Elie Wiesel Project 2016

This project will enable you to receive credit (define with Dawn) in World
History and Language Arts. It is a multi-faceted project designed to
incorporate historical fact, formatting and paper writing. Each aspect is
graded. Genres of reading include, but are not limited to, a book, an
autobiography, and a journal article.

Bibliographical information:
Frank, Anne. The Diary of Anne Frank. New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, 2015. Print.
Wiesel, Elie. "Elie Wiesel and the Agony of Bearing Witness." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media
Company, 9 July 2016. Web. 16 July 2016.
Wiesel, Elie, and Marion Wiesel. Night. New York, NY: Hill and Wang, a Division of Farrar,
Straus and Giroux, 2006. Print.

To complete this project, you will need:

Computer
Google Docs
The Diary of Anne Franke (book)
Night (autobiography)
Elie Wiesel and the Agony of Bearing Witness (journal article)
Student Aids

Getting Started:
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You will read one of the above pieces.

You will take notes as you read.
You will meet once, with a teacher, to track your progress.
You will do additional research as needed, keeping track of any sources
you use.
5. You will brainstorm for ten minutes on the reading.
6. You will outline the brainstorm into a paper.
7. You will meet once, with a teacher, to track your progress.

Writing the paper:

1. You will write the thesis statement.
2. You will write the introduction.
3. You will write three topic sentences, one for each point in your
thesis statement.
4. You will write a paragraph from one of the topic sentences
5. You will meet once, with a teacher, to track your progress.
6. You will write the second paragraph.
7. You will write the third paragraph.
8. You will meet once, with a teacher, to track your progress.
9. You will write the conclusion.

Proofing and Editing:

1. Put the paper into MLA format.
2. Check for spelling, grammatical errors.
3. Check for transitions between paragraphs.
4. Check for the logical sequence of events.
5. Combine the introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion.
6. Create the citation page.
7. Re-read the paper one more time, looking for any errors.
8. You will meet once, with a teacher, to track your progress.
9. You will do this for each of the three readings.
10.
At the end you will combine all three papers to make one paper.

Student Aids
Getting Started
Reading for Comprehension
Notetaking
Brainstorming
Outlining
MLA format

Writing with credibility

Citing Works
Researching

Writing the paper

Writing the thesis statement
Writing the introduction
Writing a topic sentence
Writing a paragraph

Proofing and Editing

Finding spelling errors
Finding grammatical errors
Correcting sentence structure
Writing with transitions
Writing with a logical sequence of events
Putting it all together
Final Proof
Synthesizing the ideas