Monday, March 21, 2016

1. Paper/project on A Tale of Two Cities 

A TALE OF TWO CITIES

DIY PROJECT

CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING THEMES:

1.       the ever-present possibility of resurrection, or

2.       the necessity of sacrifice, or

3.       the tendency toward violence and oppression in revolutionaries.

OR CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING MOTIFS:

1.       doubles, or

2.       shadows and darkness, or

3.       imprisonment.

OR CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING SYMBOLS:

1.       the broken wine cask, or

2.       Madame Defarge’s knitting, or

3.       the Marquis.

OR CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING QUOTES:

1.       It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way. . .

2.       The wine was red wine, and had stained the ground of the narrow street in the suburb of Saint Antoine, in Paris, where it was spilled. It had stained many hands, too, and many faces, and many naked feet, and many wooden shoes. The hands of the man who sawed the wood, left red marks on the billets; and the forehead of the woman who nursed her baby, was stained with the stain of the old rag she wound about her head again. Those who had been greedy with the staves of the cask, had acquired a tigerish smear about the mouth; and one tall joker so besmirched, his head more out of a long squalid bag of a night-cap than in it, scrawled upon a wall with his finger dipped in muddy wine-lees—blood.

DO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

1.       Write a paper (but not a boring paper), or

3.       create a video, or
      do something artistic, or

4.       come up with another technology-based application, or
      do something else.

Be really creative and impressive.

I do not want a powerpoint presentation (yawn). Last year, almost everyone did that.

DO ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:

1.       Expound upon the subject(s) and/or meaning(s), and

2.       give examples, and

3.       include personal thoughts and ideas, and

4.       be creative, and

5.       add something extra.

DO ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:

1.       Be thorough, and

2.       be accurate, and

3.       be grammatically correct, and

4.       be creative.

WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED:
1. If it is a project on the computer, turn it in to Google Classroom-- A Tale of Two Cities Project.
2. If it is a paper on the computer, turn it in to Google Classroom-- A Tale of Two Cities Project.
3. If it is a paper on paper, turn it in to Mr. Bone's desktop-- his actual desktop.


YOU WILL PRESENT THIS IN CLASS.

RANDOM THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PROJECT (I WILL CONTINUE TO ADD TO THIS.)
You will have time in class to work on this project. Do not waste that time. I will expect a paper or project worthy of your ability and the time available. If you give me a one- or two-paragraph paper, your grade will reflect that. A simple project that shows little creativity and/or technology will also reflect that.

Use your strengths to your advantage or expand your universe and try something new and different. I would like to see you use some technology with which you were previously unfamiliar. I would, likewise, be happy for you to show me something I can use.

Some odd examples that have popped into mind (some of these may not necessarily work well with the assignment:
     -- late night commercials about products in Paris during the Revolutionary Period
     -- bad A Tale of Two Cities lip reading
     -- a theme paper in cartoon or comic book form
     -- A Tale of Two Cities board game
     -- a rap song on a CD
     -- a poem read by an animated penguin
     -- an interview with Charles Dickens
     -- an interview with one of the characters
     -- a Revolutionary Period Entertainment Tonight
     -- a printed Revolutionary Times newspaper
     -- a newspaper article about events in the novel
     -- a map with important spots noted
     -- a paper with pictures unrelated to France or the Revolution but still tell the story
     -- a travelogue or brochure
     -- a twitter (or other social media) discussion with a French student about the subject
     -- HGTV's "House Hunters" showing off the different homes in the story
     -- crime scene report from Lucie's most recent Paris lodging
     -- animation of how a guillotine works
     -- the trial of a character left

THIS PROJECT IS DUE ON MONDAY, MARCH 28, AND WILL BE PRESENTED THEN.

A short summary of your plan is due on Tuesday, March 22, for a daily grade. Include:
     your topic,
     a general idea of what you intend to say about it,
     and the format you will use to present your ideas.

DIY PROJECT GRADING RUBRIC

Addressed the subject properly & completely                                                           30

Personal thoughts & ideas explained                                                                         20

Sound reasoning; good examples; ideas backed up                                                   20

Correct grammar; complete sentences; spelling                                                        10

Something extra                                                                                                         20