ELA11, CSS, Cizeron

Develop a project that clearly communicates how experience shapes identities - personal social, cultural - and how these identities construct meaningful and personal connections with self, texts, and the world. Using the provided resources as examples, analyze how the experiences of the writers have shaped their identities and connections to the world, to others, and to themselves.   The select your own examples and synthesize these responses.  A few points to consider as you prepare your project:

• Synthesis means to use multiple sources to contribute to a main idea.
• There are many experiences that form our sense of connections to others, to ourselves, and to the world  Much goes into our self-identification.  
• It is important to remember that there is always more than one story.
• Use formal vocabulary and structure so that your communication is mature and thoughtful.

Course Specific Projects:

Below you will see handouts outlining the project specific to your course.  Please download the handout that corresponds to your enrolled course.  You must only complete the project that corresponds to your course.  

Click on your specific course to download your instructions:
New Media	Composition	Spoken Language	Creative Writing	Literary Studies

Assessment:  Below you will find the exemplary criteria used to assess the assignment.   

Learning Target(s) - Exemplary (6/6):  Final product demonstrates a rich understanding of how experiences shape identity and how identity constructs meaningful and personal connections to self, text, and the world.  This understanding results from thorough research and close analysis of texts, language, and author's intent which is presented in a Works Cited list with accurate MLA formatting.  Students recognize experiences are formative in identity creation and clearly communicate how identity is necessary for building relationships and connections to others, to the world, and to ourselves.

Ideas/Content - Exemplary (6/6): Exemplary development of ideas.  Content is clear, concise and true.  Accomplishes the purpose with originality, individuality, maturity, and sophistication.

Reflection and Insight - Exemplary (6/6):  Complex connections and original ideas are included in a thoughtful response that includes specific examples of the student’s learning process and growth, which has been the result of informed, reflective, and insightful research.  

Conventions/Sentence Fluency - Exemplary (6/6):  Sentence structure and vocabulary are varied, skillfully written (or spoken), and carefully chosen.  Composition shows maturity in vocabulary, structure, and organization. Reflection on the quality of writing is evident, resulting in few or no errors.

Submission:

Use the "3.8 Project:  Experiences and Connections" link on the main page of this section of the course to upload your assignment to your teacher for marking.

Estimated Allotted Time: 2-3 hours