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Guiding Questions

Where is your monster/character found?  What does he/she/it look like?  What do they do? What is their personality?

How has your monster/character been portrayed by different cultures or throughout time?

Are they good or evil? Or maybe both?  

Is anyone famous for killing one?

How has your monster/character been portrayed by different cultures?  

Has your monster/character been represented in art? Books? Film/TV? Or somewhere else?

Briefly tell one old story about your monster/character.

MyBib

MyBib.com is a free citation generator for MLA, APA, and Chicago style. Create a new Project & Add a Citation.  Choose website, book, journal, video, etc.  For database articles, click More then Write/Paste.  To copy or print your final list, click on Download Bibliography.  Click here for handout. Watch the video!

Parenthetical Citations

Please use a citation after all direct quotes and after paraphrased information. Use a signal phrase before direct quotes. 

Example: According to Simon Parker "Shakespeare continues to amaze us after centuries" (Parker).

Works with author and page numbers:
(Popoff 10).

Works with an author and no page numbers:
(Parker).

Works without an author or page number. Enter a shortened title in quotes:
("Seasonal").

Topics

Your Monster/Folktale Instructions!

Step one:

 

Choose a "monster" from this list (or your own):  
 

Witches, Cernunnos (a Celtic God), dragons, “The Green Man,” vampires, Bigfoot, werewolves, Horus (Egyptian god), Anubis (Egyptian god), minotaur (half man/half bull), satyr (half man/half goat), Cerberus (3-headed dog), gorgons (ugly monster women), elves, fairies, leprechauns, mermaids, trolls, Baba Yaga, or your own.
 

 

OR a folktale hero/heroine or villain from this list (or your own):

 

Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood, Beauty and the Beast, Snow White, Bluebeard, Hansel and Gretel, Little Mermaid, Rumpelstiltskin, Alice in Wonderland, or your own.

Step two: Find an article about your monster in one of the databases below and take notes in the sheet.

  • Typed notes from each source (two or more database sources).
  • Paraphrase facts and copy quotations. Paraphrase in your own words.
  • Paste database citations in your note-taking sheet.

Fill out the Monster Note-taking Sheet. You should have one already in Classroom.
 

    For GVRL, you'll need the password montytech1 at home.

If you can't find your monster/fairy tale in these databases, try our complete list of them.
 

Create a Works Cited using MyBib.com with sources that you used and paste it at the end of your paper.
 

Step three: 

  • You will complete firstly two paragraphs that provide information about your chosen topic. Then you'll add an intro paragraph, one paragraph with interesting facts, and a Works Cited page. 
  • You will then this information to create a visual presentation after vacation. More details to come!