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Literary Presentations of Brit Lit Students for Make Benefit Glorious Brit Lit Class

Because I want each of you to play to your strengths, I am not going to give you many guidelines as a class. On Thursday 25th, I will speak to each of your groups about how you would like to present your work. Here are some things to consider before Thursday:

How will you, as a group, present the novel?

If you want to work together on a single presentation:

  1. Decide which genre you wish to work within:
    1. Theatre
    2. Visual art
    3. Cinema
    4. Music


  2. Divide work appropriately. Ensure that each member of your group knows exactly what is expected of him or her. For example:
    1. If you have an artist and two essayists, create a graphic interpretation of the novel
    2. If you are actors, present a fast-forward version of the novel, with costumes and minimalist sets
    3. If you are musicians or musically inclined, create a compilation CD (complete with original cover art) for the novel
    4. Make a video highlighting important themes/scenes in the novel

If you want to work individually on parts of the novel:

  1. Decide who will work on which part. Things to take into consideration:
    1. Will you divide it into parts (1st 1/3, 2nd 1/3, 3rd 1/3)?
    2. Will you each choose a character or theme to work with?


  2. Once you have divided the novel, choose how you will present your individual section. Here are some ideas, but you are free to come up with your own:
    1. Painting/collage of character, including aspects of his or her personality and symbols of his or her life
    2. Graphic work of your portion of the work
    3. Essay exploring themes, characterization, or historical importance of your part of the novel
    4. Written interpretation of your part (new ending, new beginning, part from a different point of view)

Remember, this project is worth 120 points—enough to make or break your grade—begin work on your presentation as soon as you make your plan.

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2 Comments

Anonymous
November 4, 2007 at 1:19 PM

hey Mr. Stallings it's jasmine lewis and my group is going to have to move are presentation to tuesday or something after someone else goes because ours is not finish yet and we're gonna need monday to finish it.
Please and Thank you

JStallings
November 4, 2007 at 8:18 PM

The project is due on Monday. If the groups presenting at that time finish early you may be able to work in class, but do not count on it. Any work turned in after the beginning of class on Monday will be accepted, but considered late.

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