Unit+Plan+Final+Assessment_Abrahamsen

(Just to clarify, I am no longer using //The Outsiders//. Instead I am doing a full unit on the novel //Speak//- I still need to revise my rationale.)

**a.)** Counseling Melinda

 * ==== Imagine that you are a guidance counselor giving Melinda advice throughout her depression and alienation in the novel //Speak//. In a 2-4 page response, analyze Melinda’s experience and provide reflection on how she should handle certain issues. The writing should be completed in the form of a letter and should depict your understanding of the novel. Please double space and use MLA format. In addition to the paper, you will also be responsible for completing a visual aid that must be presented. This visual aid must represent Melinda’s character. This can be done through a drawing, painting, collage, or digital art. Please try to incorporate elements of who Melinda is at the start of the novel and who she becomes at the end. ====
 * ====Presentation/visual aid: 8%====
 * ====Paper: 12%====

**b.)** The Tree

 * ==== As we have read, Melinda uses art for much of her escape in the novel. Her yearlong object of the tree develops into many forms of art. For this assignment you are required to make your own tree. You are allowed to use any medium. Whether it is a sculpture, drawing, painting, or collage is up to you. The art must include words, symbols, or pictures to represent who you are. Your “tree” can also be of any shape, size or kind. You will also be required to write a 2-4 page paper explaining your tree and how you became who you are today. Please double space and use MLA format. ====
 * ====Presentation/visual aid: 8%====
 * ====Paper: 12%====