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