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Book Group Presentations

Published on Nov 27, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

BOOK GROUP PRESENTATIONS

EXPECTATIONS & TIPS

The format: Haiku Deck
(1 per team OR
1 per member)

Overview of contents

APPROXIMATE BREAKDOWN

NOVEL BASICS

  • Basic plot points
  • Key characters
  • Main conflict
  • Theme(s)
  • NO SPOILERS!

Author Information & reflections in/connect-ions to the novel

CULTURAL CONNECTIONS
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What is/are the cultural elements in the work and how does the culture reflected in the novel help shape the plot, characters, setting, conflict, theme, etc?

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APPLY ONE CRITICAL LENS

  • Marxist Lens
  • Feminist/Gender Lens
  • New Historicist Lens
  • Other (must be approved by Lyke first)

Identify 2 or more dominant literary techniques.
Then, explain how these techniques help in establishing the (A) cultural elements and/or the (B) literary lens elements.

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MLA CITATIONS

All info not from your heads must be MLA cited internally & on a Works Cited slide.
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Tips,
suggestions,
& FYIs

DIVISION OF TASKS

  • The workload should be divided equally
  • The team may to have 1 Haiku Deck or 1 per person
  • All group members should have access to the Haiku Deck(s), just in case someone is ill on presentation day
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Tues./Wed.= work time for gathering & organizing information.
Thur./Fri. = work time for creating the Haiku Deck(s) & practicing
Mon. = Presentation Day

Other details

  • This task is worth 30 points (20 earned by the group: 10 earned individually): these are assessment points
  • Presentations should last about 10 min.
  • This will be the last grade to go into the 3rd quarter gradebook
  • This Haiku Deck is available on the class website for future reference