Author Name (5 pts.) – – CENTERED & BIG (26 point font size or bigger)

Portrait of your Author&

Symbol, Drawing or Collage of his/her works. (10 pts.) – BIG & CENTERED

Birth-Death Dates (3 pts.) – CENTERED & BIG (26 point font size or bigger)

State Author Primarily Lived (2 pts.) – CENTERED & BIG (26 point font size or bigger)

Name: _____________________________

Author Biography: * TEN or more sentences: Who is your author? When s/he born and when did s/he die?

Where was s/he born? Where did s/he live? What other jobs did s/he do? What significant events shaped his/her

life? HOW? What is s/he famous for/What did s/he write? Have a CLOSING SENTENCE (10 pts.)

Explanation of symbol, drawing or collage. THREE or more

sentences!Please explain what your symbol

means, what your collage represents, and/or how and why your artwork depicts the author’s

Personal Reaction TEN or more sentences (10 pts.)

Consider answering: What did you think of this author: his/her life;, his/her writings, etc.? Why? Why did you choose this author? Feel free to be a critic and discuss what you thought of something s/he wrote. Can you make an inter-disciplinary connection? If so, tell us! How can you connect to

Literary Device: * TEN

or more sentences PLU

S the quote and citation: What is a literary device the author used in the text you

wrote about? D

EFIN

E TH

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RM

! Then, explain how and w

hy it was used . H

ow did it help develop the central idea? Find a

QU

OTE

that helps show the literary device. C

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P THE

QU

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and CITE

the quote: (1) the page numbers O

R (2) the

line numbers of a poem

. YOU

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ST EXPLAIN

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R AN

ALYSIS!!! Have a C

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(cannot be same sentence as the analysis of the quote). (15 pts. each)

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: con

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line

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Period: _______Mr. Roukis’ English class E5

Unit 6:Realism, Naturalism, Regionalism & The Frontier : Author Project: GRADING RUBRIC & OUTLINE

__________ TOP: Author Biography: * TEN or more sentences: Who is your author? When s/he born and when did s/he die? Where was s/he born? Where did s/he live? What other jobs did s/he do? What significant events shaped his/her life? HOW? What iss/he famous for/What did s/he write? Have a CLOSING SENTENCE (10 pts.)

Student must use accurate, relevant and significant information Student must use clarity & depth in application to information, inferences & implications made

via analysis of character

__________ Name of Author (5 pts.) - CENTERED & BIG (36 point font size or bigger)

__________ Portrait of Author AND Symbol, Drawing or Collage of his/her writings. (10 pts.) – BIG & CENTERED

__________ Explanation of symbol, drawing or collage. THREE or more sentences! Please explain what your symbol means, what your collage represents, and/or how and why your artwork depicts the author’s works! (5 pts.) – CENTERED & BIG

Student must use accurate, relevant and significant information Student must use clarity & depth in application to information, inferences & implications made

via analysis of symbol

__________ Birth-Death Dates (3 pts.) – CENTERED & BIG (36 point font size or bigger)

__________ State Author Primarily Lived in of the Text (2 pts.) –CENTERED & BIG (36 point font size or bigger)

__________ BOTTOM: Personal Reaction: TEN or more sentences (10 pts.)Consider answering: What did you think of this author: his/her life &/or his/her writings, etc.? Why? Why did you choose this author? Feel free to be a critic and discuss what you thought of something s/he wrote. Can you make an inter-disciplinary connection? If so, tell us! How can you connect to the author in general, or to your life? If so, how? Ask your author a question!

Student must use clarity & depth in application to information

__________ FIVE adjectives or facts to describe the AUTHOR &/or his/her writings. Note: you cannot use synonyms! (2 pts. each= 10 total pts.)

Student must use breadth in application to information

__________ LEFT: AUTHOR’S WRITING: CENTRAL IDEA/MEANING: Pick ONE TEXT: * TEN or more sentences PLUS the quote and citation: Discuss one thing you read by this author. Share the plot and basic (and important literary elements: conflict, characters, resolution, etc.). ANALYZE the work. What was the central idea &/or overall meaning? Explain and prove it. Find a QUOTE that helps address your ANALYSIS of work. Copy the quote, SET UP THE QUOTE and CITE the quote: (1) the page numbers OR (2) the line numbers of a poem. YOU MUST EXPLAIN HOW THE QUOTE HELPS PROVE YOUR ANALYSIS!!! Have a CLOSING SENTENCE (cannot be same sentence as the analysis of the quote). (15 pts.)

Student must use accurate, relevant and significant information Student must use clarity & depth in application to information, inferences & implications made

via analysis of character conflict

__________ RIGHT: Literary Device: * TEN or more sentences PLUS the quote and citation: What is a literary device the author used in the text you wrote about? DEFINE THE TERM! Then, explain how and why it was used. How did it help develop the central idea? Find a QUOTE that helps show the literary device. Copy the quote, SET UP THE QUOTE and CITE the quote: (1) the page numbers OR (2) the line numbers of a poem. YOU MUST EXPLAIN HOW THE QUOTE HELPS PROVE YOUR

ANALYSIS!!! Have a CLOSING SENTENCE (cannot be same sentence as the analysis of the quote). (15 pts. each)

Student must use accurate, relevant and significant information Student must use clarity & depth in application to information, inferences & implications made

via analysis of character role

__________ GRAMMAR: spelling, capitalization, tense, sentences, wording, punctuation, title in italics, other (10 pts.)

Student must apply clarity to his/her grammar/writing

__________ CREATIVITY/FOLLOWS DIRECTIONS: use of color, paper, overall layout, neatness, paper size, etc. (5 pts.)

Student must apply completeness to their information (as well as the directions & project)

Total Grade: _______________________