Book Report Essay Assignment
This semester we are looking at the theme
Happiness
Each student was asked to choose a book by or about a happy person. Hopefully students have begun to read their books.
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/bibliography page.
The essay will be 2-3 pages and in it you will summarize your book’s major themes and analyze them. If your author is the person you are profiling, talk about the person’s life and how it defines our topic, happiness. 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. (Avoid plot summaries.)
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 a student does not have an abstract, he or she will not present. There are no make ups.
Respond to all my points listed above and you will be fine. If you want to more information see: http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~koopman/essays/abstract.html (I gave students a copy of this).
Book Report Due Dates:
Approval: March 18- April 10___________
Essay Planning: IPS, Outline, Fast Draft, Monday, April 22-Tuesday, April 23__________
Final Draft: Monday, April 29 in class (3 copies)____________
Presentations: Tuesday-Wednesday, April 29-May 1___________
Essay Portfolio due via email May 2, 2013 by 12 noon _________Send to coasabirenglish1A@gmail.com
Book Report Presentations: Tuesday-Wednesday, April 29-May 1
Grade is an “A “for all presentations or “-0-“ for opting out. The presentation is a quarter of the grade for this assignment
Each student was asked to choose a book by or about a happy person. Hopefully students have begun to read their books.
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/bibliography page.
The essay will be 2-3 pages and in it you will summarize your book’s major themes and analyze them. If your author is the person you are profiling, talk about the person’s life and how it defines our topic, happiness. 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. (Avoid plot summaries.)
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 a student does not have an abstract, he or she will not present. There are no make ups.
Respond to all my points listed above and you will be fine. If you want to more information see: http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~koopman/essays/abstract.html (I gave students a copy of this).
Book Report Due Dates:
Approval: March 18- April 10___________
Essay Planning: IPS, Outline, Fast Draft, Monday, April 22-Tuesday, April 23__________
Final Draft: Monday, April 29 in class (3 copies)____________
Presentations: Tuesday-Wednesday, April 29-May 1___________
Essay Portfolio due via email May 2, 2013 by 12 noon _________Send to coasabirenglish1A@gmail.com
Book Report Presentations: Tuesday-Wednesday, April 29-May 1
Grade is an “A “for all presentations or “-0-“ for opting out. The presentation is a quarter of the grade for this assignment
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