Influences are evident from the writer's background or from the story itself?ĭo not tell everything you find, but rather sift through this information, How has the writer's personal life affected this story? What literary In notes cards to work from as your present. Rather, your slides should support your lecture. Material on your presentation slides OR a retelling of the plot of the stories Your presentation should not be a mechanical reading of Your classmates appreciate your collection of chosen short stories or author Your presentation should be a coherent discussion that helps Together a visually appealing, compelling, engaging presentation toĮducate your classmates on what you learned in reading/researching the List of at least 5 valid sources in NoodleTools (shared with me). While some of these may be immediately obvious, others mayĪrise from the stories themselves. Period/historical events, cultural significance, philosophy, literary Research on significant contextual elements (ie, author’s life, time You the most in literature and go from there…Īt least 6 stories and keep a journal in which you respond to each one (at Weeks working on something that you will enjoy, so consider what interests Savagery, Age vs.Īnother idea for a connection…run it by me! The idea is for you spend a few That produce tension within the story: Reason vs. Initiation, fall from innocence, or quest. With strong religious allusions, immigration stories, etc.) Stories by Russian authors, etc., stories written/published in the past 5Ĭlear thematic/philosophical connections (ie, feminist stories, stories Period (ie, Harlem Renaissance, stories by Native American writers, Same style/genre (ie, science fiction, dystopian, magic realism, Southernīy authors with similar background/cultural focus or from the same time Is that you may not choose to study the same author that you used for your Connectionsīy the same author (see attached list for some ideas the only restriction Way connected, and putting together a presentation for the class. Partner you will be reading and analyzing at least 6 stories that are in some Show us what you’ve learned over the last This is one of your lastĮnglish projects at CCHS and we want you to take ownership of the work and
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Project is for you to become intimately familiar with a collection of stories Now that you have been exposed to some of the short storiesĪnd authors that are out there, you will be choosing a focus for your own The police came to calm the chaos, and Stravinsky left his seat in disgust, but the performance continued for 33 minutes and he became one of the most famous composers in the world. At its premiere in 1913 in Paris, the audience broke out into a riot when the music and dancing turned harsh and dissonant. When Stravinsky played part of the piece for director of the theater where it would be performed, the director asked, "How much longer will it go on like that?" Stravinsky replied, "To the end, my dear." He titled the piece The Rite of Spring. Stravinsky composed the piece on a piano in a rented cottage, and a boy working outside his window kept shouting up at him that the chords were all wrong. He then got an idea for a ballet about a pagan ritual in which a virgin would be sacrificed to the gods of spring by dancing herself to death. It was wildly popular, and he traveled all over Europe to conduct it. His first major success as a composer was a ballet based on a Russian folk tale, called The Firebird (1909). It's the birthday of the avant-garde composer Igor Stravinsky (1882), born in Oranienbaum, near St.