presentations: Tuesday-Thursday, April 5-7___________
The presentation is a quarter of the grade for this assignment
The theme is friendship. How does each story define and defend the notion of friendship: its responsibilities and its benefits.
Usually I let students chose their own books, this time I gave students a choice between three titles: The Pact, The Kite Runner, and Sula.
For each essay, students need to find three articles: a published book review or analysis, and for the author, see if there is something on the author in Literary Criticism, (on-line in the Library Database and in COA library (public libraries as well). Third, find an article that addresses one of the themes in the book. Include all of these sources in your works cited page.
The essay will be 3-4 pages and in it you will summarize your book’s major themes and analyze them. If the book is a biography, feel free to tell us something about the author and how he or she comes to know the person he or she writes about. If the book is an autobiography or a memoir tell us how the author came to write it and if this is his or her first book.
Abstract
The presentation is weighted heavily here, so prepare well, and please include an abstract which includes the title of the book, the key points you plan to make and any arguments you’d like us to consider. Bring in copies for each student. If you would like the college to make copies, give me a copy of the abstract Monday, April 4, 2011. We will meet in A-232 on Monday, April 4. Make sure your essay and all support documents (planning) are digitized.
Book Report
Planning Sheet, Outline, Thesis March 31___________
First Draft Monday, April 4___________
Final Draft due Thursday, April 6 via email____________
Presentations: Tuesday-Thursday, April 5-7___________
The presentation is a quarter of the grade for this assignment
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