1. Mr. P’s Excellent PPT Assignment
Bringing Authors & Works to Life Again!

2. Author Analysis & Research 1st semester it was a thesis paper!
Now it’s time to create a PPT so excellent your college prof will ask how you did it!

3. PPT Project Goals
Acquaint yourself in-depth with a major author & a short key work
Share your findings via PPT & class presentation
Biography
Key short work
In-class analysis
Classroom handout
Grade = test (25 grades)

4. PPT Project Basic Info
Must choose a different author from 1st semester project – full grade penalty!
May work in pairs or alone
Need to be ready on date scheduled on HE Web Calendar
Class requirement for passing grade in Honors English

5. PPT Project Guidelines
10-12 minutes in length
No fewer than 10 slides
PPT must contain…
your own design template
engaging, appropriate graphics (1 per page)
at least one intelligent sound byte
live weblink to quality site
readable slide of your “key work” & any guide questions or other info
HINT: Find graphics & sound bytes specific to your author!

6. What does annotated mean?
Author PPT Research
Six authoritative resources – 3 print & 3 web
No online or print encyclopedias! - this includes Wikipedia!
Annotated bibliography in MLA format
What does annotated mean?
An annotated bibliography is one that includes a sentence or two after each entry that details the information found in that source.
See example on HE web!

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Key dates – including birth & death
List of all “major” works
Pertinent biographical details - key factors that brought recognition - what this author is remembered for
A B T
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8. Presentation Class Handout
Likeness of your author (front)
Bio info highlights with space for classmate to add or fill-in notes (front)
Key work you are analyzing (back)
May contain key lit/vocab info (back)
Due day before presentation!
That’s so Mr. Payne has time to copy this sheet for the class!

9. Presentation Advice Your PPT is to be presented, NOT read!
You are in charge – not the computer!
Face the students, not the screen!
Speak slowly, confidently, and loudly
Breathe deep – have fun
Everyone has survived – even me and no one knows if I am really me! The horror! The horror!

10. PPT Deadlines & Grading
Check HE Web calendar for due dates
Grading Rubric also posted on HE web
Grade = test (25 grades – same as test)
1/3 deduct if “test drive” not pre-arranged
Class handout due day BEFORE your presentation
Bring to day of presentation - mini-slide print out - annotated bibliography - slide template explanation

11. Four More Project Hints
Save your files to your school drive or to If your files are too big, you can break into two or three PPTs by using “save as” and reassemble at school.
Be sure to test everything BEFORE you come to class -- bad things can easily happen if you don’t. Have a back-up plan.
Practice! Practice! Practice! The best way to beat the “I’m-gonna-be-at- the-front-of-the-class” jitters is to know your material so well you can ignore everything else!
Ask if you need help! The English Dept web page and FVL Intranet page have help links!
You must be ready on the posted date – we will not have time to reschedule presentations. Failure to complete this project will result in a full grade drop of your final grade.

12. Quirky PPT advice
Remember Room 2308 has PPT 2010 – if your PPT is done at home, things may not look or run the same…
Be aware of sound files and fonts. Always choose to “embed fonts” when saving. Sound files typically aren’t embedded into your PPT – need to bring along separately and link to PPT.
Easiest way to avoid these problems is to bring in your own laptop and hook up to projector & speakers. (Arrange to try this before your presentation to make sure all the right cords are available & you are comfortable with the set up!)

13. Which Authors are “Available”?
Check the Honors English Web Calendar – look for names!
Remember to check the due dates!
You have a wide variety of different authors
CHOICE Day is ??? – for partners & authors! Come ready or get the leftovers!
Unclaimed authors can be grabbed for EXTRA CREDIT

14. Author Name List John Milton John Bunyan Dante & Christina Rossetti
Daniel Defoe
Jonathon Swift
Alexander Pope
The Hymnwriters
Robert Burns
Thomas Gray
William Blake
William Wordsworth
Lord Byron
Percy B. Shelley
Mary Shelley
John Keats
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Dante & Christina Rossetti
Charlotte Bronte
Jane Austen
Lewis Carroll
T.S. Eliot
A. A. Milne
J. M. Barrie
Rudyard Kipling
Thomas Hardy
George Orwell
Roald Dahl
Virginia Woolf
Katherine Mansfield
C.S. Lewis
J.R.R. Tolkien

15. 4th Quarter – Class Project
Retelling Robin Hood project
Groups of 2-3
Due – May 7-9
Find your groupies – assignment sheets coming later!