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    This document outlines objectives and tasks for a group project analyzing the novel "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao". The group will read and discuss sections of the novel over several weeks. Each week, members will be assigned individual roles related to analyzing specific elements like character, theme, diction or plot. They will share their findings on a group website and collaborate on a group writing assignment. The reading schedule divides the novel into sections to be completed each week along with individual and group assignments.

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    This document outlines objectives and tasks for a group project analyzing the novel "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao". The group will read and discuss sections of the novel over several weeks. Each week, members will be assigned individual roles related to analyzing specific elements like character, theme, diction or plot. They will share their findings on a group website and collaborate on a group writing assignment. The reading schedule divides the novel into sections to be completed each week along with individual and group assignments.

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    This document outlines objectives and tasks for a group project analyzing the novel "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao". The group will read and discuss sections of the novel over several weeks. Each week, members will be assigned individual roles related to analyzing specific elements like character, theme, diction or plot. They will share their findings on a group website and collaborate on a group writing assignment. The reading schedule divides the novel into sections to be completed each week along with individual and group assignments.

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    of 3

    How does culture influence

    literature?

    Forthenextfewweeksyouwillbeworkingingroupsof34toreadandanalyze
    TheBriefWondrousLifeofOscarWao
    .
    ______________________________________________________________________________

    Group Objectives:
    Usetheinternet
    toproduce,publish,andupdateindividualorsharedwritingproducts,
    takingadvantageoftechnologyscapacitytolinktootherinformationandto
    displayinformationflexibly
    anddynamically.
    Citestrongandthoroughtextualevidencetosupportanalysis
    ofwhatthetextsays
    explicitlyaswellasinferencesdrawnfromthetext.
    Analyzeaparticularpointofvieworculturalexperience
    reflectedinaworkof
    literaturefromoutsidetheUnitedStates
    Determinethemeaningofwords
    andphrasesastheyareusedinthetext,including
    figurativeandconnotativemeanings
    analyzetheimpactofspecificwordchoiceson
    meaningandtone
    ,includingwordswithmultiplemeaningsorlanguagethatis
    particularlyfresh,engaging,orbeautiful.
    Analyzehowcomplexcharacters
    (e.g.,thosewithmultipleorconflictingmotivations)
    developoverthecourseofatext
    ,interactwithothercharacters,andadvancetheplotor
    developthetheme.
    Analyzehowanauthor'schoices
    aboutstructuringthetext,orderingeventswithinit
    (e.g.,parallelplots),andmanipulatingtime(e.g.,pacing,flashbacks)
    createsucheffects
    asmystery,tension,orsurprise.
    Determineathemeorcentralideaofatext
    andanalyzeindetailitsdevelopmentover
    thecourseofthetext,includinghowitemergesandisshapedandrefinedbyspecific
    detailsprovideanobjectivesummaryofthetext.

    Reading Schedule:
    Belowisthereadingscheduleyourgroupisexpectedtofollow.
    Week1:
    March31st
    April4

    Week2:
    April721

    Chapters:
    1
    Pages:
    1950
    Chapters:
    23.5
    Pages:
    50149

    Week3:
    April2128

    Week4:
    April28May
    5

    Week5:
    May512

    Week6:
    May1219

    Week7:
    May1923

    Chapters:
    3.54.5
    Pages:
    149201
    Chapters:
    4.55.5(Part2)
    Pages:
    201244
    Chapters:
    5.56.5
    Pages:
    244276
    Chapters:
    6.57(Part3)
    Pages:
    276311
    Chapters:
    7(Part3&FinalLetter)
    Pages:
    311335

    Tasks:
    Meettheprojectobjectivesbycompletingthefollowing
    1.
    Inyourgroupof34,createawebsite.Yoursitecanbethroughany
    provideryouwish,andlook/beorganizedinanywayyoulike.Solongasit
    hasthefollowingcriteria.Sendmeyourwebsitelinkwhenyouaredone.
    DUEApril1st

    AnameappropriatefortheNovelStudyProjectandclass
    Adesignthatiswellthoughtout,colorful(withpictures),easytoreadandnavigate
    Aninformationalpageaboutthenovel,theauthor,andeachgroupmember
    Ahomepage
    Apagefordiction/words
    Apageforplot
    Apageforcharacter
    Apagefortheme

    2.
    Establishindividualjobsfortheweek(eachtaskmustbecompletedandon
    yourwebsitebytheendoftheweek).Followthehyperlinkedtexttoseeyour
    expectationsforthisjob.


    Character

    Howdoesthecharacterscultureinfluencetheirdevelopment?Howdo
    actions,speech,thoughtsandmotivationsdevelopacomplexcharacter?
    Howdocharactersgrowandchange?Howdocharactersadvanceplotand
    developtheme?Addressthecharactersroleindevelopingplotandtheme.
    Giveexplicitexamples.

    Diction

    Whichwordsconveytheauthorsdeepermeaning,tone,orvoice?How
    doestheculturedrivewordchoice?Provideapassagewithdiverse
    language(fresh,engaging,beautiful).Analyzethedictionfordeeper
    understandingofauthorspurpose.Feelfreetocreateawordwallorlogof
    unknown/funwordsfortheweek.

    Plot

    Theme

    Whathashappenedinthereadingthisweek?Whoistellingthestoryand
    whattimeperiodisitin?Howisthestoryorganizedinthissection?Are
    thereusesofflashback,sloworfastpacing,parallelplots,ormissing
    information?Dontmerelyprovideasummaryofthereading.Analyze
    howtheauthorhasorganizedthetexttocreatesucheffectsasmystery,
    tension,orsurprise.
    Whatistheauthorsmessageaboutlifeorhumanity?Howdoesculture
    influencethismessage?Determineathemeforthisweeksreadinganduse
    explicitexamplesfromthetexttoproveandclearlyshowyour
    interpretation.Rememberthemeisoftenimplicitandisnotoneword.

    3.
    Eachweekyouwillbeexpectedtocompleteagroupwritingassignmentin
    additiontoyourindividualtasks(character,theme,diction,plot).See
    the
    assignmentpage
    forthisweeksassignment.Planoutyourgroupwriting
    assignmentfortheweek(eachmemberoftheteammustplayarolehowever,
    thisassignmentcanbeorganizedinavarietyofways).

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