App: Prezi

Bloom’s Taxonomy:Applying: Apply what is learned about story elements and literary elements by presenting information found in a Prezi.

Objective:TSW comprehend a novel. TSW identify story elements, central ideas, and literary elements (figurative language). TSW evaluate the novel. TSW apply what they have learned by creating a Prezi on a novel with images and text.

Common CoreStandards:

ELA

CCR Writing Anchor Standard 6: (K-12th Grade)

Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.2

Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.3

Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.10

By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of grades 6-8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

Lesson Ideas: (Applying)

  • Interpret figurative language and discover how figurative language (structure of writing) impacts written works (ELA)
  • Apply sequencing of a method or problem (hypothesis or constructed responses) (science/math)

DIRECTIONS:

1.REVIEW the RUBRIC for this project.

2.Read your novel COMPLETELY. Using your graphic organizers, write an objective summary of the novel -- plot.

3.Select (5) pictures from the internet or take pictures to represent your novel (setting, characters, plot, figurative language, evaluation). You may use the ipad for this part of the project. If you use the internet for your pictures, you must CITE the websites – the url’s (not the search engine –Bing, Google, etc.). Please see my example listed below.

4.Make sure you address the following story elements: setting, characters, plot, figurative language, and evaluate the book – would you recommend this to others? Explain why or why not using evidence from the text.

5.Follow the directions for the Prezi App (even if you have used Prezi on the computer, please review the instructions for the app) AFTER you have a written summary of the plot, characters, setting, figurative language, and evaluation. Make sure you have all 5 pictures – the directions for the app shows/tells you how to save the pictures..

6.Submit a copy of your Prezi to me using the email option –

SAMPLE: The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

How to useapp(See Attached Handout) & Video Tutorial

Video Tutorial