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Students are to create a movie trailer, poster, and radio ad for Cyrano. The media devices should engage viewers and make the viewers WANT to read the plays. Requirements include two minutes of video, music, archetypes analysis, rhetorical devices, and some editing. Posters must be 8 1/2 by 14 minimum and have color, and the rdio ad must be 45 seconds min. Student's creations MUST be relevant to the theme, archetypes, irony, logical fallacy, plot elements, and author's choices.

Students will create a movie trailer based on a book. They must capture the essence, complete with motivation of characters and theme. A storyboard and script must accompany the movie trailer.

Students will create a movie trailer based on a book. Their job is to think about what their targeted audience is and market the movie trailer to their tastes. They must capture the essence, It must illustrate your knowledge of story elements such as characterization and theme. It must also show your understanding of theme, not topic themes. Use ethos, pathos, and logos in your presentation.

Students will create a movie trailer. Their job is to think about what their targeted audience is and market the movie trailer to their tastes. They must capture the essence, complete with theme and symbols present in the movie trailer. A storyboard and script must accompany the movie trailer.

This is the final project for the poetry unit. The students create a poetry portfolio containing analysis of poetic devices and poems.

Students will create a movie trailer based on a book. Their job is to think about what their targeted audience is and market the movie trailer to their tastes. They must capture the essence. It must also show your understanding of theme, not topic themes. Use ethos, pathos, and logos in your presentation.

You will judge a meal you have eaten or will eat. It can be at a restaurant or home cooked. Have fun with this and be descriptive. Make me feel like I am eating with you. If it is a real restaurant, please include where it is if it was good. You must include Ethos, pathos, and Logos in your ad. You must also include 1 logical fallacy. Teams of 2 maximum. 2-5 Minutes in length

You will judge a meal you have eaten or will eat. It can be at a restaurant or home cooked. Have fun with this and be descriptive. Make me feel like I am eating with you. If it is a real restaurant, please include where it is if it was good. You must include Ethos, pathos, and Logos in your ad. You must also include 1 logical fallacy. Teams of 2 maximum. 2-5 Minutes in length

Create a newspaper based on your book. Choose events from your story and develop them into newspaper articles. Include pictures. Create adds for sales of various things that would be of interest to your characters. Make sure your newspaper is neat, shows creativity, and it is free of grammar, spelling and punctuation errors. Every team, is required to write at least 4 articles, contribute a cartoon, and create an 2 ads

Students will create a movie/book trailer based on the novel Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. The trailer must serve to convince people to either READ the book, or WATCH the movie (one or the other), using appropriate rhetorical techniques. The trailer must capture the essence of the story, complete with motivation of characters and theme. A storyboard and script must accompany the movie trailer.

Write a 2-3 minute story using one of the prompts from the 1st quarter for presentation. Story must have a defined beginning, middle and end. Bonus for adding entertaining elements of different voices, expressive faces, and illustrative gestures. Also, present a character from your story discussed

Write a 1-2 minute story using one of the prompts from the 1st quarter for presentation. Story must have a defined beginning, middle and end. Bonus for adding entertaining elements of different voices, expressive faces, and illustrative gestures. Also, present a character from your story discussed

Research the approved topic. Submit one 2-3 page typed paper, double spaced, 12 point font following MLA guidelines. Include a bibliography citing at least 3 resources used researching the paper. Paper will be graded on quality of research to support the topic, effective use of information gained through research, credibility of sources, content, grammar and mechanics, and bibliography.

Poetry Writing / Reading Write or select a poem that showcase your ability to use or understand figurative language and understand the elements of poetry and how to present it.

Poetry Writing / Reading Write a poem that showcase your ability to use figurative language and understand the elements of poetry and how to present it.

Honors Poetry Portfolio: This project is the final assessment in the unit of Poetry. This is a two week task wherein students compile original poetry done in class showcasing the use of imagery, sound effects and rhyming, etc. Poems showcase various poetry styles learned, plus free verse poetry of the student.

Students will pick one of their poems to read at the Poetry Cafe.

Students will pick one of their poems to read at the Poetry Cafe.

An essay worth 50 points for the final project of Lord of the Flies

After learning about the archetype, students create a written paper connecting the theme of their outside novel with 3 aspects of the main character's journey.