Every semester, students enrolled in World Literature are allowed two opportunities for extra credit.
For the first semester, which runs from August 17, 2017 to December 19, 2017, the two extra credit assignments are focused on different aspects of literary characterization (i.e. how a writer depicts character in a variety of writerly ways). Each student is allowed to attempt both extra credit assignments one time. Each assignment needs to present academic work analyzing characters from two separate texts, and both texts needs to be ones assigned in your respective class. Lastly, to prevent students from clogging the grading calendar, all students planning to take advantage of one or both of these extra credit opportunities must schedule to turn in their completed assignments with the teacher before December 8th (this is the deadline to schedule, not necessarily to complete). Since the class needs to (first) read some texts and (second) learn about literary characterization to begin, all extra credit work will be accepted starting on September 21, 2017.
Pick a character from any text assigned in class. Draw them (or paint them, or sculpt them; present them in any visual medium) and illustrate both their physical/cultural attributes as well as their emotional /psychological character . Then write a reflective paragraph naming the character of your character, evidencing where in the text you obtained their physical characteristics and how you portrayed them, and equally explain where in the text you gained insight to the internal features of your character in . Keep in mind that you don't have to select the protagonist, or main character; you can choose any character from any book covered in class.
Pick a character from any text assigned in class. Design a costume and perform
Draw them (or paint them, or sculpt them; present them in any visual medium) and illustrate both their physical/cultural attributes as well as their emotional /psychological character . Then write a reflective paragraph naming the character of your character, evidencing where in the text you obtained their physical characteristics and how you portrayed them, and equally explain where in the text you gained insight to the internal features of your character in . Keep in mind that you don't have to select the protagonist, or main character; you can choose any character from any book covered in class.