Final paper - instructions

 This is a project where you take one or more of the literary texts in the syllabus (other than the one of your oral presentation*) and you approach it from any convenient angle, either in a creative or research paper format of your choice, as long as previously agreed with the teacher. 

Max. length: no longer than 2000 words, excluding bibliography (if you work in pairs, the limit is 3500 words)

You will have to work on a plan, get some orientation from the teacher, and then work on your project and attend an orientation class where classmates will give and take feedback from one another. 

deadline to present plans: March 30 (noon); plans should consist of idea, topics of development., and annotated bibliography (the last requirement is necessary even if you are doing a more creative kind of work; if you click above you will find some samples of this requirement, keep your mind that you should have about 150 words for each entry, and your plan should include 2-5 entries). Plans should not be longer than 1,5 pages. If you are in doubt about the acceptability of your idea/plan, be sure to correspond with teacher about it before March 27. Teacher will give feedback of all plans until April 2.

paper exchange and peer revision (teachers will divide students in groups of three for this): May 2

deadline for delivery of final papers: May 13

TIP: For an academic paper, you might want to choose between these formats: literary text review (read guidelines from "Assumptions" onwards), comparative essay, and research paper with an argumentative topic)

Site for bibliographic references: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_formatting_and_style_guide.html
(you can choose a stylesheet other than MLA, as long as it is coherent)

*in exceptional cases, you may be allowed to do your paper on the same text that you presented on, but make sure to talk to the teacher about this before you draft your paper plan.