Name:And Then There Were None PowerPoint Project

Literary Tasks

Step 1: Since we have read this novel in the justice unit and discussed the concept of justice and injustice on the island, you will explain how this affected 3 characters.

For each character:

First – Explain the psychological effect on him/her

Second – Provide a specific example of that character showing that effect

You should not discuss the deaths of characters, but how they reacted to the events on the island.

Example: How does living in their town affect the greasers?

Effect – Darry feels he must be a positive leader.

Example – He works overtime and is very strict in raising Ponyboy and Darry.

Effect – Dally becomes bitter.

Example – He takes his anger out on Socs, including Cherry at the drive in movie.

Potential Ideas

Wargrave / Vera / Lombard / Macarthur / Miss Brent
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Blore / Mr. Rogers / Mrs. Rogers / Anthony Marston / Dr. Armstrong
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Step 2: Agatha Christie is a master writer. Explain 3 narrative techniques she used to create suspense in the novel. Be specific about how she used these techniques and provide an example of each.

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Step 3: Create a PowerPoint to show steps 1 and 2 using the four PowerPoint skills indicated in the rubric. The PowerPoint can be set up in any way you see fit, but it must show the necessary information from steps 1 and 2 and the four PowerPoint skills.

Step 4: After your PowerPoint is done, fill out the PowerPoint Guide below indicating to me what skills you used in which slides and for what purpose.

PowerPoint Guide

TECHNIQUE / ON SLIDE # / PURPOSE
Picture Tool
Shape filled with an image
Custom Path
SmartArt

Rubric

Thoroughly explains the effects on 3 characters with clear examples/15

Thoroughly explains 3 narrative techniques used to create suspense with clear examples/15

Successfully utilizes at least one Picture Tool to enhance the presentation/5

Successfully fills a shape with an image to enhance the presentation/5

Successfully uses a custom path to enhance the presentation/5

Successfully uses SmartArt to enhance the presentation/5

Enrichment Opportunity: Replace any one of the four options I taught you and include another advanced PowerPoint skill.

Technology Tasks

Picture Tools

1) Add an image to your PowerPoint.

2) Click Format (under Picture Tools).

In the Adjust category

  • Under Color: You can remove the white background from an image by clicking Set Transparent Color.
  • Under Color: You can change the color of the image by clicking on any of the possibilities in Saturation, Tone, or Recolor.
  • Under Artistic Effects: You can change the effect on the image by clicking on any of the possibilities.

In the Picture Styles category

  • You can change the edges of the picture by clicking on the possibilities and you can add color to the border by clicking on Picture Border.
  • Under Picture Effects: You can change the look of the image.

In the Arrange category

  • Under Rotate: You can rotate the image.
  • Bring Forward/Send Backward: Can be used if you have text on the screen as well. You can overlap the image and text.

Filling a shape with an image

1) Save a picture to your account. You may want to create a folder to keep your images in.

2) Click Insert on the toolbar.

3) Click Shapes and choose a shape.

4) Under Format (under Drawing Tools), find the Shape Styles category. Click Shape Fill.

5) Click Picture. Insert the picture from your account.

Using Custom paths

1) Insert an image. Click on that image. In the Animation category under Animations, click Custom Path.

2) Click where you want the motion path to start. Double click where you want it to end.

3) Click the image. In the Advanced Animations category under Animations, click Animation Pane.

4) If you want your animation to be set to a trigger, in the Animation Pane, click the name of the image.

5) In the Advanced Animation category, click Trigger and select On Click Of. Find the name of your image (it can be difficult to figure out the name of the image).

SmartArt

Two ways to do this…

Convert to SmartArt

1) Put text in your slide.

2) Highlight the text. From the Home tab in the Paragraph category, click Convert to SmartArt and choose the type of SmartArt you want.

Insert SmartArt and then text/images

1) Click Insert from the toolbar and then SmartArt.

2) Choose the type of SmartArt you want and then add in information and/or pictures.