Assignment

__**Assignment:**__
Over the next two weeks you will conduct research and compose a "compare and contrast" essay that focuses on a topic relating to Homer's epic, //The Odyssey//. Throughout the process, you will meet several deadlines as you complete each stage. You will begin by choosing a research topic from the attached list and creating a K-W-L chart (what do you know already and what do you want to know?). Then, you will conduct your research, take notes, and compile an annotated bibliography. After preparing an outline for your essay, you will write a rough draft. Finally, after editing and revising, you will submit a polished essay.
 * 1) Annotated bibliography consisting of a minimum of five (5) sources
 * 2) Research note cards (12) and source cards (5)
 * 3) Resarch paper outline
 * 4) a 3- to 5-page compare/contrast research paper, using a minimum of three sources from your annotated bibliography, one of which will be Robert Fitzgerald's translation of Homer's //The Odyssey// from the text.

Assigment created by Diana Cogan October 2008 Page edited by Janet Boltjes 03/03/09