Final Project

Dear INGL 3104:

Your final project will be handed-in the day of the final exam. Section 003 has the novel The Meaning of Consuelo and section 004 has the novel The Time It Snowed in Puerto Rico.  Your project will include the following parts:

1. Title page- include a title for your poetry book and the name of the character you chose for your project. (5 points)
2. Inside title page- include your name, ID number, course & section, date and Final Project (5 points)
3. Table of Contents- Here you present the sections and how to find each section i.e. page number, colors... (10 points)
4. Dedication- Here you write a paragraph dedication your creative work to and why. (10 points)
5. Essay introducing your project- Here you explain what character you choose and why.  Explain also his/her importance in the novel.  Use concrete examples from the novel. (30 points)
6. Poems- You will include from 10-15 poems.  You must have the Bio-Poem and a Haiku.  The rest use different styles of poems.  The important aspect is that these poems tell the story of the character. (25 points)
7. Conclusion- You will write AT LEAST one paragraph stating what you liked or didn't like of the novel OR the project. (10)
8. Visual Aids- (5 points)

Quiz

Dear INGL 3104 Students:

For the quiz to hand-in on Tuesday or online by Wednesday, answer the following question in a paragraph.

1. Choose one of the themes of the novel and state what is the author's position to respect to that theme.  Cite from the novel giving page number and sentence (s).

Value- 10 points

Poetry Project

Choose one of the characters of the novel assigned and develop his or her story within the book through a collection of poems as he/ she wrote these poems.

The project will include:

1. 10-15 poems
2. Different styles of poetry will be include (All students must include a Bio-Poem and a Haiku)
3. The work will be presented as a book.
4. A title page must be included with the name of the poetry book and the name of the character chosen.
5. The inside cover will include your name, ID Number, course and section.
6. Include an introduction to your project.  This introduction is an essay stating why you chose this character and his/ her importance in the novel.
7. You will include a dedication page.  You will state who did you dedicate this work to and why.
8. Include a table of contents.
9. Include images and pictures in your poetry collection.
10. A conclusion will also be included stating how was your experience writing these poems.

The value of this work is 75 points

Thursday, April 19, 2012 Class

Dear INGL 3104 Students:

Please finish reading the second novel assigned for your section- section 003 The Meaning of Consuelo and 004 The Time it Snowed in Puerto Rico.  I will be posting some questions as homework assignment this weekend.

Take care!

Midterm

University of Puerto Rico

English Department

INGL 3104

Prof. Carmen Milagros Torres

Test: The Firefly Letters (100 points)

Instructions: Answer each question in paragraph or essay form.  If the test is answered in HANDWRITTEN form, you must use LOOSE LEAF PAPER and leave a line IN BLANK.  It must be answered in INK that is BLUE or BLACK.  Tests answered in PENCIL will receive a ZER (0).  If using a word processing program answer using a font like ARIAL or TIMES NEW ROMAN 12 pt and DOUBLE SPACE your answers.

1.      Beni is presented as a minor character in the story.  Most of this participation is of reference because he is Cecilia’s husband.  As mentioned on page 35 “If I had been free/ to choose my own wife,/ I would have married the girl/ I loved so long ago/ before I was captured/ by men with guns”

Your assignment is to write Beni’s story before he was captured and made a slave.  You can tell his story through verse (by writing  a series of poems similar to the is presented in the book) or narrate it.  The story must be at least one page long and must present at least one scene of his life in Africa, just before being captured.  Include other characters like the girl he had planned to marry. (20)

2.      Cecilia also had life before being captured and brought to Cuba.  She was betrayed by her father who sold her to the slave traders.  She yearns to be with her mother and this is a trauma is carries all her life.  Go back with Cecilia and tell the story of her life with her mother.  Write a scene presenting the relationship Cecilia and her mother had.  What name did Cecilia have?  What activities did she do with her mother?  How did she feel living in the Congo?  Tell her story through poetry or narrate it.  The scene must be at least one page long. (20 points)

3.      Write the scene where Elena makes the decision of selling all her dowry to help Cecilia.  Why does Elena make the decision?  How does she contact Frederika without her mother’s noticing this?  How does Frederika react?  How is Frederika convinced?  Are they two alone or is there someone else present when this scene takes place?  Present this scene. (20 points)

4.      After the last page of the story is read, the story still continues on, for we as readers only get a glimpse of the whole story.  In a short essay, tell us what happens to all these characters after the last page of the story is read.  Justify what you speculate citing from the novel as evidence as well as the readings assigned previously (articles). (25 points)

5.      Write a short letter to the author expressing why you liked or didn’t like the novel.  Mention what was for you the most memorable scene.  State also if you consider that writing the novel in verse made it easier or more challenging for you as a reader.

Also include what you would have done differently, if you had written the novel.  Explain why. (15 points)

THE TEST WILL BE HANDED-IN ON THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2011  DURING THE CLASS PERIOD.  LATE WORK WILL LOSE 15 POINTS.

Assignment for Thursday, March 29, 2012

Dear INGL 3104 Students:

I will be posting your midterm this Sunday.  In the meantime begin reading the second novel assigned.  Take care and see you on Sunday!

Tuesday March 20 and Thursday, March 22 Classes

Dear INGL 3104 Students:

I am recovering from bronchitis and the medications have me in a drowsy state.  I will be posting your assignments the latest on Friday.  Continue reading the novel and look for information about the author.


If you have completed the essay, please send it so I can revise it.