Paper Two Project Presentation Assignment

RESEARCH PRESENTATION ASSIGNMENT

Hamlet Roundtable and Process Statement

February 26 (25 points)

Good night, sweet prince,

And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest! (5.2.334-5, Barnet 1034)

We officially started the P2 Research Project on Tuesday, 2/5, when we turned our attention in earnest to Shakespeare’s Hamlet and to the scholarly research methods that you would be using (a) to learn more about your assigned character and (b) to practice the scholarly research method. By Tuesday, 2/26, you will have spent three weeks on this project. You will be turning in your Paper 2 Research Project Notebook, and will be presenting in class what you learned over these three weeks. You will earn up to 25 points for your presentation on Tuesday, part of which is shared in our final “Hamlet” Roundtable, and part of which is written to turn in on Tuesday.

CONTENT: Your Research Findings-15 points for participation in the Hamlet Roundtable on Tuesday. Plan to speak 3-4 minutes on the content of your research, that is, your research findings. Use notes to guide your presentation (you will turn in these notes):

(1)Identify the following: (a) your character’s name and role in the play, (b) what aspect(s) of yourcharacter you studied, (c) the critical strategy (historical, formalist, feminist, psychological, etc) you used, and (d) your working thesis (this is a specific assertion about your character that is explained, illustrated, or otherwise supported by all the passages you include in your annotated bibliography items; it’s a sentence that states in a nutshell, and specifically, what your three annotations say about your character).

(2)Read ONE section of your Hamlet annotation (APEx for one of the passages you chose, something your character says that supports your working thesis).

(3)Identify BOTH of your secondary sources as follows: (a) name each author, (b) name the title and topic of their writing, (c) give a one- or two-sentence description of credentials, and (d) summarize briefly what each says that supports your working thesis about your character (a two- or three-sentence summary for each author would be good).

(4)Read ONE section from your annotation on one of these secondary sources (APEx for one of the passages you chose, to quote from a scholar.).

PROCESS: Your Research Method -10 points (address the 4 items below in a typed or handwritten report on your process; or fill in the form on the next page – due on Tuesday):

(1)What did you learn about the scholarly research process that you think will be most beneficial to you at the upper-division level when your professor assigns a major research paper (e.g., a 25-page, 20-source scholarly paper)?

(2)What did you learn about yourself as a reader and researcher? As a critical and creative thinker? As a scholar? What mistakes did you make? How will you learn from these mistakes?

(3)Write a number that represents a fair estimate of the number of hours you used during these last three weeks for the research process itself (reading handouts, re-reading the play, looking for scholarly writings on your character and topic, looking for credentials, completing the project assignments—RA’s, RJ’s, drafts; etc.). Count only the time you spent outside of class TTh 10-12.

(4)Write a number that represents a fair estimate of the number of hours you used this weekend and/or Monday to complete the Paper 2 Project and Notebook (typing, revising, and editing P2; completing the author-scholar analysis; putting everything together in the requested order in the notebook; preparing for this presentation; etc.). Count only the time you spent outside of class TTh 10-12.

Paper Two Project Presentation Assignment: Research Process Form

Provide a heading at the upper left, and address the 4 items below in the blanks. Use pen (blue or black ink).

(2)What did you learn about yourself as a reader and researcher? As a critical and creative thinker? As a scholar? What mistakes did you make? How will you learn from these mistakes?

(3) On the blank to the left, write a number that represents a fair estimate of the number of hours you usedduring these last three weeks for the research process itself (reading handouts, re-reading the play, looking for scholarly writings on your character and topic, looking for credentials, completing the project assignments—RA’s, RJ’s, drafts; etc.). Count only the time you spent outside of class TTh 10-12.

(4) On the blank to the left, write a number that represents a fair estimate of the number of hours you used this weekend and/or Monday to complete the Paper 2 Project and Notebook (typing, revising, and editing P2; completing the author-scholar analysis; putting everything together in the requested order in the notebook; preparing for this presentation; etc.). Count only the time you spent outside of class TTh 10-12.

P2PresentationForm –P2 Presentation Assignment Attachment