Guidelines for final project
The final web project is an opportunity for you to reflect in-depth on a particular aspect of what we have studied this semester and it should demonstrate the breadth of skills you have developed and honed along the way: development of an idea, analysis, research, organization and creativity.
The project should clearly relate to our course themes and should aim to explore and/or report on some aspect of a course theme in an informative and creative way including both text and visual images, audio is optional.
For the most part, a visual project allows for flexibility and more options (since you may create a project related to almost any area related to a particular reading and/or author).
The project should include the following parts:
q proposal
q textual analysis
q visual elements
q annotated bibiliography/links page
Step 1: Proposal
submit to me by 10/20 a written proposal with the following information:
1. What will you explore further in your project?
2. Which authors that we have read (books or articles) relate to you topic?
3. How does this topic relate to the class work this semester?
4. What are four sources you will use for your project?
The textual analysis of your project:
Think of this as the "essay" part of your project. You will be exploring and analyzing further something that we have touched on in class or via the readings. However, you won't be required to follow the format for an essay exactly; you will have more flexibility in how you organize the content in your page.
The visual element of your web project may include:
1. A collage that represents one or several themes, characters, events, etc. in the author's work
2. Your own sketches, paintings, sculptures, photographs or other visual medium that depicts a relevant theme, event, character, etc. in the author's life or work
3. A short video presentation in which you (and perhaps some other partners) are dramatizing, singing, or discussing the author or his/her work.
4. Any pictures, maps, graphs, polls, songs that will help you extend the meaning of your project.
5. A web page (see me).
6. Any other visual representation that you can think of (see me first about your idea).
The annotated bibliography/links page:
An annotated bibliography is a bibliography that includes explanatory and or critical notes about the text. For this project you should have a separate page with: works cited (i.e. bibliography), works consulted (works you looked at and read but didn't cite from), and/or links (to sources you have gotten info from and links to sources for further information) all annotated by you.
Your project will be graded on the following:
· Relevance to an aspect of a theme, subject or an author's life and/or the author's work (i.e. themes, characters, events, etc.)
· Originality and creativity of the project
· Preparation and presentation invested in the project (You should be able to answer questions that I may have about your project and how it relates to the work--theme, subject, author, book).
possible project ideas: