English 14/ Literature 12 1st Semester 2014-2015 Projects and Due date

English 14/ Literature 12 (Literatures of the World)

            Good day! The following is your guide on your assignments, projects and due dates. The due dates are yet to be negotiated when we meet each other in class as well as the groupings and the mechanics of the projects. This list is just to give you an idea ahead of what is to be asked from you and creativity for the rest of the semester. I hope this can guide you and this early notice can make your tasks and challenges a bit lighter. 

        I am glad to be spending my semester of learning World Literatures with you!

Assignments: For June 16-20, 2014

1         1.      Read the literary history of Greece.

2         2.  Read “Iliad”

3.                     3.   Prepare for a class discussion/recitation on Monday, June 16, 2014

Projects and Due dates:

1.                        1.  Create a comics/manga inspired by a/an:

                     a.     For AM2A; Egyptian legend;

                      b.     For AM2B; Scandinavian legend

                     c.      ASCHEM4; Romanian legend

*** This is to be done in a group of three.

                     DUE DATE: July16, 2014

2.                2. Prepare a one-act play on the epic part that will be assigned to you. 

                         Take  a video of  this and submit it on August 1, 2014.

3               3. Write an Acrostic. Place it in an 8x11.5 photopaper with your picture as                                                  the  background. (Individual)

                                     Due Date: July 30, 2014

4                 4. Prepare a dance drama in a group of seven. This is to be presented on 

                                        September 1, 2014.

5.               5. Prepare a radio drama on the Enemy of the People in a group of 6. 

                                     Due date: September 8, 2014.

-M’Shai

Assignment for the long weekend

World Literature

1. Please read Aeneid and Divine Comedy.   

2. Kindly answer the remaining activities on epic in your workbook.

3. In  two short bond papers, draw your personal idea of what heaven and hell are .

4. in a short bond paper, create a comic script on the confrontation between Aeneas and Dido.

Have a blessed holiday!

letter

December 13, 2013

DR/Mr./Ms. (Name of your poet)

Address

Dear Dr. Tan:

Happy Holidays!

We are _____________ and ___________, third year Bachelor of Science in Education major in English taking English 44 (Understanding Poetry) of Central Mindanao University.

As part of our requirements in the above mentioned subject, we are to interview a Filipino poet who we believe have great role in the flourishing of a special craft as well as a person who have  a great role in shaping the society.

In this connection, may request that you be our poet in study. We are interested in learning about the development of poetry in the Philippines and are particularly interested in meeting you as well as learning about you and the poems you have written.

We look forward to meeting and having an interview with you. Thank you and god bless us all!

Respectfully yours,

NAME 1                                                                                 NAME 2

Noted:

SHARA ROSE VIRGINI O. DIONALDO

English 44 Instructor

**** Have this paper printed and signed by me before you give it to your poet. I will be back on the 19^th. See you then **** Read more about your poet and his/her poems. Further, if you have inquiry you can post your questions here in this site or better yet,  email me on the address I have given one of your classmates. Thank you.

Guide Questions

here are some of the questions you may consider asking aside form the personal information you would like to know about your poets.  You may or may not ask them from the experts, make certain though you have read and studies available materials written about them as well as their poems so you would have  a lot of things to discuss with.



Furthermore, you are expected to write a narrative report of your interview. Attach your interview guide as well as your revised interview guide together with your picture and Cd interview with your chosen poet. Good luck and enjoy!

Basic Questions (You may or may not ask all these):

1.       When did you start writing poems?

2.       Who are the people you think influenced you a lot in terms of writing style?

3.       Do you have any particular time of the day devoted for writing alone?

4.       What is your favorite subject to tackle in your work?

5.       Do you think poetry is a great vehicle to change the face of time? Can poetry really help change the world/country we are living in?

6.       Do you think poetry is a good vehicle to pursue a political or social belief? How could that be so?

7.       What is the advice you can give to a student studying poetry?

8.       Can you give us an advice on writing poetry? How can we improve our craft?

9.       Can any person become a poet? Is there any standards?

10.   What is the greatest threat a writer can encounter when it comes to his/her craft?

English 12

Happy holiday! Sorry for the late post. Had a hard time with our connection- had a hard time posting your assignment.

Here are the things you are to do while I am away. You are to follow the instructions closely.
1.a. Watch the weekend episode of Maalaala Mo Kaya.
1.b. Summarize the episode and write a review of the said episode. Discuss why you like the episode and why you do not like it.
2.a. Read the extract of One Summer by David Baldacci.
 2.b. Pick at least ten new words from the article. Use each word in a sentence.
2.3. Write a reflection paper on the said story.
2.4. Write your personal experience which you think is similar to the experience of Jack.
3. Post your answer on 2.4 in this page. The rest, to be written on one whole sheet of paper to be submitted on Monday, May 6, 2013.
Have a very productive week ahead!:-)

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