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Module/Unit Two Integrative Assignment

Instructions – Choose one of the following assignments to show your knowledge of Hurston’s TEWWG and the Pre-Reading Strategy information.

Use the resources of this chapter, journal assignment, PowerPoint presentation, Pre-Reading Strategy information, and perhaps do a bit of research to help you achieve success on this assignment. All work should include a References or Works Cited page and parenthetical citations that correspond with the entries.

1 – Create a circular time versus linear time presentation of events that occur in Hurston’s novel, including when events happened and how the events show either circular time or linear time. Include a paragraph at the end of the assignment that discusses what you’ve learned about how time is presented in Their Eyes Were Watching God and the effectiveness of Hurston’s technique. Length 4 – 6 pages. Please include a title and cite all resources used accurately, including page numbers.

2 – Using the ideas of the Pre-Reading Strategy material, write about the different strategies you would include if you were teaching Their Eyes Were Watching God to students, so a minimum of ten detailed pre-reading collective, pair or individual assignments you would create to help students understand what they are reading. Length 4 -6 pages. Please include a title and include all pedagogical sources including page numbers of the novel.

3 – Create a PowerPoint Presentation for someone who has never read Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God. Include such story elements as the importance of how time is presented, the meaning of symbolism in the novel, point of view in the novel, and some of the major themes of the novel. Include a pre-reading strategy in the presentation as well. Length 15 – 20 slides. Please include a title and go beyond my own powerpoint presentation (to you) including the sources you use, extra depth and detail, include sources.

4 – Write a ‘bildunsroman,’ a story that shows how a character matures or goes through challenging experiences or rewarding experiences or learning experiences to mature or grow up. (Hurston’s TEWWG is considered a bildunsroman because through the telling of her story to Phoebe, Janie learns about herself, life, and others. She learns about her beauty, her power, her gifts, and what she values. The story or narrative should be about ten pages long and definitely be about a character who learns from her experiences. Length 10 – 15 double spaced pages. Please include a title and remember to write a paragraph before the story begins to describe how the process of writing this creative piece and its depth and detail has occurred.

5 – Watch a movie that has similar themes to Zora Neale Hurston’s TEWWG and compare and contrast the alike (categorical) features found in Hurston’s novel to it. Writing a comparative paper would mean writing in depth about the plots, themes, moments, characters in ways that bring the highlights of both mediums out fully. Length 3 – 5 pages. Include a references or works cited entry. Please include a title.

6 – Write a persuasive essay on Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, discussing something you believe is very important that Hurston is trying to express about race or racial matters, gender or male/female matters, nature symbolism, other symbolism, why Hurston uses dialect effectively, or the importance of shifting settings. The paper should be 3 to five pages in length, double-spaced, titled, one inch margines, times new roman 12pt font. Whether using critical sources or primary ones (TEWWG) (works cited or references required) they must be cited accurately, and integrated in your writing with parenthetical citations according to MLA or APA style.