DIRECTIONS FOR WRITER REPORTS

DIRECTIONS FOR WRITER REPORTS

This assignment has two parts:

  1. A brief Oral Report (presentation with Powerpoint/Prezi) and 
  2. The creation of an Annotated Bibliography.

Each students will sign up to make a brief (4-6 minutes) ZOOM presentation to your classmates about a writer we are studying.   Tell us about the author’s  life and your work.

Due dates vary, but the aim is to provide background information concurrent with our discussion of the author's work.

IMPORTANT:

You will need to consult a minimum of three sources from CCV'S  HARTNESS LIBRARY (not Wikipedia or Google,) Keep track of your sources carefully

 

PART ONE: ELEMENTS OF YOUR PRESENTATION SHOULD INCLUDE:

Provide  a Visual Aid ( create a PowerPoint, Prezi, etc.)

OPENING –  Photos of the writer are useful, as is a BRIEF timeline of their life.

BACKGROUND:  It helps to start with a quote or interesting anecdote.

Whenever possible, biographical data should include:

  1. A brief timeline of their life: When & where did they live, study, work, die, etc.
  2. Personal background (a little about their family, education, significant personal events)
  3. Cultural background (country, ethnicity, help us understand their culture, religious beliefs, etc.)
  4. Historical context (what was happening in history, political or social climate) at the time they were writing?

BODY- - (Share information to make this writer become alive for us! )

  1. What were their notable achievements?
  2. What key values or beliefs motivated their writing?
  3. Who - what other writers, thinkers, artists, politicians, visionaries - most influenced their life path and world view?
  4. What important events - personal or otherwise - affected their work?

CONCLUSION: Please be sure to address these questions:

  1. Summarize ways in which learning about this person’s life story has been personally meaningful for you:
  2. What would like to know more about this person?
  3. What questions might you ask him or her if you could sit down and have a conversation with him/her?
  4. How do you think his/her life story connects with the text selected for this week's class reading?
  5. IMPORTANT: How does this passage connect with our Key DIMENSION concepts, themes, and human experiences we’ve studied to date in this course?   

PART TWO: For instructions on how to create an Annotated Bibliography, see handout.