PowerPoint Slide Requirements
Each slide must contain the following information plus one visual aid of some sort (photo, graphic, etc.).
Keep text minimal, using lists rather than paragraphs.
Slide 1:
Slide 2:
Slide 3:
Slide 4:
Slide 5:
Slide 6:
Author’s name, photo, date of birth, date of death (if deceased)
Author’s life (relevant and interesting: family, upbringing, education, romances, friendships, marriages,
children, influences, etc.) what about his/her life will help you understand his/her works?
Author’s historical context (time period in which author lived and/or period to which he/she is assigned)
Complete text of the poem OR two or three important quotes from the poem if it’s too long to fit the slide
Analysis of form: sequence and order of words and stanzas, rhyme scheme, lines; narrative, sonnet, free
verse, etc.
Analysis of speaker and audience or addressee, POV
Slide 7:
Analysis of style: changes in tone: discuss diction, connotation, syntax, imagery, what lead you
to conclusion; WHY are these elements important to understanding theme or purpose??
Slide 8:
Analysis of first rhetorical device used in the work and a quote from the work that is an example of this
technique
Slide 9:
Slide 10:
Slide 11:
Slide 12:
Analysis of second rhetorical device used in the work and a quote from the work that is an example of
this technique
Analysis of third rhetorical device used in the work and a quote from the work that is an example of
this technique
Theme of the work—include quotes to support this
Five quiz questions which may be included on final poetry test—multiple choice, T/F, or short answer—
promote higher-order thinking skills—not just recall of facts.
Author Study Poetry Project Rubric
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3
2
1
Content
All information presented is
accurate, relevant and
interesting. Keeps text at a
minimal.
Most information
presented is accurate,
relevant and interesting.
Text is minimal.
Some information
presented is accurate,
relevant and interesting.
Text is somewhat
excessive.
Most information presented
is not accurate, relevant,
nor interesting. Text is
excessive.
Comprehension
Shows a full understanding
of the author and
explication of poem.
Student is able to
accurately answer almost
all questions posed by
classmates about the topic
Shows a good
understanding of the
author and explication of
poem Student is able to
accurately answer most
questions posed by
classmates about the
topic.
Shows a good
understanding of parts of
the author and explication
of poem Student is able
to accurately answer a
few questions posed by
classmates about the
topic.
Does not seem to
understand the author or
poem very well. Student is
unable to accurately answer
questions posed by
classmates about the topic.
Preparedness
Is prepared and rehearsed Is mostly prepared and
and does not read directly rehearsed and does not
from slides.
read directly from slides.
Is somewhat prepared
and rehearsed and
sometimes reads from
slides.
Is neither prepared nor
rehearsed and reads from
slides.
Presentation
Speaks clearly and
distinctly. Excellent eye
contact. PowerPoint is
visually appealing and
interesting.
Speaks clearly and
distinctly most of the
time. Good eye contact.
PowerPoint is mostly
visually appealing and
interesting.
Speaks clearly and
distinctly some of the
time. Some eye contact.
PowerPoint is somewhat
visually appealing and
interesting.
Does not speak clearly.
Little or no eye contact.
PowerPoint is lacks visual
appeal and interest.
Requirements
Student meets all
requirements of the
PowerPoint
Student meets most of
the requirements of the
PowerPoint
Student meets some of
the requirements of the
PowerPoint
Students meets few or none
of the requirements of the
PowerPoint
CATEGORY
Total Points=100 (multiply score out of 20 by 5)
Honors English Poetry Project
Howson
Analyzing poetry is one of the most formidable tasks that students face. As part of our literary studies, you will be
assigned one of the following poems below and must complete your poetry project by the assigned due date. It’s
important to start now. Get to know your poem VERY well. You will be expected to explicate the poem with the class and
NOT read right from your PowerPoint slides. Higher points will be awarded to those who engage the class in discussion
and not just lecture. Students who participate in the discussion will also be awarded participation points. Follow the slide
requirements, and note the rubric with which you will be evaluated. Also understand that you will be tested on the content
of other classmates’ presentations.
1. Edgar Allen Poe “The Bells”
2. Ralph Waldo Emerson “The Snowstorm”
3. Ralph Waldo Emerson “Concord Hymn”
4. Walt Whitman “I Hear America Singing”
5. Langston Hughes “Dream Deferred”
6. Robert Frost “Birches”
7. Robert Frost “Mending Wall”
8. Emily Dickinson “Because I could not stop for Death—“
9. Emily Dickinson “We Grow Accustomed to the Dark”
10. Louise Erdrich “Bidwell Ghost”
11. William Wordsworth “The World Is Too Much with Us”
12. Maya Angelou “Still I Rise”
13. Dylan Thomas “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night”
14. Pablo Neruda “Nothing But Death”
15. Claude McKay “America”
16. Sherman Alexie “Dangerous Astronomy”
17. William Shakespeare “Sonnet 73”
18. William Shakespeare “Sonnet 18”
19. James Weldon Johnson “Lift Every Voice and Sing”
20. Jimmy Santiago Baca “I Am Offering This Poem to You”
21. Countee Cullen “Yet I Do Marvel”
22. Alice Walker “Women”
23. Louis Carroll “Jabberwocky”
24. Carl Sandburg “Chicago”
25. W.H. Auden “Musée des Beaux Arts”
26. Ernest Thayer “Casey at the Bat”
27. Thomas Hardy “Convergence of the Twain”
28. Sylvia Plath “The Colossus”