Literature Bridging Task
1. Choose a topic from the list of options.
2. Find five authentic sources (in English) related to the
topic.
3. Write down the main ideas of the relevant information.
4. In your own words, write about the topic using the information
from your sources.
5. Explain how the above information enhances or changes your
understanding of the literary piece you have chosen.
6. The requirements for the task are as follows:
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Cover page – name of the story/poem and writer, topic, picture,
your name, the teacher's name, school, date.
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Table of Contents.
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Rationale for the choice of topic – half a page. Explain why you
chose this topic and why it interested you.
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Introduction about the topic – half a page. Explain what you
already know about the topic and what you want to learn. Choose
three aspects of the topic that you want to learn more about.
Write questions if that helps. Make sure you relate to them.
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Summary of information about the three aspects of your topic.
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Bridging topic and literature – Explain how the topic you have
chosen is reflected in the literary piece.
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Conclusions – a general conclusion of your task. Explain how the
information you have learned about the topic enhances or
changes your understanding of the literary piece.
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Bibliography – list the exact sites and sources you have used. The
name of the writer, the title of the article and a link.
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Appendix - attach printed copies of the sources you have used.
List of Themes
The Split Cherry Tree
Traditionalism vs. Modernism
Jesse Stuart
"If you spare the rod, you spoil the child"
Generation Gap
The Importance of Education
Values
Difficulty of Life for Rural Americans
Fathers and Sons
Punishments
Parents-Teachers Relations
Teachers-Students Relations
Discipline
The Role of Teachers
Modern Education
The Progressive Movement
A Summer's Reading
The Importance of Education
Adolescence
Immigration to America
Success
Brothers and Sisters
Responsibility
The Hardships of Immigration
Escaping Reality
Importance of Family Relations
Change Making
Self Confidence
Bernard Malamud
Is Education the Key to Success?
The World Almanac
The Newspapers in the story
The Importance of Reading
Role Models
A Father Figure
The American Dream
Reverse Psychology
The Enemy
Japanese foreign students in America
Racism
Prisoners of War
Patriotism
Geneva Convention
Superstition
The Hippocratic Oath
Prejudice
War World II: USA vs. Japan
Importance of Values
The Japanese Culture
Humanitarian Values
Loyalty to oneself – loyalty to nation
Pearl S. Buck
Japanese and Americans relations before World War II
Count that Day Lost
Social Responsibility
George Eliot
Art in the Victorian Age
Volunteering
Classes in the Victorian Age
Women in the Victorian Age
The Road Not Taken
Choice Making
Dilemmas
Problem Solving
Compromise
Facing Challenges
New England
Robert Frost
Enjoy your work
The English Department