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//Emily Dickinson Explication Presentations // Welcome to the homepage of your Emily Dickinson Explication wikispace. Below are instructions to help your group do well on the presentation.

In order to complete this project, you will have to work with your group to complete the following steps:

1) form a group of 3-4 people 2) select an Emily Dickinson poem from one of the thirteen that follows-

1. "Hope is the thing with feathers" 2. "There's a certain slant of light" 3. "I like to see it lap the miles" 4. "A Narrow Fellow in the Grass" 5. "I Never saw a Moor" 6. "Tell All the Truth but tell it Slant" 7. "Success is counted sweetest" 8. "Because I could not stop for Death" 9. "I Heard a Fly Buzz when I Died" 10. "My Life Closed Twice Before Its Close" 11. "How Happy is the Little Stone" 12. "The Soul Selects Her Own Society 13. "This is my Letter to the world"

3) read the poem carefully and aloud many times to understand it narratively and for the purposes of analysis

4) accept the wikispace invitation by creating an account and user name. your user name should consist of your first initial and last name in order to be easily recognizable and readily able to be evaluated. create a page on the wikispace (see how to navigate a wikispace site for specific instructions)

5) on your page you must include and present the following elements -the title of your poem (large enough to draw attention but not to overshadow the page)  -a line by line copy of your poem (include the web address you are copy/pasting it from to give appropriate credit)  -an image that helps to convey the imagery/theme of the poem (include the web address you are copy/pasting it from to give appropriate credit)  -two sound devices that Dickinson uses in the poem  -two figurative devices that Dickinson uses in the poem  -a four paragraph explication of the poem (this will be presented in summative form during the presentation)

6) the explication of the poem must be submitted to Turnitin.com by one of your group members by a date that will be announced in class. UPDATE: Explication of poem is due at Turnitin.com by February 10, 2012 @ 11:59 p.m. Presentations will take place February 13-15. Each presentation is maximum 10 minutes and there will be four per day. Audience will be expected to take notes during presentations that will be turned in and can be referred back to for assistance in finishing the discussion board messages.

7) after you have presented you will write an individual reflective discussion board message that will address a) what poem your group analyzed, b) what your role was in the project, c) what steps your group took to get the explication and presentation done, and d) evaluate how successful your group felt in getting the presentation done

8) after all groups have presented, you will write an individual reflection discussion board message in response to a posted question (please check discussion board for a preview of what to expect)


 * Please keep in mind that failure to submit your explication to Turnitin.com will result in an overall score of '0' for all group members regardless of who was responsible for submitting it to Turnitin.com.
 * Please also keep in mind that failure to conduct yourself in a mature, appropriate, and civil manner on the discussion boards and on your presentation will result in a minimum 15% deduction for your individual/group's overall score depending on which part of the project the inappropriate behavior took place. The school's code of conduct does apply as if this were the classroom.
 * The Discussion Board contribution warrants two messages that will account for an overall individual score that will be factored into the overall project score. Because this is a writing component, appropriate use of grammar, as well as how thoroughly and effectively the prompt is addressed, will be a significant factor in the evaluation process.