Extra Credit for AP Language
Due Date: Tuesday, December 18th
Interactive Notebook for V for Vendetta
Instead of annotating the book, you will create an interactive notebook (basically annotating in your notebook). I will collect the notebook just as I collected your books. Please remember that any form of copying will result in no extra credit for yourself and the student you are plagiarizing from. If you give your notebook to someone to copy, you are just as guilty as the student doing the copying.
Divide your book into THREE Parts:
Book 1: Europe After the Reign – pages 7-86
Book 2: This Vicious Cabaret – pages 87-179
Book 3: The Land of Do-As-You-Please – pages 181-286
For EACH entry you will complete ALL of the following in your notebook. Each of these will be its OWN Left and Right Side. Be neat and label everything!
1. Acrostic Poem – Your task is to determine the Most Important Word/Phrase and create an Acrostic Poem. Put the poem on the LEFT side of the notebook and explain in two detailed paragraphs your poem and why that is the most important word/phrase on the RIGHT side. Be sure to include the page number and panel number of the most important word/phrase.
Example of an Acrostic Poem:
Poems should show
Originality,
Explain something from the unit, and
Make
Sense
(52;6) page # followed by panel number
2. Annotated Illustration – Your task is to determine the THREE most important visuals (panels) and write an annotated illustration for EACH visual. You will need to draw the visuals (including caption and dialogue) on the LEFT side and write the analysis on the RIGHT side. Be sure to include the page number and panel number of each visual. Your analysis for EACH visual must be a minimum of two paragraphs, focusing on all parts of the visual (pull out key diction from the text). Some ideas to consider when responding to the illustration:
1. What exactly do you see in the illustration?
2. Study the people and/or objects in the image one by one. What similarities and differences do you see?
3. How are the people dressed?
4. What are they doing?
5. Imagine you are in the picture. What might you hear or smell?
6. What is unique about this image that the artist wanted to capture?
7. What happened right before this image?
8. What is about to happen after this image?
9. How are the words important to the image?
3. Be The Thing – Your task is to write a personal response as if you were an object from the reading. Your response should include both emotional and physical feelings of the object. Imagine you are the thing! The picture of the object must be on the LEFT side of the notebook and your response must be on the RIGHT side of the notebook. Your response should be a minimum of two paragraphs in length and include the following: a description of the purpose and function of the object, a description of what the object is feeling and thinking, and a description of how this object relates to the plot of the story. Remember to write as if you are the object.
4. Political Cartoon – Your task is to find a Political Cartoon that represents the major themes of the reading. You must find TWO political cartoons for EACH entry. Place the cartoon on the LEFT side of your notebook and write an analysis of the political cartoon on the RIGHT side. Your analysis must be a minimum of two paragraphs for EACH cartoon explaining the political cartoon and the connection of the political cartoon to the theme in the reading. You can find your political cartoon in newspapers, magazines, or the Internet. Be sure to correctly cite where you are getting your political cartoon. Websites that might be helpful to you:
http://www.politicalcartoons.com/Default.aspx
http://cagle.msnbc.com/politicalcartoons/
http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/bldailyfeed2.htm
http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/bl-political-cartoons.htm
http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/politicalcartoons/ig/Political-Cartoons/