The Cube
Assignment: Construct a cube to illustrate your understanding of Elie Wiesel's autobiographic work Night.
Begin with the single quote you want to illustrate.
6"
Rubric: 1. The cube may be made of any material.
It can be wood, plastic, paper, cardboard, metal, wire,
concrete, whatever you choose. 6"
It can be opaque, transparent, or translucent.
It is six inches on a side.
2. It can be solid; it can be hollow. It must be able to stack.
3. It can be painted, carved, printed, illustrated, or collaged, whatever you choose.
4. It can have nothing that can come loose. This includes dirt, ash, blood. Nothing is loose in or on the cube. Items can be suspended within the cube, but they must be securely attached to the cube. Nothing can project beyond the surface of the cube.
5. This is a solo project. There are no partners.
6. The subject of the cube is Elie Wiesel's book Night.
7. The focus piece is red. The rest of the cube and its illustration is black and/or white
8. The cube will be peer-evaluated by silent jury. Your project will be evaluated by six persons not necessarily in your class period. You may not defend your graphics, sculpture, or
construction. Your cube must be totally self-explanatory. To assure anonymity, your assigned number (not your name) will be on the cube. Numbers will be posted on the classroom door, and I will issue a numbered label for you to put on your cube.
9. You will have a single quote, with its page number, somewhere in/on/of the cube.
10. No LegoR people are allowed. LegoR expressions are not allowed. Green army men are not allowed. Don't even think about pipe-cleaner people.
Since we have the Movie Field Trip Tuesday,
Due Date: Wednesday 13 February.
NO LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Your Cube Number Correlated to Your Student Number
Updated by end of day, Monday, 5 February.
