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***INDIVIDUAL PROJECT FOR JANE EYRE***

 

Jane Eyre had quite an interesting journey through life. Her journey became most interesting while at Thornfield, so her life can be divided into three phases:

                        Pre-Thornfield:  life before arrival at Thornfield (Gateshead & Lowood)

 

                        Thornfield:           life at Thornfield

 

                        Post-Thornfield:  life after leaving Thornfield  (Moor House & Ferndean)

 

In order to better understand the three phases of Jane’s life, you will do an individual project on ONE phrase of her life. This project will consist of TWO parts:

 

                        1. A paragraph explaining who Jane is at that phase and describing at least

                            two significant characters in her life and how they affected that phase.

 

                        2. A piece of creative writing to further explain your paragraph. This may take

                            the form of a poem, song, letter, or scene from a play.

 

PARAGRAPH

 

The requirements for the paragraph are as follows:

 

1. For the phase of Jane’s life that you chose, explain who Jane is. (a young girl, student, governess, love-                                                                struck, independent, dependent, etc.)

            Also explain the significance of two characters during that phase. (how do they affect Jane’s life?                         What role do they play in making Jane who she is? Etc.)

2. Write a well-developed paragraph with a topic sentence, supporting ideas and a conclusion.

            Use specific examples but do not summarize.

3. Try not use to be verbs.

4. Do not use contractions.

5. Correct heading form.

6. Write a creative, concise title.

7. Use spelling, punctuation, grammar and spelling appropriate for a ninth grade English student.

8. Word process, double-space your paragraph and save in a file labeled JE Thornfield.

9. Use present tense, third person objective point of view.

10. Use two vocabulary words from any unit we have taken this year. Underline the words.

 

 

 

 

 

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CREATIVE WRITING

 

This writing should expand upon your paragraph in a creative way. You choose the form you want this to take (poem, song, letter, scene from a play). If you have a different idea from what is listed, ask me.

 

The main objective for this piece is to BE CREATIVE AND HAVE SOME FUN!!!!!!!!!!

 

Requirements:

 

1. Poems and songs must have titles.

2. Poems should be at least 20 lines long. They do not have to rhyme. Do not write haikus.

3. Songs should contain one refrain and at least 2 verses.

4. Word process your creative writing pieces and save them on your tablets in a file labeled JE Creative     writing.

5. You may use to be verbs.

6. Poems and songs may be singled spaced within each line/stanza, but they should be double-spaced                         between stanzas/verses. For a scene in a play, a speech for a character may be single-spaced, but                   double-spaced between characters. Letters should be double-spaced.

7. Letters cannot be “Dear Abby” letters. They must be from one character to another character, or you can           write to a character.

 

 

BOTH WRITINGS SHOULD BE STAPLED TOGETHER WITH THE PARAGRAPH ON TOP. They  ARE 5 DUE FROM EVERYONE ON TUESDAY, 3 FEBRUARY BY 3:15 IN THE BASKET OUTSIDE OF ROOM 235.

 

Paragraph = 40 points                           Creative Writing = 60 points

 

THIS IS NOT A CONFERENCED WRITING.

 

 

SEE SAMPLES

 

 

 

*********************************GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN**********************************

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sample Paragraph

 

 

BoBo the Clown

 

Mrs. McDonald

 

English 9-2

 

3 February 2004

 

Misery

 

            Jane Eyre, as a young girl, lived with her unloving Aunt Sarah Reed and her irritating

 

cousin John at Gateshead Hall both of whom effected her life in a very detrimental way. Jane had been

 

orphaned at an early age and had been adopted by her mother’s brother, John Eyre.  After John’s death,

 

she was treated despicably by her Aunt Sarah.  She was not allowed to participate in any of the family’s

 

activities and was believed to be deceitful and evil by her aunt.  Her cousin John treated her no better.  He

 

teased and aggravated Jane for no other reason than he desired it.  He taunted Jane incessantly and

 

caused her pain at every turn.  He often lied in order to get Jane in trouble.  For the years that Jane lived at

 

Gateshead, her aunt and cousin made her life miserable which effected the way Jane viewed life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sample Creative Writing

 

 

 

 

BoBo the Clown

 

Mrs. McDonald

 

English 9-2

 

3 February 2004

 

Joy and Back

 

There once was a girl named Jane

Whose clothes and face looked plain.

A governess she came to be

Teaching Adele for a small fee

Til a marriage proposal did she gain.

 

In Thornfield lived a man named Ed

Who looked at Jane and said,

“Will you please marry me

Because your heart holds the key

To happiness in life if we wed.”

 

Jane looked at Ed to reply

But she blinked and started to sigh.

She loved him greatly

But she doubted lately

If she would pass Miss Blanche right by.

 

Ed pleaded and begged his Jane

To stop driving him insane.

“Jane, please believe me

When I tell thee

That my life began when you came.”

 

Jane agreed to be his wife

For she wanted a new life.

She said yes to his proposal

And put herself at his disposal.

But instead of great joy found more strife.

 

A wife he already had

Who had somehow gone mad.

She lived in a room

And tried to kill her groom

But he still treated he well and not bad.

 

When Jane found out the news

Her hopes and dreams she did lose.

As the love of her life

Turned up with a wife

And the rules favor one not trues.