12 Years a Slave One-Pager Project

A one-pager is an analytical, creative, and written response to a novel that completely fills one side of a piece of paper. For your one-pager, you’ll want to focus on the big ideas from the book including themes, symbolism, conflict, tone, literary devices, and character development.

Remote: You will have the option of completing this assignment on paper and either bringing the project to school or sending me a clear picture of the project OR you can create your project using Google Slides.

Required Categories:

ALL QUOTES MUST BE PROPERLY CITED IN MLA FORMAT FOR FULL CREDIT.

POINTS

Quotes

Find 3 meaningful quotes and explain the significance of each quote. What does it infer, symbolize, suggest, relate to, tell us, etc? Quote must be properly cited (Northup pg#) to get full credit.

10

Images

Draw or create 3 images that represent the book (theme, symbols, characters, or conflicts within the book). Label each image.

10

Questions

Write 3 “big picture” questions that look at how and why. You MUST answer each of your questions thoroughly with an introduced, cited, and explained quote.

10

Choose One Below:

You must choose ONE of the following categories to include in your project.

10

Setting

Illustrate a setting from the book. The illustration must be accurate and detailed. Provide one quote from the book to support the illustration.

Timeline

Create a timeline with 10 critical events from the book. The timeline must be linear or follow a plot diagram. Each event MUST be written in a complete sentence.

Song

Find song lyrics that connect to the book. Write the lyrics, include the song, artist and 2-3 sentences explaining HOW the song related to the book.

Figurative Language

Identify and illustrate two examples of figurative language. Each example must include the quote, an illustration, and a one sentence explanation.

Required Elements Checklist

• Every element is clearly and neatly labeled
• My one-pager includes the title, author, and genre
• All of my quotes are properly cited in MLA Format. “Quote” (Author’s last name pg #).
• I included 3 big-picture questions that ask HOW or WHY questions. I thoroughly answered each question with a detailed answer that includes a quote (introduce, cite, explain).
• I included and labeled three illustrations that connect to the book.
• I included the fourth element of my choosing (setting, timeline, song, or figurative language).
• My handwriting is neat and legible and does not include mechanical errors.

One-Pager Brainstorming Chart

Requirement

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2

2

Quote

Question and Answer

Images

4th Element:

12 Years a Slave One-Pager Rubric

Requirements

Advanced

Proficient

Basic

Needs Improvement

Title, author, and genre

5

All elements present, correct, and creative

4

All elements present and correct

3

One element may be missing

0-2

Multiple errors or missing

Quotes

10

All quotes are insightful, cited in MLA format, and reflect a critical part of the novel. Explanation is thorough.

8

All quotes are insightful, cited in MLA format, and reflect a critical part of the novel. Explanation is more simplistic.

6

There are three quotes. The citing may be off, and the explanation is more simplistic. Quotes do not reflect critical parts.

0-4

Quotes are basic or missing. MLA citation errors. Missing explanation or basic.

Questions

10

All questions are insightful/require higher level thinking and analysis. The answer includes a quote.

8

Some questions are insightful/require higher level thinking and analysis. The answer includes a quote.

6

All three questions and answers are present. The answer includes a quote, but it is basic and not higher-order.

0-4

Questions basic or missing. Answers do not have quotes.

Images

10

Images are labeled, detailed, thorough, and relate to the narrative.

8

Images are labeled, detailed, and relate to the narrative.

6

Images are labeled and relate to the narrative.

0-4

No images or they are not related to narrative.

Fourth Element

10

4th element has analysis, creativity, and insight.

8

All elements of the 4th element are present.

6

The 4th element might be missing one or more things.

0-4

Not present

Assignment Requirements

10

All elements are labeled. No excess white or blank space.

8

All elements of 4th element are present.

6

4th element might be missing one or two things.

0-4

Blank or white space present. Project seems rushed.

Mechanics

10

No grammar, spelling, or conventional errors.

8

1-2 minor grammar, spelling, or conventional errors.

6

Several grammar or spelling or convention errors.

0-4

Grammar, spelling, or convention errors detract from project.

Creativity and Effort

5

Superb!

4

Above average!

2

Adequate

0

Needs improvement

Total Points:

70 points

Total: ______/70