This slideshow will help you with your Comprehension
PowerPoint Artifact
Whenever you see a red slide like this, it’s not part of
the PowerPoint. These are directional slides which give
you tips.
I’ve annotated my slides with notes so you can see
what I did to meet the required elements; you SHOULD
NOT add comments like I did.
I did my PowerPoint on “the three little pigs” just so you
could get a basic idea of how yours should look.
The first slide you should have is a title slide…click next
to view my title slide.
Shawn Olorundami
The next slide contains my short story
summary.
Make sure you have looked at the “bad
powerpoint” file in the important docs
folder so you know how to make good
bullets and graphics on your powerpoint!
The Story…
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Three little pigs are sent off by their mother to make a
living for themselves.
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The three pigs decide to build houses.
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Each pig builds a house out of a different type of material.
One builds of straw, one builds of sticks, and one builds of
bricks.

One day a wolf comes along and wants to eat the pigs.
He easily blows down the first to pigs’ houses.
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At the third house he can not blow it down and is burned
will trying to go down the chimney.
The next two slides are examples of
timelines. I gave two examples so you
could see there are many different ways in
which your timelines can be done.
On PowerPoint 2007 or 2010, go up to the
top and click “insert” and then “smart art”
That will allow you to insert a graphic, like
a timeline
A timeline of events
The pigs leave home
• 1st pig builds straw house
• 2nd pig builds stick house
• 3rd pig builds brick house
The wolf gets burned in
the chimney
The big bad wolf
comes looking for food.
• Wolf blows down straw
house
• Wolf blows down stick house
• Wolf tries to blow down brick
house
A timeline of events
This next timeline example is a timeline that is
spread over several slides. On each slide I
give the name of the event and a visual aid.
A slide that just had a name at the top with
nothing else would be pretty boring, wouldn’t
it? That’s why the visual aid is helpful.
I didn’t do the whole story in this timeline, just
a few slides so you could get the idea.
Obviously, you’ll need to have the whole story
on yours.
The pigs leave home
The first pig buys some straw and
builds a house with it.
The second pig buys some sticks
and builds his house
Hopefully you now have an idea of what you
want to do for your timeline.
Next up is my detailed account of an event. I
just did one event to show you how it should
look, but remember, you have to do THREE
events from your timeline.
Also, remember your requirements for the
events! I’ve made comments on mine on the
next page so you can recognize the
requirements and distinguish them from one
another.
The wolf is burned in the Chimney
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When the big bad wolf finally
gets to the 3rd pigs house he
is unable to blow it down
because it is brick.

The three little pigs wait
inside the house while the
wolf stays outside trying to
get in.

Eventually, the wolf gives up
and tries to get in through the
chimney but ends up being lit
on fire!

This is a turning point in the
story because up until now
the pigs have had to run to
escape the wolf. Now, it’s the
wolf’s turn to suffer!
The next slide summarizes a character
from the story.
Again, I’m only doing one character just so
you get the basic idea; but remember, you
have to do THREE characters!
Also, I’ve made comments again, so you
can see how I fulfilled the requirements.
The big bad wolf

Main antagonist in the story of the
three little pigs. Throughout the
story, he is trying to eat the pigs.

He Goes from house to house
blowing down the houses.
 He cant blow the brick house down
 He burns himself tying to get in through
the chimney.

At the beginning of the story the wolf
is very intimidating and the pigs are
seriously afraid of him. By the end,
though, he’s been burned and
defeated and no longer poses a
serious threat to the pigs, and so
he’s not so intimidating anymore.
The next slide is for a theme I thought was
in the story.
Remember, if you think the story has a
certain theme, then you need to support
that with evidence from the text. See your
Artifact Sheet for examples of acceptable
evidence.
Also, remember you need to do at least
TWO themes.
Theme

Don’t take shortcuts, if you do you’ll pay for it later
 The 3rd little pig warns his brothers that they shouldn’t
settle for straw and stick houses.
 They don’t listen and chose to use straw and brick
because it’s cheaper and easier to builder their houses.
 In the end, though, they end up going to the third little
pig’s house because it’s the only safe place because he
didn’t take the easy road out.
Hopefully this gave you a better
understanding of what it is you need to
have in your Comprehension PowerPoint
Artifact.
If you have ANY questions at all, come
and talk to me!
And don’t for get to look at the “bad
powerpoint” presentation in the important
docs folder.