***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.