Leonetti: AP Deepening Assignments

Throughout the course of the year, you will select one deepening assignment per semester to turn in at your discretion. Of course, I would like to avoid a pile of assignments to grade as each semester ends, so you must complete the assignment during, or within a week of, the unit of study to which it applies.  In the last semester, you must complete your deepening assignment BEFORE the test.  Where applicable, you can always send me an assignment via email or through Google Classroom.  You may not complete the same assignment twice--please try to stretch yourself into trying something unique to you.  You might learn something new!  

WRITING OPTIONS

Write College Essay DUE November

If you don’t know where you want to go, and want to apply to multiple universities/colleges, this is a good site to check. Look at their list of schools that accept the application, and see if any of these are of interest to you.  If so, print their essay options for the school year you will attend, and select one essay to write.  Highlight the topic you selected and turn it in with the essay you wrote.  If your school choice does not appear, go to the admissions’ website of your choice, and see if you need to write an essay for admission.  If so, follow the bolded directions above.  If not, one last option here is to search for scholarships which apply to you that require an essay.  Again, follow the bolded directions--I need to see the prompt and the essay to give you helpful feedback.

Facts from Fiction:

All fiction is based somewhere in fact.  It is representing the human experience, and although the plots take place in worlds or times we didn’t experience, there are infinite similarities. For example, from Hamlet you might explore a mental illness. Select a fact that interests you from one of the works we are reading, and use the “explore” option in the bottom right of the screen in a Newsletter template from Google Docs.  Make sure to copy and paste from the page you use there, so your research materials are cited using MLA format.  Make sure to incorporate images as well by dragging and dropping them in from the same research tab.  Finally, tell a story with the research you have done.  What led you to research this topic? Is there a connection to your life?  Give details that make your research as interesting for your reader as they were for you to discover, incorporating your quotes into the writing to make it all flow into an entertaining and informative work.

Short Story:

Select one of the passages from our prose writings or a character from a novel or play and write what happens before or after the selection given.  Your prequel or sequel should show you understand the voice of the narrator being presented in the original, so try to sound like him or her as you are writing.  The length of the piece should not be your concern but that it does have a clear exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution that intriguingly connects to what we read in class.  

Poetry Collection:

Create a poetry anthology. It must include at least 10 poems found with CAST and 7 personally authored poems selecting from the Types of Poetry Quizlet that show your ability to utilize the myriad forms and devices that can come to represent your own personal style.  They should be neatly and creatively bound together with a cover that illustrates the contents whether it be based on a theme found throughout or a combination of images portrayed.  

$1000 CONTEST:  Letters About Literature DUE December

Use one of the novels, poems, or plays you have read in this class about which you have strong feels.  It might be that the reading helped you through a difficult time or it be be that the reading simply touched your heart or inspired you.  How did this author’s work change you or your view of the world?  How do you know it did? How and why are you different now than you were before you read this work?  Write a personal letter to the author stating how reading his or her work changed you.  Be personal but also persuasive!  Support your ideas with specific details, including details from the work itself.  This is not a fan letter but rather a reflection on how an author influenced you.  Type your entry in letter format. Your name and complete return address (either school or home) must appear in the upper right corner of the first page of the letter. Mail your letter with the required entry coupon by Dec. 1, 2016.  For more information and the entry form go to this website.

$ CONTEST:   Ayn Rand Novels

Have you read one of Ayn Rand’s thought-provoking novels? Now’s the time! Enter an Ayn Rand Institute essay contest for your chance to win thousands of dollars in cash prizes. If you read one of Ayn Rand’s Novels, The Fountainhead or Atlas Shrugged, either for Book Club or within the time-frame of AP Literature, you can write an essay to be entered into a contest.  “ARI has held worldwide essay contests for students on Ayn Rand’s fiction for thirty years. This year we will award over 500 prizes totaling more than $90,000.”

Modern Rewrite:

Read a required book in class (Ex: Hamlet, Frankenstein, Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, The Awakening, A Doll's House) and write a section approved by Mrs. Leonetti in your own tone of voice. The rewrite must contain the same content and plot line. Do NOT add events that will not happen in the story. You may give the characters more apparent attitudes and add conversations as long as the meaning of the section remains the same. Prove that you understand what is happening in the story by putting your own spin on it. Have fun with it and be you!

READING OPTIONS

Author Study:   Select a favorite author--(s)he does not necessarily have to be from this class, but you do need to tell the story of why you love this author, and you need to give biographical details.  Most importantly, you need to describe the MOWAW for at least 3 pieces (books, stories, or poems) by the author and argue whether or not you think this author meets our class definition of literary merit. How you present your information needs to include both images, quotations, and your own explanations of the MOWAW and connection to literary merit as discussed in our class.  

Language Learning:

If you are in the process of learning or already know another language(s), use this as an opportunity to doubly-deepen by reading a book, short story collection, or poem collection from an author of the second language AND the English translation. As you read the second language version, annotate words you are learning and questions you have about content. As you read the English translation, annotate for meaning and tone, considering how or if it differs from one language to another and what that suggests about each culture. I recommend, you read one chapter, story, or poem, at a time, alternating back and forth, so as not to get lost in the language unless you are highly proficient or fluent in both. When you are finished (if you do--you must read at least 50 pages of each), write a one page letter to the author describing how reading the work in their native tongue changed or challenged your perspective of the world. Be sure to address the meaning, tone, and cultural differences as well as including at least one quotation from the second language and it's translation to clarify one of the three. Turn in your project with both books and the letter. Recommended readings--Spanish: In the Time of Butterflies (recommended by Profe Ruddock), French: Une Si Longue Lettre (recommended by Mlle. Martin), German: Franz Kafka, Metamorphosis (recommended by Frau Brainard). Check out this YouTube on Why Translating is Sometimes Impossible.

How to Read Like a Professor, Thomas C.   Foster :

Read as a whole, and annotate your reading throughout each chapter.  After each chapter, write a post-it of your take-aways from the chapter.  In some cases, you may come back to a chapter after we did something in class that you see now applies.  This should be an interactive experience.  I want to see your thinking in your reading--show me with highlights, notes in the margins, tabs, post-its, etc.  After you complete the whole book, turn it in along with a one-page explanation of how reading the book as a whole deepened your understanding of literature.  This assignment can be completed for each quarter, but you must turn in 7 chapters/quarter.  Alternatively, you could select another of the works mentioned in one of the chapters and complete the annotations as described above within the work, including specific references to what was discussed in the chapter and how it is found in the work.  

Nonfiction:

Read and annotate a nonfiction book about any of our authors or literary time periods.  Write a post-it for each chapter, bulleting at least 2 important take-aways.  When you are finished, make a bookmark of most interesting/surprising facts on the back and including the title, author, and relevant picture on the front. Submit your annotations and your bookmark.

Short Stories:

Read a collection of short stories and create a prezi of at least 15 of the Literary Devices Quizlet as they appeared throughout the stories.  For each story be sure to include the author and title, the device used, a description or quote of how the device was used, and how the use of that particular device added to the message of the story.  Do not merely summarize, but make a point of using your analytical skills to explain why the author did what (s)he did.  For each device you should include at least one image that is related to either the device itself, the author, title, or the story to make your prezi visually appealing.  In some cases, you may include short video clips as long as they are very relevant.  Last, explain which story was your favorite and why--what did the author’s use of the devices add to the overall story?  

Poetry:

Read a collection of poetry (or create a 20 page collection) and illustrate the pages with the images (at least 2/poem) that come to your mind as you are reading.  If you are not an artist, you can add color images from magazines or printed out.  Identify, in a unique handwriting, at least one device/poem--try to have a variety of devices from the Poetic Devices Quizlet throughout the collection, at least 7 different devices should be represented.  At the end of the book, write a response on the back page(s) describing which poems/poets were your favorite and why. Some of my favorites--Picnic, Lightning by Billy Collins or Good Bones and Simple Murders by Margaret Atwood, but your book doesn’t have to be by one author, a collection of authors could be interesting as well and give you a better sense of more types of poetry.

Website:

Use weebly.com to create a website for one of the books you read in this class.  Use your My Essential Literature as a guide of the information that should be included in the site.  Think of yourself as creating a resource for a student who is also exploring the book for an AP class--you should include at least one link to an outside source as well as one video. Your website should include multiple tabs selected from My Essential Literature and be formated in an eye-catching and interactive way.  You may, but are not required to, upload outside documents or connecting pieces of literature or art--the more unique details, the better!  Do not simply copy from another resource.  These should be your own ideas and analysis.  If you do use outside sources, they should be cited.  

Reread:

Select a book from the AP reading list that you already read for another class.  Begin by completing what you remember about the book on a My Essential Lit. and writing a short explanation about why you want to reread it.    As you reread, make additions/changes to the handout in a different color to show the distinctions between what you remembered and what you take away on a second reading.  Finish by writing an additional paragraph about what changed for you on the second reading--consider what you wrote into My Essential Lit. and how it developed from your memory and what resurfaced.    

Play Teacher:

In many units you will be selecting from a few books, or you may not get your top book club choice; you may want to read more than one of them.  Take this opportunity to read that book and teach the teacher as to why it should be its own unit of study.  To do this you should both complete a My Essential Lit. and write a formal letter describing to me why this book would be a better choice than one that was read.  Consider addressing how it reaches similar themes or would be better for a particular prompt you have seen.  Your letter should be no less or more than three thorough paragraphs.  

VOCABULARY OPTIONS

Own Your Vocab:

Create your own vocabulary list.  For the semester, this should include at least 30 words from throughout, at least 3 different readings should be represented, your reading for this class.  Your list must include the title, author, quote, page number, and definition.  After you create your list, you will also create a Quizlet set, learn the words by practicing using the Quizlet games, and take a full test until you earn a 100%. After you take the test, print it out, as well as the original list and turn both in.  Attention to detail in formatting is significant to earn higher scores for this choice.  A 9-8 = an understanding of of the essential components of an effective project . . . stylistically resourceful, sophisticated, specific, consistent, and well-supported.

Journal Review and Setup: SEMESTER 2 ONLY

Make your daily work your deepening assignment by adding little details as you review our classwork completed in your journal or notebook on your own time.  Details should include, ornate/color headings, highlighted vocabulary including poetic, dramatic, and literary devices (as seen in quizlet--include print-outs of your 100% for each Quizlet in your 2-pocket folder or as a divider) as well as types of literature and when they occurred AND adding additional points of interest with your own doodles or clippings of images BESIDES those provided in class. Consider this a way to study for the AP Literature test using the journal review and setup available in Google Classroom. Along with completing your classwork, add tabs to show all of the poems we explored in class and answer the questions on the review sheet.  Then, make sure that you have ALL of your My Essential Literature organized in the 2-pocket folder (or their own dividers) and ALL of your Multiple Choice Entry Tasks. Lastly, write a 3-paragraph letter to me explaining your greatest take-aways, what you would suggest I do differently and why, and your advice to next year’s students on how to survive AP Literature with Leonetti.  

ARTISTIC OPTIONS

Framed Narrative: DUE September

Depict the framed narrative of the Canterbury Tales. Illustrating the pilgrimage and at least 4 of its characters as described in the prologue on the frame and events from The Pardoner's Tale within. Wherever possible add details that depict a thorough understanding of the Middle Ages and Chaucer's life. Represent visually as many of the terms from “The Pardoner’s Tale” Quizlet as you can.

Bosch: DUE September

Having investigated “Death and the Miser” you will have seen how the details of the Middle Ages appear throughout Bosch’s painting in his 8 x 1 ft. painting.  As we read from different time periods, create your own 8 X 1 ft. painting or drawing that includes at least 5 relevant details from the time period to illustrate a theme seen in the reading we did. Like “Death and the Miser”, the art should not be a picture of what we read, but of similar ideas presented.  Take it a step further by looking for other art of the specific time period we are studying and trying to imitate the style in your own work. Make sure to turn in a list of the 5 time-period details you include and a short explanation of the theme you are representing.   

Art Inspector:

Select a piece of artwork that represents a selection from any of our readings.  In a slideshow or prezi, point to the elements of the art that connect to the reading.  Make at least 5 points of connection between the two.  Use OPTICAL to guide your work. Explain your thinking with a quotation from the reading and what you see in the art.  Complete the OPTICAL fully.   Be sure to zoom in to the different aspect of the artwork, so we can see exactly what it is that you are showing us.  If you choose to do this as a poster, it should be interactive, make flaps or add connectors to make it clear where you text applies to the artwork.  

Children’s Book

Select a favorite poem, TPCASTT annotate it, and then turn it into a children’s book.  The book should be at least 10 fully illustrated pages with unique images relevant to the poem.  The lines of the poem must be the text of the book.  Since it is a children’s book, the poem you select should be something that would help children understand their place in the world.  Remember that children deal with all of the same universal themes in their lives that adults do--try finding a poem that simplifies one of these complex themes and use your illustrations to bring the poem to life for them.  Create a hardcover for your children’s book with the title, an illustration that hints and what’s inside, and both your and the author’s name.  Your TPCASTT annotations should be folded and included in the back of the book.   

Art and Critical Theory:

Select your own piece of art and use any of the critical lenses to analyze it in detail.  For this project you need to either print out the picture in color OR put it in a prezi.  Then, “zoom” into the painting and give answers to the typical questions from the critical lens you selected.  If you select to do this on paper, you need to attach the picture to a poster board and make it interactive, flaps that open, pop-ups, etc. that give the same type of visual effect that you get from a prezi.  Either way, the questions need to be answered in complete sentences that explain your thinking about the art and the lens.  To do this, you should read at least one source about the piece of art.  Make sure that you follow MLA Format to cite the source that you use on the project.   Make sure that you delve into multiple aspects of the image you select--do not merely focus on the most apparent components--”read” between the lines.     

Graphic Design:

Using a program like Illustrator, create a design for a class Book Club t-shirt.  The t-shirt should incorporate images that are relevant to reading, and a quote about the importance of doing so.  Research the cost of creating the t-shirts through our own school program, or outsourcing to a company on the internet, and create an order form for the shirts.  The amounts need to be accurate in case members of the class decided to purchase your design.  If there is more than one of these projects completed, there will be a class competition for the best design.  You should be prepared to process the orders if they are determined to be purchased.  Finally, in 200-500 words, explain how our Book Club process has influenced your perspective of reading, making sure to list the books that you have read, and their particular influence on your understanding.   

Comparing Characters: Semester 2 Only-DUE FEBRUARY

Create a character poster project for one of the characters in The Awakening and his/her counterpoint in A Doll’s House. Your poster must display the following for both characters:

Characterization Imagery

Character name, title, and author Quote that uses imagery to describe a scene

Significant quote by the character Accurate representation of the scene described

Significant quote about the character Accurate representation of a symbol or object associated with the character

Accurate representation of the character’s physical qualities

Explanation of the meaning of the symbol or object and its importance to the text

Character traits using vocabulary from the text All aspects of the poster must show creativity and thoughtfulness—neatness counts!

Cartographer (Map-Maker):

Starting with the notes taken for a specific historical movement (i.e. The Renaissance, The Feminist movement, US Influence of Afghanistan) find a relevant map either paper or digital and “pin” all of the relevant locations that surround the event. Then, for each pin (at least 5) write a post-it (at least 3 bullet points) explaining the relevance of the location. Include a relevant image or video for each pin, and complete your map by writing a three-paragraph explanation of how the time period still influences our modern times, citing at least one piece of literature read in class.

Game Board or Video Game:

Select one of the books you read for this class to model a game board or video after.  Create the board/background to reflect the setting of the book.  Create the pieces/players to reflect the characters.  Create the cards/tasks to reflect the plot and/or theme of the book.  People who play the game should have a thorough understanding of what happens in the book through playing game.  The end of the game should have a similar resolution as the end of the book.    

Diorama:  

Create a model with 3-D figures including at least one character, the setting as a background, and any necessary props with realistic detail to represent a major scene or important setting from one of the books or plays we read in class.  Along with your diorama, include a 2 paragraph description of why you selected this this particular scene to recreate and how it influences the meaning of the work as a whole.    

VIEWING OPTIONS

Chaucer: DUE October

Read “The Knight’s Tale” from our textbook, another of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and watch the film version. Create a visual presentation comparing the similarities and/or differences between what you read and what you saw, making a point of addressing the ideas you learned about Chaucer’s life and Middle Ages as the major points upon which

you are making your comparisons along with the terms in “The Pardoner’s Tale” Quizlet.  Along with your presentation you should turn in your 100% scored test from the Quizlet set.

Shakespeare: DUE November

Watch or read one of Shakespeare's comedies or histories (or compare Taming of the Shrew to 10 Things I Hate About You) and create a slideshow or tri-fold poster with text and images of how each of the devices relevant to plays (see Hamlet Quizlet and use definitions for Soliloquy, Aside, Comic Relief, Foil, Dramatic Irony, and Conflict) contribute to the meaning of the work as a whole (if you are doing the comparison, you need to explain how they appear in both).

TED Talks:

Watch 1 hr. of TED Talks related to stories, literature, authors studied in class, or poetry.  Put the videos you watch in a prezi, and describe your take-aways from the viewings, making specific connections to what we are doing in class.  Do not merely summarize the content of the video, but show how it added to your perspective.  One you might begin with is The Danger of a Single Story (19 min.). Alternatively, once you have viewed the videos, and gained a sense of the type of speaking necessary to perform in a TED Talk, you could write your own speech, and record yourself giving it, not merely reading it.  Your topic can be related to anything we have done in class, but you should be just as charismatic and persuasive as those you saw.  This is more important that the length of the video.

SNL & Satire:

Watch several Saturday Night Live clips of your choosing; Select at least 4 and put them in a prezi. For each, explain whether they are satirical by looking for exaggeration, incongruity, reversal, and parody.  Describe how the presence or lack thereof makes it a satire or not.  Then, explain what role you think a show like SNL plays in shaping the culture in which we live today.  Alternatively, once you have viewed the videos, and truly understood how at least one of them is satirical by looking at the bolded, select a current event and create your own SNL skit.  You can work in a small group to do this, but each individual must turn in their own analysis of the SNL clip when the final video is privately posted to YouTube and emailed to me.  

Historical Film:

Watch a film that represents the history of a time period we are studying like Elizabeth for Shakespeare.  Begin with the notes that you took for the author and create a timeline of the events that shaped the times in which the author lived and wrote.  The timeline must include aspects from our notes about the time period and the author, and what (s)he wrote, as well as new elements from the film.  The timeline should have specific dates as well as images and explanations for each event.  Your timeline must include at least 10 significant events and can be created on paper or in a presentation format.  

Shelley or Austen Exploration DUE Semester 1

Both of these authors have had multiple variations of their lives and stories developed into a mythos of their own. For example, Victor Frankenstein (2015) and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016) show the mass appeal of these timeless stories. Having read the book make a visual presentation that explores at least one of the types of literature (Romanticism, Gothic, Coming-of-Age)  we explored while reading the book and how at least 5 of the components of that type of literature compare in the film version vs. the literature version appear in at least one of the film adaptations.  Make sure that your comparison includes quotations from the book with corresponding pictures from the film to showcase the similarities or differences.

DRAMATIC OPTIONS

Acting Out:

With a small group, select a scene from one of the plays we read in class, memorize your lines, dress accordingly, and create or be in an appropriate setting.  Record yourselves acting out the scene.  Individually, explain how you more deeply understood your character through learning to be him or her.  This can be added to the end of the video, or you can each write a paragraph to be emailed along with the link to the private YouTube of your video.  

Poetry Out Loud:

READ LISTEN    WATCH  

Type a short paragraph explaining why you chose that poem.  Work together with a small group of students to have a poetry reading contest.  Discuss and write a paragraph explaining how the contest winner will be chosen. Have your reading TOGETHER and record the event (snapping is a must).  As a group, choose your winner based on the rules you described in the paragraph.  Post your reading to YouTube privately, and email the link to me along with the paragraphs and the winner, explaining why (s)he won, and an individual response.  Please talk to me if you would like to participate in the contest!  

Play/Musical:

Attend a play or musical put on in our area.  Having attended, select an appropriate lens, review the questions, and pretend that you are a literary critic.  Write an article (relevant pictures with captions should be included) that doesn’t just answer the questions, but addresses the ideas of the lens and how they were seen in the play.  As the critic, you may make points about whether or not you liked the play, but only in how it addresses the questions.  For example, if you are reading Doll’s House through the lens of gender studies, the way that Torvald and Nora behave can be criticized as unacceptable, but if you were reading through the historical lens,their behavior would have been acceptable.Think critically about what you saw and what you want to say, and choose your lens wisely.  Think of the layout as an actual magazine or blog, so that the format looks polished for publishing.  

YouTube:

Create an informative YouTube video about one of our authors, literary time periods, (think: Middle Ages, Elizabethan, Victorian), or literary movements (think: Renaissance, Romanticism), or critical lenses (think: archetypal, psychoanalytical, feminism) that is at least 3 min. but no more than 5 min.  The video should include researched facts with relevant images that appear as you explain the content of what we have discussed in class but add a level of understanding that shows you have gone beyond.  The last slide of your YouTube should include a list of works cited.  

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT OPTIONS

Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery Semester 1 Only

Go to Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery and see what the organization is all about, check out their giving options, and see how you can volunteer. Volunteering can be a significant time commitment and requires an application. Make sure you are committed to this option if you choose it! If you take a look at the website, you can see that there are also group opportunities. The main vision is to provide immediate refuge for children and support to strengthen families. You will likely question traditional family roles and the roles of women through our reading The Awakening, A Doll’s House, and/or A Handmaid’s Tale. Here’s a chance for you to put into action what is going through your head during this unit. Your assignment is to either donate money, volunteer, or donate items from the wish list. If you select this option, the assignment for the presentation will be pushed to you through Google Classroom. You must show yourself participating in collecting money (please complete fundraising form for Mrs. Hill PRIOR to raising money), raising awareness, or volunteering and explain how this connects to our in-class readings.  Odyssey Youth Group Semester 1 or 2 (using

Gender/Power/Marginalization Lens)One of the critical lenses through which you can read some of our book choices is the gender/power/marginalization lens. Gender studies, power and marginalization critics explore issues of sexuality, power, and marginalized populations (woman as other) in literature and culture. Closely linked to Feminist studies, but this lens focuses on the idea of power and the abuse/misuse of power. These critics focus on binaries (opposites like feminine and masculine) and how the work treats those that do not fit into binary modes (contain traits of both). *In college level classrooms sexual identity is often included for discussion, but since our novels do not overtly discuss these issues, we will focus on power struggles, marginalization, identity and gender conflicts. Go to Odyssey Youth Group and see what the organization is all about, check out their get involved options, and see how you can volunteer, learn more about sexual and gender identity, and how it affects individuals and how you can support those who are marginalized based on identity. You may only select this option if you are using this lens to read one of our class or book club books. Your assignment is to either donate

money, volunteer, or sponsor a GSA kit. If you select this option, the assignment for the presentation will be pushed to you through Google Classroom. You must show yourself participating in collecting money (please complete fundraising form for Mrs. Hill PRIOR to raising money), raising awareness, or volunteering and explain how this connects to our in-class readings.

World Relief Semester 2 Only

Go to http://worldreliefspokane.org/ and read About Us, Our Work, and Get Involved.  Through the course of learning about the history and challenges facing Afghanistan, as well as the impact of these types of issues around the world on individuals through the World Relief presentation and the characters in A Thousand Splendid Suns and The Kite Runner, you will likely develop a sense of empathy for refugees and internally displaced peoples.  With the hope of both reflecting on what you are reading and providing an outlet for the emotions the books may invoke, you can work together with a group of 3-4 (or individually) to create a Welcome Kit for refugees resettling to the Spokane-area.  Please review the information provided regarding the Welcome Kits through World Relief http://worldreliefspokane.org/donations and select which kit you would like to participate in supplying. (Due to current policy, World Relief has limited space for kits, instead they have suggested we do a ‘penny drive’--for the project, still select one of the categories from the donations link [like kitchen] and do some research to find out the cost of the required items. Based on your research, set your ‘penny drive’ goal and start collecting (please complete fundraising form for Mrs. Hill PRIOR to raising money). Make sure you advertise what you are collecting for through creating a flyer using the information you learned from researching the website--the rest of the project requirements still apply as preceding and following) As you consider the kits, also consider what evidence from the novel suggests that a refugee would need these items as your project will not only include supplying the items but also explaining their connection to the novel.  If you select this option, the assignment for the presentation will be pushed to you through Google Classroom. You must show yourself participating in collecting money, raising awareness, or volunteering and explain how this connects to our in-class readings.

Although I have tried to encapsulate many ideas that could come up for projects throughout the course of the year, this is certainly not an extensive list. If you have something else in mind, you should write up a thorough description like those you have seen here and submit it to me prior to beginning work on the project.  Remember, you will complete one project per semester.  In some cases there will be other projects that are added to these options as we progress through the units of study, but you should choose at least one of these as we begin our work in exploring the beautiful layers that create the expanse of literature.