American+Romanticism+Project

Using the Literature Book and additional credible, authoritative sources (no dictionary, encyclopedia, wikipedia-type sites, or spark-note/e-note-type sites), define all Aspects of American Romanticism. Everyone is required to post the Aspects of American Romanticism page. Each student will sign up to analyze __one Romanticism short story__ and __one Romanticism poem__. Mr. Langley will create pages for each work of literature as students sign up. Students will post their essay assignments and video assignments to the wiki page corresponding to the work of literature they are analyzing.
 * Project Expectations of American Romanticism Project (3/4 of Semester Exam grade)**

__All work on the wiki is due no later than 12:00 p.m. (noon) on Saturday, December 11, 2010.__

Failure to use citations, using citations incorrectly, or claiming another’s work as one’s own is //plagiarism and will result in a zero grade for that portion of the assignment//.

//Reports that are missing components or not formatted properly will not be scored.// Be sure to complete all components of the assignment. Late or incomplete reports will not be accepted. The project is worth 300 points of the Semester Exam with the following breakdown (The remaining 100 points of the Semester Exam will come from the Grammar Test on Semester Exam day):
 * Scoring**

Using Classroom time - up to 25 points (points will be logged each class period) Posting to the Aspects of American Romanticism page - up to 25 points Essays: Each essay (2 essays) - up to 100 points each (Rubric) = 200 possible Post honest, helpful, and respectful criticisms on the Discussions Tab of 10 of the Romanticism Works pages - up to 50 points

The Following assignment will be on each page created for the work of literature:

Create a video presentation summarizing your report on each author and embed it into the page

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Write an essay discussing the following points:
 * 1) Thoroughly show how the work of literature fits the definition of Romanticism.
 * 2) Show how the writer’s life affected his/her work.
 * 3) Show how the work compares in style, character, theme, etc. to other works by the author __and__ to your other assigned work.

//D////elete this text and replace it with your answer// //- be sure to use MLA parenthetical citations and place your Works Cited list at the bottom of the page//