WORLD LITERATUREJANUARY 9, 2012

Warm-up: WELCOME BACK! To get your mind prepared for the intense semester that we will have, answer these very complex questions:

1. On a scale of 1-10, how was your winter break and why?

2. What is one event or activity that you enjoyed the most over winter break?

3. Since it is a new year, what is your New Year’s academic resolution that will ensure your departure from this building in June?

REMINDERS Period 1: Warm-ups? If you are a newbie, see me after class

(important!) A few reminders about the forgotten

syllabus… Always write in ink (blue/black) You’ve been awesome so far… but no heads

on desks! Coming to class late causes you to lose points

that cannot be made up If you are absent, see me AS SOON AS YOU

GET BACK from your absence (or consult my website)

See me after class/after school (never before/during)

If you are absent, essays that you knew about before your absence are still due the same day.

I do not write locker passes.

PERSIAN AND ARABIC LITERATURE

Since this semester will require a great deal more individual work than first semester, we will start off with research presentations on our next major literary region: Persia and Arabia.

PERSIAN AND ARABIC LITERATURE

Research presentation information: Your group must contain 3-4 members (of

your own choosing). Choose your members wisely so you will not

get stuck with all of the work. Presentations must be done via

PowerPoint. We’ll conduct library research this week.

Every member of your group must research and/or work at the library or your group will lose participation points for inefficiency.

STANDARDS

Reading 3.7: Relate literary works and authors to the major themes and issues of their eras.

PERSIAN AND ARABIC LITERATURE

Research presentation information: PowerPoints must be done and either

sent to my e-mail or dropped in my drop box by Sunday at 3:00. Save your PowerPoint with all your group

members’ first names. If e-mailing over the weekend, check for a

confirmation e-mail before Monday morning from me

15% will be dropped from your group’s grade if your presentation is not ready on Monday.

On Monday (presentation day), you must provide me with a printed handout of your PowerPoint presentation that I can keep for grading purposes.

RESEARCH PRESENTATION

Research presentation guidelines: Your group presentation must be 5-8

minutes long. Your presentation must be 6-8 slides of

information. Your research must include at least 3

trustworthy, sources of information (no Wikipedia).

Your presentation MUST include a WORKS CITED slide on which you properly cite your sources of information (according to MLA format). Visit “The Owl at Purdue” website for

assistance.

RESEARCH PRESENTATION

Research presentation guidelines: Mandatory slides NOT included in the 6-8

slides of information: Introduction slide with the title of your

presentation, the first and last names of all your group members.

Works Cited slide (or more than one, if necessary)

RESEARCH PRESENTATION

Research presentation guidelines: Optional Slides: Each group will choose

one category. You must have the following categories in the 6-8 slides of information: Major historical events Major historical figures Religious Traditions Historical places Lifestyle Women in Society Social Classes/ People and society

RESEARCH PRESENTATION

Research presentation guidelines: Good presentations will not only include

informative, accurate, detailed information, but will also be visually appealing. Make sure to… Include pictures, or visual clips in roughly half

of your slides Not include too much information in any slide Make your information clearly readable for

your audience

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONResearch presentation rubric:

You will be graded on the following: Depth of information Quality of information Following the guidelines Preparedness Professionalism (no sitting, leaning, cursing;

be audible, speak properly, make eye contact) Presentation of information (not READING

slides, but presenting information so that it’s easy to understand)

Visual appeal of PowerPoint Subject knowledge(group may be subject to

questioning)Note: PowerPoints will not be graded without

properly cited information