I'll be offering several opportunities to get extra credit throughout the semester. This is a great opportunity for those of you who may not be happy with your current quiz grades, journal grades, or class participation to boost your overall grade! Here are the ones available so far:
* Volunteer to give a 5-8 minute presentation about your final unit project for The Bluest Eye. You must explain why you chose your topic, how you approached the text, what your main ideas were, and give a sample of your finished project (read from your writing, play a song and discuss it, etc.). Do this successfully and I will offer you 5 points of extra credit OR bump you up to the next letter grade, whichever option helps you more!
* Write a short 1-2 page essay comparing an element in the film Imitation of Life to The Bluest Eye. Here are some suggested elements to examine (but you may come up with your own!): mother/daughter relationships, how men are presented, racial stereotypes, racial identity, class issues (who has money and who doesn't), love and the lover (how people love and/or show their love). Due Thursday, March 4.
* For our poetry unit, compile a list of examples of figurative language (metaphor, simile, hyperbole, personification) or other devices (irony, imagery, tone, mood) in music, a television show, a movie, or any other media outlet you like. Refer to the "Lil' Wayne" sheet and use that as a model. Due at the end of the poetry unit (March 16).
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