2012 Final Project/Semester Final: AP Language and Composition 260 Total Points/accrued and counted as one grade for semester final 15% of the semester grade if you sat for the AP exam; 20% if you did not
Part I: History and Significance Annotated Bibliographies: 125 points; due 5/14
The “research” is already provided; you will use the three websites below, plus one video, to write five annotated bibliographies: 1. Video: The Salem Witch Trials: Background/The Accused/Reasons 2. Essay: Arthur Miller’s “Why I Wrote The Crucible” 3. Arthur Miller: The Person and the Playwright http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Miller 4. “On Joe McCarthy” by Richard Rovere http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/mccarthy/mccarthy.htm 5. “The Legacy of McCarthyism” by Ellen Schrecker http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/mccarthy/mccarthy.htm General Instructions o Read all of the above material thoroughly. o Include both summary of the material and evaluate its significance in your annotated bibliography o Upload to tii
Formatting (see sample) MLA guidelines Alphabetize your entries Bib entries are double-spaced; summaries are single spaced No hanging entries
Holistic Assessment: 25 points per entry; 125 total points 112-125 points (A-level work): o Proper formatting o Comprehensive summaries with completed reflection/significance o Academic voice; few, if any grammatical/convention errors 100-111 points (B-level work): o Proper formatting o Adequate summaries with completed reflection/significance o Academic voice; few grammatical/convention errors 88-99 points (C-level work): o Possible formatting issues o Summaries present, with completed reflection/significance, but may be lacking in content/development o Grammatical/academic voice may contain errors 87 points or less: unacceptable work at AP level
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2012 Final Project: AP Language and Composition Page 1 Student Name (header above )
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Annotated Bibliography for Arthur Miller’s The Crucible
Correct Bibliography entry here. Make sure it’s properly punctuated. These entries will be
double-spaced, alphabetized.
Summary. This is the summary for an entry. In periodicals, these are often called abstracts. The summary will depend on the length of the book, web page or article. Generally, this should be about one paragraph in length, and summarize the major points. A book summary would include a sentence or two per chapter read or covered. This summary should be single-spaced, with double spacing between entries—remember: no “hanging” entries. This page has 1” margins, and proper MLA headings. It should look just like this sample page. Remember, neatness and presentation count! I know you’re cursing me right now, but it’s not my fault! Remember all that lecturing about time-management, well, did you listen? Are you doing this at 1:30 a.m. the night before? Is it any consolation to you that I’m spending my spring break, thinking of these laborious assignments, just so you can be prepared for college? See, it is all about you.
Evaluation/Significance.
Correct Bibliography entry here. Make sure it’s properly punctuated. These entries will be
double-spaced, alphabetized.
Summary. This is the summary for the second entry. In periodicals, these are often called abstracts. The summary will depend on the length of the book, web page or article. Generally, this should be about one paragraph in length, and summarize the major points. A book summary would include a sentence or two per chapter read or covered. This summary should be single-spaced, with double spacing between entries—remember: no “hanging” entries. This page has 1” margins, and proper MLA headings. It should look just like this sample page. Remember, neatness and presentation count! I know you’re cursing me right now, but it’s not my fault! Remember all that lecturing about time-management, well, did you listen? Are you doing this at 1:30 a.m. the night before? Is it any consolation to you that I’m spending my spring break, thinking of these laborious assignments, just so you can be prepared for college? See, it is all about you.
Evaluation/Significance.
2012 Final Project: AP Language and Composition Page 2 Part II: Reading and Responding to The Play: 50 points; due 5/17
Act I summaries of antecedent action. 50 points. o Short summaries; nos. 1 and 5 will be considerable longer. Use bullet points to note all important points in the reading. MLA/single-space. Upload to tii. 1. Miller’s Prologue, pg. 3 2. The Putnams, pg. 14 3. John Proctor, pg. 20 4. The Nurses, pg. 25 5. Reverend Hale, pg. 32 6. Giles Corey, pg. 40
Discussion: Primary Themes from Miller’s The Crucible When discussion is opened in class, you can earn up to 25 extra credit points for participation—your points depend upon the relevance and content of your contribution(s). For example—agreeing with someone’s point of view might earn you 1 point. o A mounting tide of evil within a society can gain ascendancy disproportionate to the evil in any one member. o It is possible for human beings who appear to be agreeable and normal to be knowingly fully committed to evil. o Truth has no meaning when men believe only what they want to believe. o Honest common sense is impotent against unwieldy fanaticism. o Men can insulate themselves from truth and rationality by a chauvinistic confidence in their own judgment. o Situations exist in which “mere unaided virtue” (Melville) is not strong enough to counter diabolical occurrences. o The infection of injustice and/or evil may be spread by ordinary people who are both the mindless agents and victims. o Evil in a society may more often be occasioned by the denial of private responsibility than by deliberate villainy. o Long suffering may instruct that moral integrity, human dignity, and spiritual freedom are of more value than life without them. Bold indicates a topic, not a theme. o Due: the class period following the completion of the reading of each Act o Writing Assessment rubric on next page
Part III: The Test: 100/85 points; administered on scheduled finals days 100 question multiple-choice
Optional Credit 25 points for attending the after-school movie on 5/24. Full attendance/no tardies; cell phone check-in required. This is not “extra credit”, and these points are not tallied in the final project.
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