Project Supernova!

1. Project Supernova! By some accounts, the short story is a big old star facing the end of its life… Kaboom! Let’s harness the energy released during the short story’s explosive supernova death to create new stars—new 21st century versions and generations of the traditional short story.

2. PROJECT SUPERNOVA:Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening Objectives 1.1 LEARNING TO READ INDEPENDENTLY G. Demonstrate after reading understanding and interpretation of fiction. -Make, and support with evidence, assertions about texts. -Identify themes, settings, characters, and ideas 1.2 LEARNING TO READ IN ALL CONTENT AREAS (MEDIA LITERACY) B. Use and understand a variety of media and evaluate the quality of material produced. - Explain how the techniques used in electronic media modify traditional forms of discourse for different purposes. - Use, design and develop a media project to demonstrate understanding of the short story. 1.3 READING, ANALYZING, AND INTERPRETING LITERATURE A. Read and understand works of literature. B. Analyze the relationships, uses and effectiveness of literary elements used by one or more authors in similar genres including characterization, setting, plot, theme, point of view, tone, and style. C. Analyze effectiveness, in terms of literary quality, the author’s use of: -Literary structures (e.g., foreshadowing, flashbacks, progressive and digressive time). 1.6 SPEAKING AND LISTENING A. Listen to others. -Ask clarifying questions. -Synthesize information, ideas and opinions to determine relevancy. B. Speak using skills appropriate to formal speech situations. C. Contribute to discussions. E. Participate in small and large group discussions and presentations. F. Use media for learning purposes. -Use various forms of media to elicit information, to make a student presentation and to complete class assignments and projects. -Create a multi-media (e.g., film, music, computer-graphic) presentation for display or transmission that demonstrates an understanding of a specific topic or issue or teaches others about it.

3. The New Bloom’s Taxonomy  http://www.odu.edu/educ/roverbau/Bloom/blooms_taxonomy.htm

4. RECREATING POE’S “SINGLE EFFECT” “A skillful literary artist has constructed a tale. If wise, he has not fashioned his thoughts to accommodate his incidents; but having conceived, with deliberate care, a certain unique or single effect to be wrought out, he then invents such incidents–he then combines such events as may best aid him in establishing this preconceived effect. […] In the whole composition there should be no word written, of which the tendency, direct or indirect, is not to the one pre-established design. And by such means, with such care and skill, a picture is at length painted which leaves in the mind of him who contemplates it with a kindred art, a sense of the fullest satisfaction.” - Edgar Allan Poe

5. Project Supernova! By some accounts, the short story is a big old star facing the end of its life… Kaboom! Let’s harness the energy released during the short story’s explosive supernova death to create new stars—new 21st century versions and generations of the traditional short story.

6. Pedagogical Purposes of the Project • To differentiate instruction • To teach and encourage “close reading” • To provide an opportunity for using arts/media while developing literary skills • To provide an opportunity for developing skills needed to do a group project • To assess student ability to read, interpret, and analyze the short story

7. PROJECT SUPERNOVA • An adaptation that 1) retells assigned short story by combining the arts of group members and 2) does not rely heavily on written or spoken English. • A written report that 1) communicates the group’s analysis and interpretation of plot, setting, character, theme of original story and 2) records creative process/artistic decisions group made in creating the adaptation • A presentation

8. Supernova Samples http://drop.io/t2jofcu/asset/amontillado-0002-wmv?ref=yahoo