MDT-The+Process

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 * The Process:**


 * 1) Each group will randomly select a research topic focusing on one of our critical approaches. Using the critical approach and the accompanying literary analysis questions you and your group will create your argument based on your research and analysis of the novel.
 * 2) After creating your argument, take the scenes from the novel that support your argument (evidence) and turn those scenes into a 5 to 10 minute [|reader's theater] script taken from the novel.
 * 3) Then, make a video adaptation of your script using live action, puppets, cartoons, still images, claymation, etc., and then post your video as a "videocast" to your MD project page. (Examples; student sample 1; Student Sample 2)
 * 4) Along with your video, your group will prepare a write-up (posted to your projects page) of your project that introduces your argument, explains and analyzes your evidence in support of your argument, and leaves the reader/viewer with a deeper understanding of Moby Dick that goes beyond a retelling of the story and an introduction to its themes.
 * 5) The final step will be a presentation of your argument, with your video as evidence, followed by (or including) an analysis of the scenes presented in support of your argument.

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