Kilanowski, J.
Research Paper
Three Grades
Due Dates:
1. Top Three Book Choices Due:
2. Books in Class:
3. Research Paper Due:
Friday, April 26
May 8th, 9th, and 10th
TBD
Requirements:
1. Choose three books – label your choices 1st, 2nd, and 3rd and submit
2. Buy or borrow your book
3. Bring your book to class and read and eat for three days
4. Write your paper.
5. Hand your paper in
Section 1.
1 paragraph (4-5 sentences)
include the title, author, story line and your opinion of your book
(do not use I)
5 points
Section 2.
1 paragraph (10 sentences)
Include a summary of the key points
(do not use I)
5 points
Section 3.
2 paragraphs (6-8 sentences each)
Paragraph one should include a description of one external conflict in the novel and
should have one quote from the novel integrated into the writing to support your
analysis
Paragraph two should include a description of one internal conflict in the novel and
should have one quote from the novel integrated into the writing to support your
analysis
(do not use I)
10 points (5 per paragraph)
Section IV.
3 paragraphs (5-10- sentences each)
Paragraph one should analyze a major character at the beginning of the novel and
should include one quote from the novel integrated into the writing to support your
analysis
Paragraph two should analyze the same character at the middle of the novel and
should include one quote from the novel integrated into the writing to support your
analysis
Paragraph three should analyze the same character at the end of the novel and should
include one quote from the novel integrated into the writing to support your analysis
(do not use I)
15 points (5 points per paragraph)
Section V.
1 paragraph (5-8 sentences)
Paragraph should analyze the theme of the novel and should include one quote from
the novel integrated into the writing to support this theme
(do not use I)
10 points
Section VI.
4 paragraphs (4-8 sentences each)
Paragraph one should be a summary of the review(s) you found on your novel (please
hand review(s) in with your paper)
Paragraph one should be your reaction to a critic who has written about this novel and
whom you agree with – paragraph should include a quote from the critique
Paragraph two should be your reaction to a critic who has written about this novel and
whom you disagree with – paragraph should include a quote from the critique
Paragraph three should be your reaction to a critic who has written about this novel
and whom you were wowed by – paragraph should include a quote from the critique
(do not use I)
40 points (10 points per paragraph)
Section VII.
1 paragraph (10 sentences)
Paragraph should include one mirror and one window (in class explanation)
(you may use I)
5 points
Section VIII.
Submit a works cited (this should include your novel, the criticism on your novel and
any other sources you have used)
10 points
Also: make sure you use MLA for citing and the works cited!!!!!!!!!!!
List of Possibilities:
Pat Conroy –
Prince of Tides,
Beach Music,
The Water is Wide
Anna Quindlen –
One True Thing,
Black and Blue
E.L. Doctorow –
The Book of Daniel
Richard Russo –
Empire Falls,
That Old Cape Magic
Khaled Hosseini-
The Kite Runner,
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Jody Piccoult -
My Sister’s Keeper
Barbara Kingslover -
The Poisonwood Bible
Earnest J. Gaines -
A Lesson Before Dying
The 9/11 Commission Report
Jhumpa Lahiri -
The Namesake
Interpreter of Maladies
Toni Morrison -
The Bluest Eye
Alex Haley -
Malcolm X
Zora Neal Hurston –
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Jean Rhys -
Wide Sargasso Sea
Rudolph Guiliani –
Leadership
Edith Wharton –
The Age of Innocence
Gregory McGuire –
Wicked
Hisham Natar –
In the Country of Men
Alexandra Fuller –
Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
Gywn Hyman Rubio-
Icy Sparks
Wally Lamb -
She’s Come Undone,
The Hour I First Believed,
This Much I Know Is True
Couldn’t Keep It to Myself: Wally Lamb and the Women of
York Correctional Institution (Testimonies from our
Imprisoned Sisters)
Mohsin Hamid –
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Chris Cleave -
Little Bee
Ken Follett –
Fall of Giants
Tracy Chevalier –
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Lloyd Jones -
Mister Pip
Lionel Shriver -
We Need to Talk about Kevin
Alice Sebold -
The Lovely Bones
Markus Zusak -
The Book Thief
Ruth Kluger
Still Alive: A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered
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Clara Kramer –
Clara’s War