1.
You will create a PowerPoint Presentation on an aspect of Igbo culture. You will be paired up with a classmate for the project.
2.
As you read the first 9 chapters of Things Fall Apart , you will annotate your book, making notes about your topic. Highlight key parts. Use sticky notes or note cards. (You will receive a grade for your sticky notes or note cards; you must have your own.)
3.
Ask questions that you will explore in your project. Provide these questions to your viewers in your PPT.
4.
Research your topic. Answer the top 3 thoughtful questions you asked yourselves. You need a minimum of three reliable Internet sites/sources. Keep track of your sites on note cards and summarize the information that you find on each site.
5.
You will be presenting your project to the class, with a 20-slide minimum, including a title page slide, a Guiding Questions slide, and a Works Cited slide with your three sources in MLA format.
6.
Your project must include pictures and preferably include video or sound clips.
7.
Each member needs his/her own flash drive. A copy of the project should be saved to each flash drive by the end of class.
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PPT Scoring Guide
Project creatively portrays an aspect of Igbo culture
Provides details from novel and weaves them into project
Provides details from research and weaves them into project
Information is clear/concise, written in presenters’ own words
Visuals and/or audiovisual elements provide description of the cultural aspect
Project includes slide with questions explored in PPT, and project successfully answers those questions
Project ends with a Works Cited slide with 4 correctly cited sources
(including class novel)
Project is free of grammar, spelling, punctuation errors
TOTAL: 100
Presentation Expectations
Appropriate volume when speaking
Eye contact with audience
Students were articulate and easy to understand
Students could answer questions competently
Students took turns presenting project
Students engaged audience
Slide colors are appealing, slides are easy to read on the projector
Transitions and effects enhance presentation
Material is not crammed onto slide, text is large enough to read
TOTAL: 100
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0 3 6 9
1 2
4
4
12
8
8
8
2
2
2
6
6
15
10
10
10
3
3
3
8
8
18
13
13
13
4
4
4
8 10
12
4 5 7 8
10
10
20
15
15
15
5
5
5