From our class syllabus: Book (Novel) Report Project Skilled writers are also skilled readers, reading often and carefully. To support this goal, students must select one full-length, published novel to read, annotate, and build into a formal, persuasive essay. Projects must review two or more other scholars' views (secondary texts) of the novel (primary text), and focus on your own arguments regarding why the novel is important. The novel must be a book that you have not previously read. Due dates: 1. Feb. 2 (Fri. Week 4) - Draft 1 of 3 due 2. Mar. 23 (Fri Week 10) - Draft 2 of 3 due 3. Apr. 20 (Fri. Week 15) - Draft 3 of 3 due Audience: Your audience for this project can be all or some of these populations: 1. Students in our section of English 101/105, and/or all English 101 and 105 sections 2. All readers in an English-speaking college atmosphere (undergrads, grad students, teachers, administrators) 3. All readers of Global English (that is, not only USA readers but India, Australia, UK, and all people who read English). If you prefer, you may limit this audience to all USA citizens/visitors. Draft 1 - length: about 2 pages Read at least the first third of the novel. Describe the main idea (or what you can guess about it so far.) Briefly explain what is happening in the chapters you have read so far. If applicable, introduce two or more main characters. Explain what drew you to select this book, how keen your interest in it is now (compared to before beginning it), and why. Consider what makes this book interesting or relevant to all readers of Global English today. Optional: Include one secondary source in your draft. For example, find another writer (not "Amazon," but an individual with a first and last name, a published date, etc. for their work) who has written a two-page or more review or analysis of the book. Consider in what ways you agree or disagree with this secondary source's views on the primary text. For Draft 2 - length: 3-4 pages Read more than half of the book. Required: Include one or more secondary sources in your draft (See Draft 1: "Optional" above). This second draft of your "book review" should build on, and enrich, Draft 1, and include detailed in-text citations from at least two areas of the book (beyond Chapter 1) that you find interesting, relevant, and worthy of your own creative analysis. Draft 3 - length: 4 pages or more Finish the book. Polish the content you have developed so far in previous drafts. Include two or more secondary sources in your draft (See Draft 1: "Optional" above). Include detailed and revised in-text citations, from at least three areas of the book that seem most relevant and worthy of your own creative analysis. Ideas for other texts: Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. 1998. ISBN: 978-0385490818. 311 pages. Beatty, Paul. 2001. The White Boy Shuffle. ISBN: 978-0312280192. 240 pages. Morrison, Toni. Beloved. 2004 (1987 originally). 978-1400033416. 321 pages. Phillips, Caryl. A Distant Shore. 2005. ISBN: 978-1400034505. 288 pages. Roy, Arundhati. The God of Small Things. 2008. ISBN: 978-0812979657. 333 pages. Satrapi, Marjane. The Complete Persepolis. 2007. 978-0375714832. 341 pages. (illustrated) Spiegelman, Art. The Complete Maus. 1996. 978-0679406419. 295 pages. (illustrated) Yousafzai, Malala. I am Malala. 2015. ISBN: 978-0316322423. 368 pages.
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