ENG236 Northern Virginia Community College Barbie Q Story Analysis Read the Module Project Guideline carefully before creating your module project. Then re

ENG236 Northern Virginia Community College Barbie Q Story Analysis Read the Module Project Guideline carefully before creating your module project. Then read through Project 5 document and choose ONE project to complete. ENG 236: Intro to the Short Story – Print this if it helps you!
MODULE PROJECT GUIDELINES: SPECIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
READ CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PROJECT:
As you can see in Modules, each module has a project for you to complete and submit.
There are a variety of options as to author and story among each module and you are
allowed to select one that interests and intrigues you. Remember, pick just ONE
option under ONE author/subject. Do not do more than one option under one author –
it won’t be acceptable. If an option specifies it is a “creative option” review the
specific instructions in addition to the requirements below = if it says it is a power
point option, follow the requirements for power point.
If you have questions, ASK.
Here are some very basic guidelines to help you plan for these assignments; however,
you will no doubt have further questions about these. I encourage you to post your
questions in the “Ask the Professor” Discussion, rather than emailing me, so that
everyone can benefit from your question and the answers I, as well as your
classmates, give you.
Because this is an upper level literature class, and it has prerequisites of composition
courses ENG111 and ENG112, it is expected that you are familiar with MLA formatting
and citation and you are expected to use it. If you need a review, click on this link:
http://www2.lib.unc.edu/instruct/citations/
If you need a review of how to write a literary analysis, review the assignment in
Module 2 or here: https://youtu.be/ho_VCSlzot4
There are also many handbooks and guides to MLA formatting and citation on the
internet and in bookstores as well as in the tutoring center, so do not hand in work
that is not correctly cited as this will lower your grade.
These are the fundamental guidelines for the assignments:
LENGTH: All written responses to the questions should be an essay of three or more
full pages, PLUS the Works Cited page (4 minimum).
FORMAT: All power point or creative options should be at least eight slides long, NOT
including the title slide or Works Cited slide. Power Point is a visual medium, so you
must include illustrations and cite them. Instructions for citing illustrations are in
Module 2. If you fail to correctly cite illustrations, this is plagiarism.
STYLE: Please see in Module 2 for descriptions of how to write a literary analysis
before you begin your projects. CONSIDER WHAT YOU LEARNED IN ENG111 AND
ENG112, THE PREREQUISITES FOR THIS CLASS.
Rubric for assessing Module Projects: Points possible: 75
Projects will be assessed as follows:
Essay options:
1. Correct MLA formatting, in-text citation, Works Cited page format
and citation: up to 10 pts.
2. Content, including quality of research, textual support for claims, and
organization: up to 50 pts. Please review all content in the course
about creating effective literary analysis.
3. Mechanics: Strong thesis statement, spelling, grammar, and
punctuation: up to 15 pts. Review thesis statements, and run
grammar and spell check on every draft.
Creative options:
1. Correct MLA formatting including citation of all illustrations on the
slides in correct style: up to 15 pts. IF YOU DON’T KNOW HOW TO
CITE ILLUSTRATIONS ON SLIDES, REVIEW IT.
2. Content including originality and creativity and organization: up to 50
pts.
3. Mechanics: spelling, grammar, and punctuation: up to 10 pts.
PowerPoint is a visual presentation medium. Do not hand in a PPT of just
text. Do not use clip art to illustrate – look for quality illustrations to
support your presentation.
Points can and will be taken off for anything missing in the above.
If it appears that you have ignored these guidelines and rubric and handed
in something well below the standards, you may receive zero points for the
assignment as points are not earned for handing in just anything. It is
essential that you follow instructions and achieve the learning outcomes for
the Module. These assignments are an assessment of your learning.
Please follow instructions carefully and ask questions about assignment
options well ahead of time!
Select ONE project from ONE of the authors listed
below:
Authors:
Isabelle Allende, “And Of Clay Are We Created”:
1.The reporter’s story is about one girl. He becomes focused on her alone as people die and
the earth shifts around him. Who is Allende’s story about; who does she focus on as changes
happen to many characters? Choose one of the three primary characters in the story (the
narrator, the reporter, the girl) and create an argument in essay form about why Allende
makes this character the center of the story. Use textual details to support your answer.
OR
Margaret Atwood, “Happy Endings”:
1. Atwood writes, “You’ll have to face it, the
endings [of stories] are the same no matter how you
slice it.” Write an essay that either agrees with or
disagrees with this statement, and use examples
from at least two other stories to support your
answer.
OR
2. Creative Option: Write a story that offers more than one ending for readers to choose
from.
OR
Raymond Carver, “Cathedral”:
1. Creative Option: How would you describe a
cathedral to someone who couldn’t see? What
about a sunset? Choose a challenging image to
describe and write out how you would “show” it to
Robert? DO NOT USE VISUAL DESCRIPTION AS
HE CANNOT SEE and most of the descriptions,
especially colors and sizes, would not be
comprehensible to a blind person who relies on
touch, taste, hearing, smell and not sight.
OR
Sandra Cisneros, “Barbie-Q”:
1. Creative Option: Choose a toy or game that you
played as a child and analyze what this toy or game
suggests about gender roles and definitions.
OR
2. Research Option: Read at least three scholarly
studies of the history of Barbie and Mattel and/or
the impact of Barbie on American popular culture
and write an essay discussing how Cisneros’s story
responds to these issues.
OR
Gabriel García Márquez, “A Very Old Man With
Enormous Wings”:
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Creative option: Brainstorm a list of stories you have heard or read that contain magical
or fantastic elements. You should consider folktales, fairytales, ghost stories, and other
tales from your childhood as well as fiction you have read in this class or others. Then,
describe how these stories are different from more realistic stories. Do readers approach
or understand fantastic stories differently? How is García Márquez’s story similar to or
different from these other fantastic tales? Create an essay or a visual PowerPoint
presentation to describe this.
OR
Alice Walker, “Everyday Use”:
1. Many images of quilts can be found on the Internet, including variations of the “Lone
Star” and “Walk Around the Mountain” patterns mentioned in the story. Create a
PowerPoint presentation using images and text, describing the symbolic meaning of
quilts. Discuss the visual impact of the patterns, what the pieces represent, and how the
quilts have been constructed. Then, make connections between these meanings and the
themes in Walker’s story.
OR
2. Research Option: Read at least three historical sources that discuss the Black Power or
“Black Is Beautiful” movements of the 1960s and 1970s. How does Walker’s story engage
and respond to the central themes of these movements?

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