TEWWG-Reflective+Presentation+Project

RPP Objective

__Standards Addressed__ Use the following state standards to create an electronic project on __Their Eyes Were__ __Watching God.__ 2.2 Write responses to literature: a. Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the significant ideas in works or passages. b. Analyze the use of imagery, language, universal themes, and unique aspects of the text. c. Support important ideas and viewpoints through accurate and detailed references to the text and to other works. d. Demonstrate an understanding of the author's use of stylistic devices and an appreciation of the effects created. e. Identify and assess the impact of perceived ambiguities, nuances, and complexities within the text. 2.3 Write reflective compositions: a. Explore the significance of personal experiences, events, conditions, or concerns by using rhetorical strategies (e.g., narration, description, exposition, persuasion). b. Draw comparisons between specific incidents and broader themes that illustrate the writer's important beliefs or generalizations about life. c. Maintain a balance in describing individual incidents and relate those incidents to more general and abstract ideas.

1. Read __Their Eyes Were Watching God.__ 2. Write an introduction describing your project. 3. Discuss major themes from the story and how they relate to you. 4. Summarize Janie's "heroic journey". Choose a hero's journey that you most relate to and explain why. 5. Draw conclusions of commonality between yourself and Janie or another character in the story. Explain why you relate to them. 6. Add pictures, music, video, sound bites, or any other electronic embellishment you can think of to your project. At least 2 items from the above list will be required. 7. The project must contain at least 1,500 words.
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