1 st progress check september 10, 2010 gt project 2010-2011 december 1 -project due date august 30...
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1st Progress Check
September 10, 2010
GT PROJECT 2010-2011
December 1 -Project due dateAugust 30th (Monday)- Choose authorsSeptember 10, 27- Progress ChecksOctober 1, 29- Progress ChecksNovember 5, 12th, 19th, 30th-Progress Checks
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Analyzing Awesome Authors is an English Language Arts unit that allows students to study an author, including his/her influences, motivations, and experiences. Students will conduct an in-depth investigation of a selected author in order to understand ways in which culture, history, and society influenced the author's style and voice. Each student will give a brief book talk, assuming the persona of the author studied.
Project Information
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For First Periodic Progress Check:
1. Research Plan: Research plan must include a calendar/timeline of what steps the student will take to
complete the project.
2. Product Proposal: Oral/Written: Which option did I choose? Where will I start?
3. Guiding Questions: Student must provide a minimum of ten questions the student will use to guide them in
their research.
4. Book by chosen author: Student must provide the book by the chosen author he/she is reading.
*Research Plan, Product Proposal, and Guiding Questions handouts may be printed on Mrs. McIver’s webpage.
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Each student should think 10 guiding questions to explore, such as:
* What political, economic, religious, environmental, or gender perspectives are reflected in the author’s work? * What were the societal and historical influences that motivated or inspired the author? * Why did the author choose to write from the point of view that he/she did? * What if the author had lived 25 years in the future? Would his/her point of view have changed? * What if the author had lived in another part of the country or the world? * How might his/her writing have changed? * How have the author’s works influenced other authors? * How did the author develop his/her voice? * Has the writing of the author gained more or less popularity over time? What societal changes might have caused this change in popularity?
Guiding Questions
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While these examples are general, the student’s questions should be specific to the chosen author. The questions should lead him/her to form individual research-based opinions. The student should also develop a hypothesis or some possible answers to the questions.
Additional Information
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Each student must submit a proposal for the writing part AND the oral part of their projects.• The author he/she will research • Ten guiding questions he/she will
investigate about the author • Resources he/she will need to find answers
to questions, such as the author’s works, biographies about the author, literary criticisms, and/or correspondence with the author or experts on the author
In the process of writing the research proposal, the student may refine the guiding questions.
Research Proposals
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Go to Mrs. McIver’s Web Page
Go to Mrs. McIver’sWeb Page