Major Work Data Sheet
Title: _________________________________
Author: _______________________________
Pub. Date: _____________________________
Genre: ________________________________
Historical information about the period in which the
book takes place, and it should be linked to what the
story is about):
(five facts with sources cited at the end of each fact)
Biographical Info. About the Author:
( facts, including awards and
education, with sources cited at the
end of each fact)
Characteristics of the Genre:
(What kind of novel is it: historical
fiction, fantasy, dramatic fiction,
etc.?)
Plot Summary:
(Use the Narrative Arc notes, and include two or three sentences for each stage)
Describe the author’s style: Think diction,
dialogue, and tone:
(What kind of word choices does the author make?
How do people in the book talk to each other? What
tone does each section of the book create?)
Examples that illustrate that style:
(Use two quoted examples from the book to
support the answers you gave to each question on
the previous column.)
Memorable Quotes/ Examples
Quotes:
Choose six quotes that meant anything to you.
Explanation:
Connect these quotes to your life in any way that is
plausible.
Characters (list up to ten main characters, say what role
they play, say why they are important, and choose three
words to describe each one.)
Name
Roles in the Story
Significance
Adjectives
Setting- Think Details:
(Write five sentences that tell about the
place and time where the novel is set.)
Significance of the opening scene:
(Explain how the opening scene sets the
reader up for what will happen later.)
Significance of the closing scene:
(Explain how the closing scene solidifies the theme,
or the meaning, of the novel)
Symbols:
List three symbols from the novel, say how they are used, quote at least one line that uses them, (including
page number), and EXPLAIN what the symbol represents.
Possible Theme(s)/ Topics for Discussion:
Consider how setting/symbols serve to illustrate theme-
Write two or three sentences saying what the theme is, that is, what the book means or is saying
about life. Then explain in a paragraph of eight or so sentences how the setting and symbols lead you
to that theme.
Works Cited
(Do in MLA format. Use Easybib. Be sure it is in hanging indent and alphabetized.)
Requirements:
Presentation (due Monday, October 13th)
 Your presentation should be 10-20 minutes long. I will take off points if your presentation based
on 1/2 point per number of minutes over or under the allotted time.
 Your presentation should include a PowerPoint slide show that is simply used as a visual organizer
for your audience and a prompter for you.
 You should speak directly from the bullets on your power point, and add to that information as
you speak from what you know. Notes are also acceptable if you need to speak from note cards.
Do not just read your notes or your power point.
 You must be ready to present when called. If you are absent when I call your name or group, you
must have an official note (physician’s, court, principal—not parent) or you will receive a zero.
You must not ask for more time once we begin presenting.
Powerpoint (due day of presentation as visual)
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You should have a slide or two for each section of the MWDS, including one for your title slide
and one for Works Cited.
You backgrounds should be simple and elegant, without distracting bells and whistles, or graphics
not connected directly to your work .
You should have just a few bullets—speaking points—on each slide. Do not have entire
paragraphs.
Appropriate art work and/or music either from the time period of publication or from the time in
which the work is set will earn you an extra point or so if it adds to your presentation and you
explain how it works to support what you are talking about.
MWDS (due by end of class Friday, hard copy, printed)
Complete each section of the MWDS with proofed and corrected complete sentences where explanations
are required, with bulleted information where a brief look at information is warranted, and with intelligent,
accurate, sources cited on (do in-text citations for any information from all sources outside your own little
brain) information throughout. Use MLA style. Easybib will help enormously. If it’s your own knowledge
or public knowledge you are using, no source is required.
What you turn in to me:
 MWDS with Works Cited attached at end
 The rubric on this sheet (I use it to grade you)
Grading Rubric for 11th Grade Honors Outside Reading Presentations
Name______________
1. Follows basic concepts of Major Work Data Sheet__________/15
2. Covers all of the basics but does not spend too much time on plot summary_________/10
3. Explains symbols in detail using examples from the text__________/7
4. Discusses stylistic elements_________/3
5. Discusses authorial background and historical context of work________/5
6. Introduces and covers important characters and their traits_________/5
7. Identifies themes and explains them________________/10
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Indicates practice in the delivery of the presentation (no mispronunciation of words, no materials
missing, everything ready and in place when called on)_________/10
PowerPoint supplements and provides talking points as well as creates organizational scheme that
audience can follow____________/10
PowerPoint slides are appropriate for topic___________/7
Design of PowerPoint as well as fonts should be clean and streamlined, not busy and
fussy__________/3
Errors are nonexistent or at a bare minimum___________/10
Is within the time frame_______________/5
Extra: period music or art used to enrich___________/3