You will need to email each other to collaborate on your report. Please cc me your email correspondence each time you send each other an email. I'll offer advice as needed. Student emails are listed below.

Leading Discussions of Texts and Films in Pairs:

1. At least two days before your presentation is due in class, you must email me your notes. At this point you should have written out topics you want the class to discuss, questions you want to raise, passages you want to discuss in detail, and so on. Have some pages or scenes in mind to turn class discussion. Be prepared to turn to the text so it can be discusses concretely and in detail. Frame the discussion at least initially in terms of questions Examples might be "What did you think of x character? What effects does the first person narrator have?" (Of course, you will want want to make these questions more concrete and you don't necessarily have to ask them. I offer them as examples. In any case, remember that you are leading a discussion, not giving a lecture.) You might also ask students to write briefly on a general question or on a particular passage that you think is key. Also, feel free to call on students in class to ask them what they think.

2. I will respond with suggestions.

3. Your will revise your presentation, if necessary, and lead discussion in class.

Reports on Films in Pairs (your report should take about 25 minutes, including the film clip):

1. At least two days before your report is due in class, you must email me your notes.

2. I will respond with suggestions.

3. Your will revise your report, if necessary, and give it in class.

4. You will distribute copies of your report in class.

5. Bring a copy of the video cued to your film clip and show it at the appropriate moment.

Your report should contain the following:

1. Give information (brief) on the film director.

2. Offer a synopsis (somewhat detailed) of the film reported on.

3. In outline form state your main points . You should have approximately between 10 to 20 points (how many will depend on how much there is to say).

4. Include an annotated bibliography with at least two print resources and two online resources.

5. If reporting on a film select a clip you feel is representative of the whole and do a close reading of it.

6. Show how the clip relates to the film as a whole.