ABC Book of Quotations Final project due through Turnitin.com, Thursday, May 2, 12 midnight Hard copy due by beginning of class, Friday, May 3

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1 ABC Book of Quotations Final project due through Turnitin.com, Thursday, May 2, 12 midnight Hard copy due by beginning of class, Friday, May 3 After completing your novel of choice, you will construct a collection of quotes and observations from your reading. While your novel of choice will be your primary source, you must also apply knowledge gained from Foster s How to Read Literature Like a Professor. Use the following guidelines: 1. Your purpose in this project will be to recognize and identify literary elements and details, both small and significant, that apply to some of the principles you have studied this year. Your complete project will contain a minimum of 26 pieces of evidence exemplifying those findings. 2. Step 1: For each letter of the alphabet, you will choose an element from either your chosen novel or from either from HTRLitLAP that begins with that particular letter. The element may be a character, a significant word, or other significant item or occurrence from the novel or it could be a literary element, philosophy or other connection from the Foster book. Either way, each page will tie together the two books: your novel, and How to Read Literature Like a Professor. Each page of your project must be clearly labeled with both the letter of the alphabet and the term or word you have chosen for its representation. 3. Step 2: If your example involves a character or a quote from the novel, your page for that entry will include the quote as it appears in the book and an explanation connecting that element to something Foster writes about in HTRLitLAP. If, instead, your example revolves around an idea from the Foster book, then your page for that entry will include the quote as it appears in Foster and then an explanation connecting that quote to your novel. This quote should appear exactly as it appears in the source, and it must have an in-text citation that conforms to MLA guidelines. Tip: Place your quote in the same place on each page so that your reader knows where to find it. This will also make planning your project much easier. 4. Step 3: Now comes the thinking part. You must relate this quote to your story and to your key word for this page. At the same time, you must tie HTRLitLAP together with your novel. This is how you do that: Write an explanation from one sentence to one paragraph, whichever it takes to make your connection clear that explains how the Foster quote is related to the novel, or how the element in the novel is related to an idea in the Foster book. Your explanation must include with part of the quote (from Step 2) correctly woven into a sentence, the parenthetical citation you would use if you included that quote in an MLA paper, and a brief explanation that could tie that quote in with some type of literary analysis. Your explanation must incorporate the language of literature, so use any literary terms that apply. Be sure to write in third person and in present tense. 5. Step 4: Each page should include some type of artistic representation related to the information on that page. Be creative, but also be neat and professional. 6. Foster s How to Read Literature Like Professor must be the source for the dominant quote for at least eight of the quotation pages in this project. The novel of choice must be the source for the dominant quote for at least eight of the quotation pages. 7. All of the writing in this project must be typed. Pages must be numbered. You must submit this project through Turnitin.com, and the possibility of plagiarism will be checked. Plagiarized papers will earn a grade of 0. Failure to submit through Turnitin.com hampers the plagiarism check, so if you do not submit it, you automatically lose your entire content portion of this grade in this case 50%. 8. Design a cover for your project that is both creative and attractive. Your cover should include the name of the novel you have chosen, the subtitle ABC Book of Quotations and your name. 9. You must also create a title page with the following information: title of novel, author s name, place of publication, publisher, original copyright date, your name, your teacher s name, class period, and due date. 10. Use a separate page for each word or term chosen for a total of 26 pages of quotations.

2 11. Your project will include a Works Cited page, typed and correctly formatted. While you must use the two sources already listed in these directives, you may also use other reliable sources, such as literary criticisms, as long as they are listed with your Works Cited and are cited correctly in-text. 12. Include a table of contents that lists not only the letter, but also the key word for each page you have created. Your table of contents must also tell which source each page s quote was taken from. 13. Your project should be turned in creatively, but professionally. Pages must be securely attached nothing just place in a folder, please. 14. This project will count 200 points in the gradebook. 15. Ideas to get you thinking about key words you can use on your quotation pages: Elements of characterization - descriptions of major and minor characters in the novel - including why you think the characters are major or minor and giving evidence to back up your description. Did your author provide this information through direct or indirect characterization? Elements of plot - Statements that summarize a particular occurrence in the book Background info about the author if something about the author s experiences influenced the book and you have a source to cite to back that up, go for it. Themes, both obvious and subtle along with quotes from different parts of the book that support your statement of theme. a major test with a writing component and a key New vocabulary words used in the book, along with their definitions and etymology. Be sure, however, that you can tie them in with something about vocabulary or language from the Foster book. Other information you have learned from How to Read Literature Like a Professor Be sure to make connections with your novel and to present any connections through woven quotes.

3 Examples of possible entries for an ABC Book of Quotations (See illustrations showing these examples.) For the letter T: I must find something related to this novel something important that revolves around a word beginning with the letter T. I know that my novel, Lord of the Flies, has several possible themes running through it, so I m going to use theme as my T word. Step 1: I must either find a statement about theme in the Foster book, or I must find a statement from the novel that I can effectively and logically tie to the idea of theme. Either way, I must have a direct quote that I can weave. I will begin my T page by typing up at the top of the page T is for Theme so that it is clear to my reader where I m headed with this. This information comes from a quote from the novel. That means I will have to tie in the quote with a literary term beginning with the letter T. Step 2: Next I will find the statement I want to use. I know right away of a good statement near the end of the book that actually spells out a couple possible themes of this book. So I type that statement, in quotation marks since it s a direct quote, and I use the in-text citation I would use if it were appearing in an MLA paper. Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy (232). Step 3: Now that I have the quote from the novel, I have to write my own original sentence using the word theme with part of the quote smoothly and correctly woven into it. My sentence must explain the connection between this quote and the theme or themes of the book. It must also include an in-text citation. While several possible themes are subtly hidden throughout Orville s novel, the author spells out some of the underlying message for the reader when Ralph is finally weeping for the end of innocence, the darkness of man s heart, and the fall... of the true, wise friend called Piggy (232). Notice that since my novel is my primary source, I did not use the author s last name in the in-text citation. Notice also that since I quoted the novel on this page, I did not have to include any information from the Foster book. Step 4: I know that I will also need some type of visual representation for the page, too. So I will place that on the page.

4 For the letter P: I must find something related to this novel something important that revolves around a word beginning with the letter P. This time I remember reading a chapter in Foster s book that mentions the political slant of most books. I m going to create this page centering around a quote from the Foster book. Step 1: I start out by typing a P at the top of the page and, of course, my P is for Politics to make my dominant statement. Step 2: I must now find a statement about politics from Foster s chapter than I can apply to the novel. This proves harder than I thought, simply because Foster s book is written in first person, and it makes it a little tougher to find a statement that I can use without getting Foster s own opinion in the way. I finally settle on one. Nearly all writing is political on some level (Foster 126). Step 3: Now that I have the quote from Foster, I have to write my own original sentence using part of this sentence and relating the Foster quote to the novel. My sentence must explain the connection between this the novel and politics. It must also include an in-text citation. Sometimes this cannot be done with just one sentence, so this explanation may need to be longer. The boys realize right away that they will need some structure in their meetings, so they elect a leader and make a few rules. The conch shell becomes an important indicator of who has the authority to talk, giving one boy at a time some authority. Later the reader understands that these simple rules form a type of government for their primative society. This is an example of Foster s belief that nearly all writing is political (Foster 126) because the book turns out to be an allegory about society in general. Notice also that since I quoted Foster s book on this page, I did not have to include a direct quote from my novel. I referred to what happened in the novel, but I was careful to keep it in my own words, not those of Orville. That means I do not have to cite my primary source on this page. Step 4: Time for the artwork. Please know that these are just examples. In a real project, you would NEVER dare to use the same artwork on more than one page.

5 Planning chart for ABC Book of Quotations: Ideas for cover Title page info Table of contents Page number Letter Key word Quote with citation Explanation with woven quote Artwork Selected 1 A 2 B 3 C 4 D 5 E 6 F 7 G 8 H

6 9 I 10 J 11 K 12 L 13 M 14 N 15 O 16 P 17 Q 18 R

7 19 S 20 T 21 U 22 V 23 W 24 X 25 Y 26 Z 27 Works Cited