Though this is an independent class, there are certain requirements I've set up to make it optimally successful. One of the main guidelines is that while you choose a topic, you aren't just going to wing it for the rest of the quarter. I want you to know where you are starting, where you are going, what you want to learn, and what resources you're going to use. Therefore, the first thing that we have to do to have a great experience in this class is to make a plan for the quarter. The plan has four requirements:
1. Introductory paragraph with your topic and your reasons for wanting to study this topic.
2. Essential questions for the quarter (remember that essential questions are open ended).
3. List of books that you will read for the quarter (must equal at least 80-100 pages a week). It's better to have too many books rather than too few. I'd say minimum of four.
4. Schedule of reading. For this you can download a calendar or simply type a list of weeks and which books/pages you plan to be on each week.
To make this more clear, I hoped to insert two example plans from students from last year's class. However, the student blogs "expired" with the Pentucket e-mail addresses. I have many of their posts saved on my own blog but no sample plans. Therefore, you will simply have to follow the instructions above. Ms. Costello has them also and is in the library ready to help. I am so excited to see what you choose and post by Friday. Feel free to get this done far earlier and begin your reading as you have your first quotation post due next Tuesday, February 2nd. Please contact me (you can comment on the class blog) if you have any questions! :)
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