Ms. Gokturk

Writing for the 21^st Century

Because you have all chosen a different FINAL PROJECT (the children’s book, the PowerPoint, or the Interactive Web Page), your cooperation is needed in making each class session run smoothly. Please note what each task requires daily.

The Children’s Book

• Please read the Assignment Sheet
• Then complete the character web
• Complete the Creating the Main Character for the Story sheet
• Once these steps have been completed, begin your storyline. Please note that your project is “art intensive” – you will have to draw pictures or construct collages. Therefore, plan your storyline accordingly. Please see Liz B.’s book as a sample of high level work.

The PowerPoint

• Because you will have more time to create a presentation, your slideshow should be at LEAST 10 content slides (not 8), + a title slide and Bibliography Slide.
• Please make sure that you cite each graphic on the graphic itself and provide a Bibliography Slide that gives credit to the books and sites you used.
• Vary your backgrounds & graphics
• Simplify your text to serve as reinforcement information for YOUR SPEECH. This is a speech!
• Rehearse your speech. Your talk should be clear, loud, and engaging.
• You will also be required to bring in a supplement (which is designated as extra credit on the rubric, but since we have the time, it is now a requirement): this can be a handout, an audio supplement, or anything else that will enhance your presentation.

The Web Page

• The purpose of your web page is to publish your written work, provide a forum for your guests to learn more with additional links, and serve as a PR forum.
• You have been given a template for your index page, but you should not limit yourself to this. Ms. G will show you tricks you can use to enhance the pages, though you should feel free to use the links at the bottom of our calendar page for additional ideas and tutorials. Please pick up an HTML packet as well.
• Please make sure that you have ALL of your written work form this term on your U drive here at school for next class as Ms. G will show you how to post your work online. Also have the copies that you turned in so you can use them to edit your work. Be sure to proofread and edit errors, make sure your citations are correct, and remove your LAST NAME from all documents. When stumped on part of the webpage, edit your existing work. You don’t want it to look icky.