STEP FOUR: Selecting a Variety of Sources
1. Create the following pages on your blog:
A. Poetry
B. Novel(s)
2. READ a selection of poems by different authors. Next, select one poem from your reading that you feel has a connection to your theme concept, specifically supporting ONE SIDE of your theme as presented through ONE of your quotations selected in the setup stage.
A. Identify the title and author of the poem you have chosen at the top of your ‘Poetry’ page.
B. Include a significant excerpt (or the entire poem) from your poem and post it on your Poetry page. You may choose to highlight certain sections that you feel represent your theme best, and that you could refer to in your reflection.
C. Complete an appropriate MLA style entry for the source of the poem on your works cited page. (Make sure at this point that you are alphabetizing your Works Cited entries based upon the first word in each citation).
D. Insert a meaningful graphic(s) for the selected poem that might help you to connect the poem, and its theme to the quotation and overall concept. Include a citation for this borrowed image on your works cited page.
3. Below the poem excerpt, write a reflection.
A. The reflection following this source should pick up where the previous quotation reflection left off. Go back and read where you left off for thBegin and end each segment of the narrative with an ellipsis ( . . .) to create visual continuity.
B. The reflection should briefly explain the connection between ONE of the sides of your theme (ONE quotation) and your poem. Make connections to your flash fiction and short fiction selection (if on this side of the theme) too. This is the beginning of weaving the tapestry.
C. Include direct quotations from the literature source in your reflections (with citations)
4. You have already READ a selection of novels from the book kits. Select one or two novels with the purpose to finding meaningful excerpts that tie into your concept.
A. Identify the title and author of the novel you have chosen at the top of your ‘Novel’ page. Be sure to italicize the novel’s title.
B. Include a significant excerpt from the novel on your ‘Novel’ page. You may choose to highlight certain sections within the excerpt that you feel represent your theme best.
C. Complete an appropriate MLA style entry for the source of the excerpt on your works cited page. (Make sure at this point that you are alphabetizing your Works Cited entries based upon the first word in each citation).
D. Insert a meaningful graphic(s) for the selected novel that connect to the quotation and theme concept. Do not include the cover of the novel itself. Find some images that would help you to show the theme concept as present in the novel’s excerpt. Include a citation for this borrowed image on your works cited page.
5. Below the novel excerpt, write a reflection.
A. The reflection following this source should pick up where the previous reflection left off. Begin and end each segment of the narrative with an ellipsis ( . . .) to create visual continuity.
B. The reflection should briefly explain the connection between ONE of the sides of your theme (ONE quotation) and your novel. Make connections to your flash fiction, short fiction and poetry selection (if they reflect upon this side of the theme) too. This is the beginning of weaving the tapestry.
C. Include direct quotations from the literature source in your reflections (with citations).
6. Reorganize your pages so that the pages you have just completed will be placed AFTER the quotation page it relates to.
DUE on BLOG: April 24, 2012
