Synthesis+Project

Synthesis Research Essay Guidelines (a draft)

 * Choose seven sources, use a minimum of five
 * Thematically your question/argument should preferably connect to the theme of beauty and your poem but your poem doesn't have to be the main idea
 * Be based on a question/thesis that you have determined based on your five sources
 * Here is the rubric: [[file:ResearchEssayRubric2.doc]]
 * MLA link: []

** Synthesis Essay Rubric (for impromptus) **

· _ Approximately 300 words (1 to 1-1/2 pages handwritten) for impromptus only; your final essay will be longer · _ A clear and logical thesis statement that makes a clear argument · _ Use //three or more sources// from the packet. (You //may// use additional evidence/examples from the world or your own life if they are appropriate and they advance the argument, but you still need to use three from the packet). All sources should be central to the argument. · _ Make a clear argument with support and evidence that is focused and logical · _ Cite every source you use, every idea that is not yours, every quotation or partial quotation. · _ Use appropriate and sophisticated transitional words and phrases · _ Use the author’s first and last name on first reference, last name only on second reference. · _ The final body paragraph does not merely rephrase the thesis, but provides closure to your argument · _ Includes proper grammar, mechanics and sentence structure. · _ "A" essays will have a developed and purposeful antithesis



http://poets.org/ http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/tool.poem.cat.1.1.html?id=38

The Theme of Beauty: The dark side of beauty the beauty of appreciation the beauty of recognizing your mortality

MLA Formatting: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

Essay Guidelines (a draft)

 * Choose seven sources, use a minimum of five
 * Thematically your question/argument should connect to the theme of beauty and your poem but your poem doesn't have to be the main idea
 * Be based on a question/thesis that you have determined based on your five sources
 * Here is the rubric: [[file:ResearchEssayRubric2.doc]]
 * Here's the essay model prompt: [[file:ap06_englang_synthesisessay2.pdf]]
 * MLA link: []

Photo Essay Guidelines (a draft)

 * An ordered series of 6-8 photos with captions (unless one photo is purposefully "Untitled" and this must be explained in the analysis)
 * A framing photo (with some visual element that "bookends" the essay)
 * Develop an irony within the essay that spans more than one photo
 * Provide captions that compliment and develop the ideas in the photo without explaining each photo
 * Provides continuity to the argument (including one antithesis photo)
 * Write a one-page analysis that explains how the argument appears in the series of photos
 * All images synthesize into a larger argument
 * Here is a model for your photo essay: [[file:ErikssonPictureEssay001.pdf]]
 * Here's the photo essay rubric:[[file:Photo Essay Rubric.docx]]