PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONS

For the class presentations, you should select one author from the syllabus with my permission; presentation subjects are "first-come, first-serve," so e-mail  your first choice to me as soon as possible, but have a back-up author as well.  The deadline for your selections is September 2nd.

At the beginning of the week in which we study your author, you will post a PowerPoint that must include graphics, source quotes, and the following essentials:

a) a biography of the author,

b) a list of the author's works,

c) the author's themes and/or innovations, 

d) the historical contexts of how his or her work was received when published,

e) the author's legacy (how he or she is remembered today, and 

f) a Works Cited slide of at least 4 sources, two from traditional texts and two from electronic sources.  Make sure that these are quoted and punctuated properly and not plagiarized in the slides.

 Do not just give information from our text itself, and do not print out a document from the Web to read in class.  Use at least 4 sources, and give a list of them to me after the presentation.  Do NOT use Wikkipedia.  The presentations should be 10-12 minutes, and you can include any visual aids that you wish to use.  The more creative and interactive, the better.  If you choose to do a PowerPoint, e-mail it to me AHEAD of time in case there are glitches. 

Presentations will be graded according to the following rubric:

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