Final Project: English 103

Spring 2014
200 points total
For this assignment you will be researching a topic related to our last two units theories o! the mind and gender"#
$ou will be creating a website through weebly#com" to store your ideas% resources% and your !inal project# &he goal is
to produce a polished piece o! writing that is E'()'*E+ by di!!erent media# $ou need to thin, about how to engage
and persuade your audience through the use o! images% -ideo% and te.t# &hin, about balancing the -arious rhetorical
appeals ethos% pathos% and logos"# For instance% you can include an image that creates an emotional response in
your reader#
First% generate a research proposal or guiding /uestion that you would li,e to pursue# $ou can write about )'$ &0P1*
relating to these units# Pose /uestions worth e.ploring# &hin, about what you are interested in and consider how you
can get your readers to ta,e an interest in the subject% too# $our guiding /uestion should not be too broad or too
narrow# $our thesis will be an answer to this /uestion# See page 420 in Rules for Writers !or more research tips# )lso
see page 460 !or tips on supporting your thesis#
1! you are struggling to !ind your own topic% ta,e a loo, at these sample projects:
&o what e.tent is the media responsible !or gender ine/uality2 (ow is gender represented in )merican
culture2
3ermaine 3reer seems to imply that all men can become masculine men# 4hat is the !ate o! those who
cannot answer the call o! masculinity2 E.amine your own e.perience% and describe the beha-iour o! men you
ha-e ,nown who were not 5alpha males#6 4hat are their opportunities in li!e2 1s it clear that masculine males
are much more success!ul in li!e than those who are less masculine in beha-iour2
(ow much ha-e things changed since 4ollstonecra!t7s day2 )re the problems that beset women in the
eighteenth century completely sol-ed2
4rite your own essay on the subject o! 5&he +istrust between the Se.es#6 Establish the important
psychological di!!erences between the se.es% and% with re!erence to e.amples as much as possible% describe
what you !eel is important about these di!!erences#
)pply Freud or *arl 8ung9s theories to a te.t% tele-ision show% or !ilm#
E.amine a collection o! children7s literature# 4hat archetypal images appear in the material that we might
interpret as central to a child7s psychic de-elopment2 +o you thin, children are aware o! the archetypal
content o! that literature2 4ere you as a child gi-en the opportunity to absorb a wide range o! children7s
literature2 4hat do you thin, you absorbed !rom it2 4hat could the cultural !unction o! children7s literature
be !or any culture2
&o what e.tent do you thin, children7s lo-e:hate o! their parents is normal2 Freud implies that such !eelings
e.ist in all children# +o you thin, that is li,ely2 1! so% what would contribute to those !eelings2 Should we
worry about them or are they just normal !eelings resulting !rom their ha-ing -ery little power in the !amily
setting2 )rgue a case that suggests that the mental states Freud describes are essentially normal and
nothing to worry about#
(ow is language and communication changing2 4hat has brought about these changes2
(ow has technology shaped the way we interact and thin,2
(ow does human social policy a!!ect the sur-i-al o! the !ittest2 )re modern medicine and modern social
wel!are agencies causing humans to be less !it2
Record some of your ideas here:
To receive a passing grade for this assignment, you must complete ALL components by the due dates listed !or electronic
submissions, you must post by "pm of the due date
;1'< &0 E=)>P;E P?08E*& and additional in!ormation on this assignment:
http:::tstudentenglish103#weebly#com:
#teps for assignment
Project Proposal:&entati-e thesis statement or research /uestion submitted online"# Post this in a 5blog6 page on
your site so 1 can comment on the content#
+ue Friday% @:A
Blog posts: *reate a total o! CDE posts with 100 word e.planations !or each entry o! how this in!ormation has
shaped your opinion or perception o! the topic you are writing about# $ou need to ha-e a wide range o! sources
including% but not limited to: images% $ou&ube -ideos% documentaries% drawings% graphs% charts% audio% and articles#
+ue 4ednesday% @:14
)nnotated Bibliography submitted a hardDcopy in class"# $ou need @DF credible sources# +ue &hursday% @:1@
*omments on blog posts o! peers 4 total"
?eact the their resources# 4hat was interesting about it2 +ue Saturday% @:1F
+ra!t submitted to a blog page that includes the proposal" +ue &uesday% @:20
Peer re-iew comments on two dra!ts posted to blog" +ue &uesday @:22
Final Paper posted to website and submitted
1nDclass# &he essay that is uploaded to your website must contain a -ariety o! -isual aides and interacti-e !eatures#
$ou must include at least 1 image% 1 -ideo% 1 audio !ile% and 3 hyperlin,s#
+ue &hursday% @:2A
?e!lections +ue &uesday% C:2
*omments on two o! your classmates7 projects +ue &uesday% C:2
$n order to earn a % or above, your &printed' essay should include:
a minimum o! 2%000 words
12Dpoint &imes 'ew ?oman !ont and 16 margins# See sample student paper used !or peer re-iew training#
an introduction that sets up your paper
a thesis that ma,es a speci!ic% debatable claim about the topic you ha-e selected#
e!!ecti-ely organiGed paragraphs with strong topic sentences and transitions
?e!erence to or e.ample !rom at least one article !rom 4orld o! 1deas can be a summary or paraphrase in
your own words and sentence structure% or a brie!% correctly integrated direct /uotation"
References to or e(amples from )*4 library database articles &can be summaries or paraphrases in your o+n +ords and
sentence structure, or brief, correctly integrated direct ,uotations'
References to or e(amples from 2*) internet sites &can be summaries or paraphrases in your o+n +ords and sentence
structure, or brief, correctly integrated direct ,uotations'
Proper >;) page headers
Proper >;) inDte.t citations !or all paraphrases and direct /uotations
a conclusion that does not merely restate your thesis but that lea-es the reader with !urther H!ood !or
thought#7
a wor,s cited page in correct >;) !ormat which does '0& count towards your page minimum"
II)dditionally% your essay that is uploaded to your website must contain a -ariety o! -isual aides and interacti-e
!eatures# $ou must include at least 1 image% 1 -ideo% 1 audio !ile% and 3 hyperlin,s#
-our +ebsite must:
1nclude all components listed on the assignment sheet
Be -isually engaging and pro!essional# +on7t clutter it with anything unnecessary#
1nclude a home page that describes the project#
Be organiGed# >a,e sure that it is easy to na-igate# )lso be sure that each page and blog post is labelled
appropriately#