THIS WEEK: Project Work Time and Conferences
Everyone will conference with me by next Tuesday about their classwork/grade as well as project ideas.
The Project!
Student Examples:
MAX POEM (goes with above visual)
(DUE THURSDAY, FEB 27th for Critique/Tune)
TIPS:
1. Read your entire comp book to discern your emerging themes and beliefs. Entire chunks of your philosophy statement might already be lurking in there!
2. You DO NOT have to just pick a philosophy to espouse. Articulate your principles from a place of personal authenticity, which might be a hybrid of multiple philosophical expressions. This might include a degree of uncertainty, and that is OK!
3. Write your philosophy statement BEFORE you devise a project idea.
4. Identify your intertextual connections within the philosophy statement. This will help you to be thoughtful about how you are incorporating your references into the actual project.
5. Look at these student examples for guidance: