Full names of each group
member of you Lit
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THE BOOK’S TITLETHE AUTHOR’S NAME
• Each slide tells you exactly what you need
to do. Insert additional slides as specified.
• Keep the same headings and the same order for
each section.• See the sections to the
right and each take one section to complete.
• Setting, Complication and Conflict (student’s name)
• Illustrator and Character Studies (student’s name)
• Passages and Connections (student’s
name)• Background information
and Key Words (student’s name)
• Writer’s Style and Conclusion (student’s
name)
HOW TO USE THIS TEMPLATE
• No full sentences • Minimal text
except for the passages you are copying to share
• No reading off the screen
• Large font that can be easily read• LOTS of good, relevant images
• PowerPoint is made to
ILLUSTRATE WHAT YOU ARE
SAYING• So go light on the
text and heavy on the images
KEYS TO SUCCESS
SETTING
On this slide you should provide the following information in POINT FORM ONLY:
• TIME (approximately year, season, etc.)• PlACE (real or imaginary)• CULTURAL SETTING (social class, language, etc.)• ATMOSPHERE, MOOD• SPECIFIC DETAILS (house, apartment, school, etc.)
An Image Related to setting
• This could be one or two slides showing your depiction of the setting and/or a map.
• Think of using drawings, Google maps, or images from flickr or other photo site
• Explain what you learned about the location, the culture of the people, the
social condition, and any other interesting details about the story or
the writer during your novel study.
• Be sure to add images whenever possible!
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
• Use one slide for EACH main character in order to show:
• An image of the character (your illustrator’s creation or photos of actors
you would cast to play the role)
• Add a variety of adjectives to describe the character
MAIN CHARACTERS
• List other characters and explain the role of each in the novel-why
did the writer create these characters? What role do they play?
• Include images if possible but limit this to just a slide or two NOT one
slide per character.
OTHER CHARACTERS
• You don’t want to give away the whole story, but you need to describe in point form the
complication that sets off the action fo the novel.
• Include an illustration here
THE COMPLICATION
• Describe in point form the different types of conflict in the novel and try
to illustrate each
• Use a separate slide for each:• One slide for man vs. man
• One slide for man vs. himself according to the novel
THE COMPLICATION
• Choose five key words that show the theme, tone, topic, character, mood or cultural background of
the novel.• Use one slide for each word,
explain the significance of the word and try to add an illustration,
FIVE KEY WORDS
• Choose 3 key passages that illustrate
• The novel’s theme• The protagonist’s character
• The central conflict• Copy the passage in full
• Explain how the passage is important in explaining the theme, conflict and character
PERTINENT PASSAGES
• Use pertinient passages to explain at least TWO
connections you made to other novels or modern life, school,
current events, etc.
• Copy the full passage and use one slide for each passage.
CONNECTIONS
• Choose at least two interesting passages make two slides to show the writer’s style.
• Avoid listing similes and examples of onomatopeia, personification or hyperbole:
instead, choose passages that are really enjoyable to read because of the images
they invoke in the reader’s mind.
THE WRITER’S STYLE
• Share your group’s overall impression of the novel.
• What made it a good read?• Would you read another book by
the same author?• What type of reader might also
enjoy this book?
CONCLUSION: WAS THIS A GOOD READ?
Setting, Complication, and Conflict
(student’s name)
Illustrator and Character Studies
(student’s name)
Passages and Connection
(student’s name)
Background Information and Key Words
(student’s name)
Writer’s Style and Conclusion
(student’s name)
CREDITS
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