1. Mark Twain Project How to Succeed

2. Most Important Be well prepared. Read your novel! Generate enthusiasm and sound like you care about what you are saying. Do not bore your audience!

3. What makes a book good? Should be well written (style, narration, figurative language etc. Tells a good story / is interesting and enjoyable to read Gives insight into human behaviour, psychology,philosophy. Gives insight into human behaviour, psychology,philosophy. Gives the reader something important to think about. Provides real-life lessons that can be applied to real life. Causes you to question yourself and your own behaviour. You can relate in some way to the novel/its characters (emotional/personal attachment).

4. Your True Purpose Prove that you have done a close reading of your novel. Prove that you have understood important thematic aspects of your novel. Prove that you have actually thought about things in your novel and have made connections to real life. (your personal advantage will be the important things your novel made you think about)

5. THOUGHTFUL READERS The people who actually think about their novel tend to do better presentations. They connect their thoughts to being a literate grade 12 reader If you personalize your reading and response, it will be more ineteresting for your audience. No summaries or “internet crap”

6. Twain Project Presentations There is no part of the instructions for this project that ask for a plot summary or character explanation. Do not spend much of your time on this. TIME: It is a 7 to 10 minute presentation. It is your job to stay within the time limit. This means you must be well rehearsed and cut the unnecessary.

7. Presentations The directions state, “You must explain the ‘personal advantage’ you gained from reading it. This is an important part of the presentation (the controlling idea) and should make up a significant portion of your 7-10 minutes. AGT This personal advantage is really just you explaining what you gained/thought about from reading the novel. For the most part you will talk about what the novel made you think about and how you personally related to the novel. You must utter the words, “personal advantage”!--AGT Then, you had to say something relevant and meaningful. If you do a good job here, you will prove that you have done a close reading of your novel.

8. Your Passages/Quotations Be sure to provide context for your quotation before you read it (enough info so that what you read will make sense to your audience) ***After you read the quotation be sure to explain how the quotation is supporting the purpose of your presentation [PERSONAL ADVANTAGE]

9. General Comments Learn to follow directions with precision. Your responses should help to prove that you read and understood your novel. Use all directions, rubrics, samples, etc to help create your final product. If you like, you can use PowerPoint to guide your presentation.*** limit the amount of text you use on you slides.

10. Outside Sources I am always looking to see if what I am reading is material from outside sources. (internet, movies etc) Cite any outside source you use for any idea in this project. Simply tell the audience where you got the idea/information. Only you know for sure! I am always watching for this and will be trying to protect the innocent!

11. Oganization 1. Establish context for your novel (not a plot summary)—one or two minutes 2. Explain the personal advantages you gained from reading the novel. Use at least one quotation to support your assertions. 3. Vow to try to read good books!

12. Letter Format Business letters are not essays (purpose and audience) You have to follow the business letter format that I gave you. business

13. Letters AGT—convince your English teacher that the novel you read should be used as a class novel in English 12. You must connect each main body paragraph to this AGT so that your controlling idea is strongly presented.

14. General Comments Wording and word choice must be both precise and accurate. This is an editing/revising task*** Theme and wording Novel vs book You must always You must always use the three steps for inserting quotations! (MLA citations) It is your job to choose the BEST QUOTATIONS and text support to support your argument (agt)

15. Twain Project Letters a. g. t =actual given topic (?) c.t.t.= connect to topic or connection to topic? Checkmark—I am happy about something I see (insert your own positive comment1)

16. Writing Scoring Guide See your writing guide rubric. It explains four important categories to consider every time you write. I grade your written work using this rubric. 1. Thought and Detail 2. Organization 3. Matter of Choice 4. Matters of Correctness.