Emily Dickinson Presentation Assignment

Emily Dickinson Presentation Assignment

Follow these steps:

1. Go to www.americanpoems.com/poets/emilydickinson
2. Read the poems until you find one that you like that I haven’t already exposed you to.
3. Copy and paste it into a Word document.
4. List all of the reasons that you like it.
5. List all of the words that you don’t know.
6. Define ALL OF THE WORDS, even the ones you think you know.
7. Address each of our 13 poetry questions.
8. Decide which 5 of the 13 questions gave you the most interesting ideas about your poem.
9. Sign up for your presentation day and time.
10. Dig deeper into those 5 questions and use them as the basis of your presentation.
11. Give me a list of all of the equipment you will need.
12. Create your presentation, making sure that you do the following things:
a. Create an outline that highlights the information you will be covering in class.
b. Create any materials (audio, video, pictures, handouts, overheads) you will need to get your ideas into our heads.
c. Streamline your presentation so that it takes exactly 10 MINUTES!
d. Rehearse your presentation and your timing in front of others.
e. At least one day BEFORE your presentation slot, double check to make sure that EVERYTHING WORKS!!!
f. Teach us your poem.