AP English Literature and Composition
Personal Poetry Anthology
1. Email me your theme.
2. Bring typed copies of seven of the fifteen poems to class on Friday, February 4
3. Bring a draft of one of your own poems to class on Friday, February 11
4. Bring a draft of the introduction to class on Monday, February 14
5. Completed project is due Friday, February 18(no extension letters will be accepted)
Theme: ___________________________________
For this assignment, you will prepare a poetry anthology. For our purposes, poetry will include song lyrics. The anthology will be unified by a common theme, and must consist of the following minimal requirements:
Criteria Title of Poem (Author of Poem)
1. A late sixteenth or seventeenth
century poem (Elizabethan,
Metaphysical, Cavalier)
2. A nineteenth century poem
(Romantic, Gothic, Victorian)
3. A twentieth century poem
(modern or post-modern)
4. A twenty-first century poem
(post-modern)
5. Lyrics to song
6. A sonnet (or poem written in
another traditional form: sestina,
terza rima, rondeau, villanelle, etc.)
7. A poem translated
from another language
8. A poem that you have written
containing an allusion
9. A poem that you have written
using a traditional or invented form
10. A poem that you have written
that is a strict, loose, or homophonic translation
11. A poem that you have written
in any form
12. Free choice
13. “ “
14. “ “
15. “ “
You must include
a. A title page with MLA information (See Compass page 55.)
b. A dedication and epigraph page
c. An introduction (300-500 words introducing the theme, briefly explaining the relationship between the poems and the theme, and reflecting upon the theme.)
d. A table of contents with titles, authors, and the criteria fulfilled by each poem
e. A minimum of fifteen (15) separate poems/songs. You are expected to type the poems. Do not copy and paste. I can often tell.
f. A Works Cited page, including discography (MLA format See Compass page 56-58) Five or more of the cited sources must be books.
You may include:
a. More of your own poems, more translations, more poems in any category
b. Illustrations and/or photograph (Art taken from other sources much be cited)
c. More than one song lyric
d. A mixed-CD/mixed-tape with the song(s) and poems
I really like the project...especially for my senior AP Lit and Comp students...do you have a rubric or could you explain how you grade this?
ReplyDeleteThank you.
Glad you like the project. I can't take credit for it though. Elizabeth Johnson Tsang, who teaches AP workshops, created the project. I've made several changes though, and invite you to do the same.
ReplyDeleteAs far as grading goes, I break the project down into several components -- introduction, poems gathered, poems written, MLA (& other matters) -- and then grade each using a pretty standard rubric -- advanced (4), proficient (3), needs improvement (2), warning (1).
I'm running out at the moment but if you'd like more words about the features of each component in the rubric(s) I can send a follow up.
all the best,
Mr. James Cook