You have two weeks to create a BuzzFeed Personality Quiz ...

[Pages:6]BuzzFeed Assignment

You have two weeks to create a BuzzFeed Personality Quiz about Herman Melville's MobyDick: Due ____________. You will have 15 minutes at the end of each class to work on it, but the assignment will also require work outside of class, including reading Moby-Dick and potentially doing outside research such as finding photos and information online. This assignment counts toward 4 classes of participation in your participation grade.

Your quiz MUST follow BuzzFeed guidelines in terms of content and citing your sources for photos: . You can view an example BuzzFeed quiz here: . Do NOT post explicit or offensive content. The conduct code in the syllabus regarding class time also applies in the digital sea.

BuzzFeed Personality Quiz Questions (Choose One):

1. Which Moby-Dick Character Are You? 2. Which Whale Are You from Melville's Moby-Dick? 3. What Does Ahab's White Whale Symbolize for You?

Your quiz must include:

A title, description of the quiz, and a relevant photo thumbnail 6 Final Results, 80-120 words in length. Each result needs its own photo.

o Groups of 5 students need only have 5 results in order to divide the work evenly. o Note: this means each question you ask will need to have 6 (or 5) results. 6-8 Questions (At least 1 must have photo answers though you may choose to do this for more than one question. See the example quiz for ideas.)

Your quiz must demonstrate:

A firm grasp of the content of Moby-Dick An ability to summarize each character/whale/symbol in 80-120 words An ability to link characters/whales/symbolism in the novel with corresponding quiz

answers that present the text to a current "real world" audience.*

You may use the class community user profile [provided in class] to make the quiz or create your own. On ________________ you must email Captain Peleg [Me] your quiz. In class on that day, you must turn in three worksheets: (1) Your Quiz Results and Descriptions, (2) Your Quiz Questions, and (3) Your Quiz Rationale.

*One way you might do this is to first identify a character's strengths. Then turn it into a question for your quiz audience: "What is one of your best assets?" Other questions you might ask: "What would you do in your spare time at sea?" or "How excellent of a swimmer are you?"

Day 1: Make Your Mark BuzzFeed Voyage for Moby-Dick

Ship: Captain: Sailors' Marks:

Question Ye Be Asking:

How to Make a Good BuzzFeed Quiz

First of all, make it fun for everyone. Don't make it too coy or isolating, or too bland and boring. It needs to be positive in tone. The more fun you have making the quiz--get creative!--the more likely your quiz audience will enjoy taking the quiz and share it with their friends.

Use images: a thumbnail, a photo at the beginning of the quiz under your title, photo answers, and photos for your results all serve to make a quiz more fun and entertaining. The last thing you want is for your quiz audience to lose interest in the quiz and not make it to the end. Not all of your photos have to be directly relevant to the text, and not all of your questions have to have photo answers, but switch it up and mix in some photo answers with your text answers. Make sure your visual content is appropriate: not offensive or explicit, and not isolating part of your audience.

That said, don't make your quiz too long. Don't go over ten questions.

Think about your audience. You don't want too narrow an audience. Think about people who haven't read Moby-Dick in ten years or read a few chapters in high school: they might not get very detailed references or "inside jokes" that aren't explained or relatable to some degree. Aim to make your quiz so entertaining that even quiz takers who have never read Moby-Dick would have fun taking it and might even consider reading the book. For those who have read it, you might drop in some fun references that are easy enough to understand for a broad audience.

Make sure you tell all quiz takers how awesome they are.1 Not all characters have the best qualities but try to find the best in every one of them to end each quiz result on a positive note. Quiz results should always be framed in a positive light coupled with positive looking photos (e.g. characters smiling rather than dying a horrible death). Be kind, and give your quiz takers positive reinforcement. People respond well to positivity and so will your teacher!

Review the language of your quiz before publishing it to make sure all language is clear, that it directly communicates your meaning to the quiz taker, that it is free from spelling and grammar errors, and that it remains positive in tone. Double-check to make sure all photos you use have sources listed in the appropriate boxes. Make sure the quiz conforms to BuzzFeed rules and that you meet all the requirements of the assignment.

Make sure every group member participates, feels included, and has an opportunity to contribute to the making of the quiz. Divide work evenly. Just because each group has a designated leader doesn't mean it's his/her responsibility to do all the work! Everyone will be held accountable for their participation in the project.

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Day 2: Your Quiz Results and Descriptions

This sheet is for Captains to keep in their possession and bring to each class until ________________ upon which time they will release this page to Captain Peleg.

Ship:

Captain:

Crew:

Brainstorm on the back of this page the 6 results (characters/whales/symbols) you wish to build your quiz on, and then write the final list below. Next to each one, write the name of one ship member who will be responsible for writing its description. Remember that each description must be 80-120 words. Next class, each ship member will be responsible for bringing a draft of their description and a potential matching photo to class. Note: descriptions may change as you construct your quiz and you will need to cite the source for the photo you choose.

Day 3: Your Quiz Questions

For Captains to keep in their possession and bring to each class until ____________ upon which time they will release this page to Captain Peleg.

Ship: Captain: Crew:

Brainstorm on the back of this page the 6-8 questions you wish to ask your quiz audience, and then list them here. Next to each one, write the name of who will be responsible for brainstorming how best to construct this question (photo answers or text, etc.) and its answers. For next class, each ship member will bring an outline of the question, answers, and their corresponding results (the character/whale/symbol that each answer will lead to in the personality quiz). This outline should also include evidence from the text to support the connection between each answer and personality quiz result--these outlines will be collected with your crew's rationale at the end. When ready, proceed to the digital sphere to build the quiz.

It is not necessarily a captain's responsibility to make the quiz. Choose wisely among yourselves who has the best compass for assembling the crew's work and navigating the digital sea.

Day 4: Your Quiz Rationale

For Captains to keep in their possession and bring to each class until ____________ upon which time they will release this page to Captain Peleg.

Ship:

Captain:

Crew:

Your quiz should now be constructed and almost ready to send. On the day you email your quiz to Captain Peleg, make sure you turn in all worksheets and outlines. On the back of this page, write a paragraph about how your group approached the project, why you made the decisions you did while constructing the quiz, the things you liked about the project, and/or how you think it could be improved in the future.

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