This project allows you to use your creative side, as well as gives you an opportunity to practice your analytical writing skills that will be useful both in a school setting, as well as outside of your academic life.
THE REMIX (25)
Take a scene in the text and represent it in another way (15). This representation could be a painting, another style of writing, a comic, a video project, a song, a piece of spoken word or anything inside and outside of the artistic realm (that gets approved by me). The “Remix” should include an explanation:
- What the piece is of, or what it represents (a summary) (2)
- How the piece is related to the specific scene that was chosen. Please include specific quotes that demonstrate why it’s related. (2)
- Description of your process creating the piece (please include: material(s) you used, steps you took to complete the piece, difficulties you had creating the piece). (3)
- How does your piece illuminate something about the scene to an audience, which may not be apparent when people simply read the scene? (3)
Make sure you get APPROVAL from me about what you would like to work on. I will check on you: FRIDAY, MARCH 11th, 2016
ANALYSIS PAPER (47)
Pick a scene (either the one you used for your REMIX or not) and write an analytical paper that discusses of the play’s OVERARCHING CONCEPT(S) or THEME(S) and how it relates to the scene. Your analysis should include:
- A introduction (a “hook”, thesis). (5)
- A catchy “hook”.
- A clear, well thought out thesis (include the overarching concept).
- Three body paragraphs, including body topic sentences and paragraph transitions. (30)
- A conclusion. (5)
The paper should include in-text citation of quotes from Measure for Measure, as well as other texts and a “Works Cited”(3) page.
Proposal (10)
The proposal should be a single paragraph explaining:
- What scene(s) you’d like to use for your Remix and analysis paper and why you’d like to use them. (4)
- What difficulties you think you’d encounter while creating your REMIX. (2)
- What theme(s) you’d like to investigate and initial discoveries of how it is related to the scene. (4)
ON DRAFT DAY, You will come in with the draft version of your analysis paper. I will give you an entire class to work on it. During that class period, I will be meeting with each of you to discuss where you are at in your writing process. A draft of your work will be due at the end of the class.
PROPOSAL DUE DATE: April 1st, 2016
DRAFT DUE DATE: April 7th, 2016
FINAL PROJECT DUE DATE: April 13th, 2016
