1. The book’s title the author’s name
Full names of each group member of you Lit Circle Go here
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2. How to use this template
Each slide tells you exactly what you need to do. Insert additional slides as specified.
Keep the same headings and the same order for each section.
See the sections to the right and each take one section to complete.
Setting, Complication and Conflict (student’s name)
Illustrator and Character Studies (student’s name)
Passages and Connections (student’s name)
Background information and Key Words (student’s name)
Writer’s Style and Conclusion (student’s name)

3. Minimal text except for the passages you are copying to share
Keys to success
No full sentences
Minimal text except for the passages you are copying to share
No reading off the screen
Large font that can be easily read
LOTS of good, relevant images
PowerPoint is made to ILLUSTRATE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING
So go light on the text and heavy on the images

4. TIME (approximately year, season, etc.) PlACE (real or imaginary)
setting
On this slide you should provide the following information in POINT FORM ONLY:
TIME (approximately year, season, etc.)
PlACE (real or imaginary)
CULTURAL SETTING (social class, language, etc.)
ATMOSPHERE, MOOD
SPECIFIC DETAILS (house, apartment, school, etc.)

5. An Image Related to setting
This could be one or two slides showing your
depiction of the setting and/or a map.
Think of using drawings, Google maps, or
images from flickr or other photo site

6. Include an illustration here
The complication
You don’t want to give away the whole story, but you need to describe in point form the complication that sets off the action fo the novel.
Include an illustration here

7. Use a separate slide for each: One slide for man vs. man
The complication
Describe in point form the different types of conflict in the novel and try to illustrate each
Use a separate slide for each:
One slide for man vs. man
One slide for man vs. himself according to the novel

8. Use one slide for EACH main character in order to show:
Main characters
Use one slide for EACH main character in order to show:
An image of the character (your illustrator’s creation or photos of actors you would cast to play the role)
Add a variety of adjectives to describe the character

9. Other characters
List other characters and explain the role of each in the novel-why did the writer create these characters? What role do they play?
Include images if possible but limit this to just a slide or two NOT one slide per character.

10. The protagonist’s character
Pertinent passages
Choose 3 key passages that illustrate
The novel’s theme
The protagonist’s character
The central conflict
Copy the passage in full
Explain how the passage is important in explaining the theme, conflict and character

11. Copy the full passage and use one slide for each passage.
connections
Use pertinient passages to explain at least TWO connections you made to other novels or modern life, school, current events, etc.
Copy the full passage and use one slide for each passage.

12. Background information
Explain what you learned about the location, the culture of the people, the social condition, and any other interesting details about the story or the writer during your novel study.
Be sure to add images whenever possible!

13. Five key words
Choose five key words that show the theme, tone, topic, character, mood or cultural background of the novel.
Use one slide for each word, explain the significance of the word and try to add an illustration,

14. The writer’s style
Choose at least two interesting passages make two slides to show the writer’s style.
Avoid listing similes and examples of onomatopeia, personification or hyperbole: instead, choose passages that are really enjoyable to read because of the images they invoke in the reader’s mind.

15. Conclusion: was this a good read?
Share your group’s overall impression of the novel.
What made it a good read?
Would you read another book by the same author?
What type of reader might also enjoy this book?

16. credits
Setting, Complication, and Conflict (student’s name) Illustrator and Character Studies Passages and Connection Background Information and Key Words Writer’s Style and Conclusion