EWC4C/U Summative Part 2: Independent Study:
For your independent study, you get to choose what aspect of the writer’s craft you wish to study, and how you wish to go about it. Your project can be either research based, or creative, or some combination of the two. The idea is to fully explore an idea that is relevant in some way to the course.
Some ideas:
- book-making – take it to the next level. Make a series of different books in different styles
- author study- read a selection of work by any author in any genre and present your findings in either a research format or creative format
- the writer’s life: listen to a number of podcasts or read interviews with several authors to study what the writer’s life is life. Present your findings in either a research or creative format
- genre study- read a selection of work in a specific genre or style, and present your findings in either a research or creative format
- interactive fiction- write a work of interactive fiction. Observe what happens when the class plays it.
Step 1: proposal & conference
Write a 200 – 250 word proposal in which you describe what you are planning to do for your project. Meet with Ms. Parrish to discuss.
Content:
- a description of the project
- why you are doing this, what you hope to accomplish.
- what you think will be the challenges in accomplishing this project
- what you might need to learn in order to complete the project and where you can get this knowledge
Your proposal must be typed.
Due: Week of December 23
Note: as this is NOT an arbitrary deadline, you will lose marks for late submissions, 1 mark per day. (late proposals must be e-mailed to me but they might not receive feedback until after the winter break).
The final project is due January 20, 2012, and worth 10 % of your final mark.
Course expectations evaluated through this project:
Questions? Brainstorming?