Novel Assignment on One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn

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A novel study assignment consisting of 4 parts on the book “One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich” by Alexander Solzhenitsyn : 1. Analyst: • As an analyst, you will focus on collecting key quotations from the novel that relate to the Essential Question you are studying . • Choose quotations from various parts of the novel that illustrate the Essential Question best . Provide a minimum of five (5) quotations, including the page number for each quotation . • For each quotation, provide the context and what prompted it . Also, provide details of who provided the quotation . • Finally, explain how this quotation relates to the Essential Question you are studying . How is this quotation significant? 2. Artist: – As an artist, you will visually represent the Essential Question as it is developed in the entire novel . – Choose any form of original artistic text to represent your understanding . – You might create portraits of the main characters, a PowerPoint presentation, a glog, a vlog  .  .  . there are too many opportunities to mention! With your representation, compose a written response that identifies and explains your choices in creating it . 3. Author: – Another creative role, the author uses ideas and details from the novel to create an original text . – You can write speeches, poems, songs, newspaper articles  .  .  . you name it! – The details and ideas you use must illustrate how the Essential Question develops throughout the entire novel . With your original text, compose a short paragraph that identifies and explains your choices in writing your own text . 4. Archivist  – An archivist collects “stuff” that relates to a common idea . As an archivist, you will need to step outside of the novel and look at how the Essential Question connects with our world . – You may find a movie that was based on the same theme as the novel, a poem that describes a setting in the novel, or a newspaper article about an ironic event that relates to the novel . – As you will be collecting a variety of sources, be sure that you keep track of where you found them! – Develop a bibliography in MLA Style for your discovery and a written response that explains the connections between each source and the novel . The full assignment is attached below with a rubric: