| 1. Look at the list of recognized African-American authors supplied by
your instructor. Start researching some of them. Try searches at
www.google.com, or look at some of the links
below:
2. Your team will create a list of fifteen works to include in the
anthology, at least one and no more than three from each genre
listed below:
- Slave narratives
- Biographies
- Nonfiction works
- Poetry
- Short Stories
- Novels
- Plays
For each of these works, your group must have a one-page (minimum)
document describing the work, its importance, and why it should be included in
the anthology*. Once these are all finished, collect them neatly in some
type of binder (a folder with binder clips or a small binder of any kind is
fine) and label the collection, "Recommended Works: African-American
Literature Anthology." Also, put each group member's name on the front of
the folder/binder.
*TIP: Divide duties among the group. If you have five
group members, for example, make it the responsibility of each member to find
three works each and write the justification for including those works.
Just remember, you have to have at least one and no more than three
recommended documents per genre.
3. Choose one genre for a focus study. You must read a
predetermined number of works from the genre you pick for your focus study.
Every member of your group will read these works.
The number of works you must read from each particular genre is below:
- Slave narratives (one book length or three short
narratives)
- Biographies (must read one of substantial length)
- Nonfiction works (must read one long or three short works)
- Poetry (must read five poems from five different
poets - this is a lot less reading but a lot more writing!)
- Short Stories (must read three by at least two different authors)
- Novels (must read one)
- Plays (must read one long or two short)
4. Each member of the group must write a literary analysis for
each work. I prefer these are typed, but they can be handwritten. For help with writing a literary analysis, check your textbook
or the following resources:
5. Meet with your group on the designated final day to present and
share your work. Elect a scribe in your group and submit an introduction
for your anthology that provides an overview of the authors and works you chose
to include. You should also discuss the importance of studying
African-American literature in an American high school.
6. Present your work to the rest of the class via a five-minute group
presentation. You should discuss the following: some of the works
you chose, the genre you studied, and some things you learned that you did not
know. You can make use of any visual aids, a Power Point presentation,
etc., but it is not required.
That's it! Click "Evaluation" to see how
your project will be graded.
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