ALTERNATIVE FORMAT/ORGANIZATION FOR PRESENTATION

1. Slide 1: MLA TITLE SLIDE
   1. Title of Book/Author
   2. Your Name
   3. Teacher Name
   4. Class
   5. Date
   6. EXAMPLE
      • Waiting for the Morning Train by Bruce Catton
      • C.E. Sikkenga
      • Mrs. Poel
      • English 10
      • 11/14/2016
2. Slide 2:
   1. Brief summary of the book (will make more sense to your readers to put it here).
3. Slide 3: Author’s background.
   1. Relevant biographical stuff
   2. Other stuff the author has written
4. Slides4-9:  NON FICTION TEXT FEATURES  (what you want to talk about is how each of these things tries to help the reader).
   1. Title: What does it tell us about the book?
   2. Front material (that’s everything between the cover and the start of the story)
      1. Dedication
      2. Epigraphs (short quotes etc)
      3. Table of Contents
      4. Visual Materials
      5. Text materials  (here you will talk about the strategies the author uses and maybe share examples)
         1. Point of view
            1. 1st, 2nd, 3rd Person?
         2. Dialogue?
         3. What does the author do well (maybe it’s description?  Maybe it’s voice).
      6. End Material (the stuff AFTER the story)
         1. Epilogue
         2. Glossary
         3. Etc.
5. SLIDE 10: Main Characters (4 max)
   1. What role do they play in the book?
   2. What is interesting about them?  What makes them likeable/not likeable?
6. SLIDE 11: Favorite Quotes/Passages and why you chose them.  What do they mean to you/how do they enhance your understanding of the book?
7. SLIDE 12: Recommendation:
   1. do you recommend this book?
   2. To Whom?
   3. Why?