Intro to Women's Literature

Introduction

The purpose of this WebQuest is to learn more a piece of Women's Literature. 

Task

Process: For this Unit: You will select one of the literary works located in the "Process" section. Once that is done, you must conduct research on the piece you have chosen and prepare a PowerPoint presentation with a minimum of 12 slides.

Process

Choose a piece of literature from the following list that you want to learn about.

  1. The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon 
  2. Oroonoko by Aphra Behn 
  3. Phillis Wheatley, Complete Writings by Phillis Wheatley 
  4. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft 
  5. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
  6. Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum by Aemilia Lanye
  7. Emma by Jane Austen
  8. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
  9. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 
  10. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
  11. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs
  12. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
  13. The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson 
  14. The Awakening by Kate Chopin
  15. American Indian Stories, Legends, and Other Writings by Zitkala-Sa
  16. Suffragette: My Own Story by Emmeline Pankhurst
  17. A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf 
  18. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
  19. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
  20. Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks
  21. Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya 
  22. A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O’Connor
  23. A Raisin the the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
  24. Ariel by Sylvia Plath
  25. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  26. The Ivy Tree by Mary Stewart
  27. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
  28. Sula by Toni Morrison
  29. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
  30. Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Evaluation

Category

10

7

5

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Introduction

Engaging, states thepurpos of the piece

States the main topic and previews the subtopics of the piece.

States the main topics

Tedious

Does not adequately preview the piece

Dull and does not highlight or preview that piece

Slides

Each slide is thoughtful and adequately describes the piece

Only supports one element of the piece or the supporting paragraphs are decent.

Each slide is lacking in support and details.

Sildes fail to explain the piece.

Organization & Development of Ideas

Writer demonstrates logical and well thought out ideas, the bullet points are well developed 

Meets all but one of the criteria in the “Exceeds Standards” 

Ideas are not fully developed or lack support.

The presentation demonstrates  weak or no understanding of the piece.
       
         
         

 

Conclusion

You would have learned about a piece of women's literature! Hopefully this project will encourage you to continue researching and reading works of literature by women!