Friday, September 21, 2012

Independent Reading Presentation

Students received information on a presentation due Friday, September 28th.  Students need to have finished reading a chapter book in order to give the presentation.  Students can present on any book they have finished since August 20th. 

I have copied the directions for the presentation below and included some examples I shared in class:
 

Example of a movie poster
 
Example of PowerPoint slides 


                                                           Independent Reading Presentation

Project is due ___________.  You must present your project on a book you have finished between the dates of __________________.  If you have not finished a book by the project due date, you will receive a POW, and 10% will be deducted from your score.  You will still be required to present your project even if it is late. 

Every presentation must include the following:

·         title and author

·         main character(s)

·         compare how two characters from the story are different and/or similar

·         short summary of the story without giving away the ending

·         one challenge the main character(s) face

·         how the main character responds to the challenge
  • give the theme of the story (the theme is the main idea)
 
 

Information must be written on note cards.  Be sure to practice reading in front of someone before presenting.  Try not to read straight from the cards.  Practice and then practice some more.

 

Choose ONE of the following to include in your presentation:

·         three items in a bag that relate to the story- you must explain how the objects relate to your book

·         movie poster you create that represents an event from the story- you must explain how the movie poster relates to your story

·         two or three PowerPoint slides with pictures that relate to the story- you must explain how the pictures relate to the story (PowerPoint must be saved to a flash drive and brought to class)