(These are just suggestions, you don’t have to follow these rules)
Make the analysis credible and thorough
Notice and document details and make new associations you might overlook…
Document experiences of the primary source in oral or written form (Take notes)…
Different perspectives (1st, 2nd, the object itself)…
Guidelines:
Observe your primary source deeply (AIDS quilt)…
Document as much objective detail as possible…
Use the double-sided notebook approach…
Questions and associations will come to mind, ideas and memories, etc..
The subjective experience is important and should be recorded too but the goal is the awareness of the objective detail…
Take pictures of the work, upload to the blog site, submit for participation points…
Next:
Review notes, make it into a thick description, accounting for objective detail…
Make it so that someone who does not know the assignment will understand what is going on…
Who, what, when, where, and why was it created? (Guidance questions)
3 Digital images, 1 of the artifact, 2 can depict relevant detail from the artifact or other objects and documents associated with the quilt…
In another paragraph or 2 reflect on the question: What are the relevant physical and rhetorical features of this source…
Rubric Highlights:
The project must be “good” or “superior” on the “Competent, credible, complete” section for minimum possible points (Good faith effort) 250-325 points (500 words) Credible, Rhetorically Aware, Complete…
Skillful, Persuasive 325-450 points (at least 750 words) Revision present, Text Conventions, Modes, Organization, Evidence…
What is the significance of the “Rose Empress 24?”
What does the “Rose Empress 24” mean or symbolize?
In Jimmy Finley’s piece of the quilt, what does the carrot symbolize? Are they significant to Jimmy Finley? What is the significance of carrots and rabbits in Jimmy’s panel?
Why is Robert Wayne Myers’ name spelled out in the form of checker or chess board? Was he a chess/checkers player? Is there a significant reason for the symbolization of the checkers/chess board? What does the checker/chess board represent about Robert? Who says so and why?