Table Group Mini PowerPoint – Background The Odyssey

Each table group will find background information and cite information from the following website:

TABLE 1 Interpretation and Definition of Classical Mythology
TABLE 2 Historical Background of Greek Mythology

TABLE 3 Mythsof Creation

TABLE 4 Zeus’ Rise to Power: The Creation of Mortals
TABLE 5 The Twelve Olympians: Zeus, Hera, and Their Children

TABLE 6 The Nature of the Gods
TABLE 7 Poseidon, Sea Deities, Group Divinities, and Monsters

TABLE 8 Athena

Important Greek Terms in The Odyssey

Define the following Greek terms and cite the information. Later, you will learn how these terms apply to The Odyssey. Here is a helpful link:

TABLE 1 - Hubris:

TABLE 2 - Xenia:

TABLE 3 - Arête:

TABLE 4 - Nemesis:

TABLE 5 - Kleos:

TABLE 6 - Nostos:

TABLE 7 - Dolos:

TABLE 8 - Penthos:

Each person will present one slide and will be graded on their part of the presentation. This is a short “Power Point”presentation (up to five slides). Please see the rubric for additional information. You may use Google Docs to coordinate your presentation with your group table members and Google Slides to show class later.

Your presentation is due beginning: ______Point Value: ______

Table # ______

Responsibilities of Each Group Table Member: (How will you organize each slide? See Rubric)

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2. ______

3. ______

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5. ______

Major Common Core Standards Addressed:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.6

Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology's capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.7
Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.8
Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources; assess the usefulness of each source in answering the research question; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.9
Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

Assessment Rubric for PowerPoint Presentations – The Odyssey Background and Greek Terms

Exemplary

(4)

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Accomplished (3)

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Developing

(2)

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Beginning

(1)

Organization

4 or 5 Slides –
1 slide per student per Group Table / Information presented in logical, interesting sequence / Information in logical sequence / Difficult to follow presentation--student jumps around / Cannot understand presentation--no sequence of information
Subject Knowledge / Demonstrates full knowledge by answering all class questions with explanations and elaborations / At ease with expected answers to questions but does not elaborate / Uncomfortable with information and is able to answer only rudimentary questions / Does not have a grasp of the information. Cannot answer questions about subject

Graphics

/ Explain and reinforce screen text and presentation / Relate to text and presentation / Occasionally uses graphics that rarely support text and presentation / Uses superfluous graphics or no graphics

Research and MLA Citation 2+sources

/ Uses a variety of sources in reaching accurate conclusions / Uses a variety of sources in reaching conclusions / Presents only evidence that supports a preconceived point of view / Does not justify conclusions with research evidence

Screen Design

/ Includes a variety of graphics, text, and animation that exhibits a sense of wholeness. Creative use of navigational tools and buttons / Includes a variety of graphics, text, and animation. Adequate navigational tools and buttons / Includes combinations of graphics and text, but buttons are difficult to navigate. Some buttons and navigational tools work / Either confusing or cluttered, barren or stark. Buttons or navigational tools are absent or confusing
Oral Presentation
Diction (word choice), Eye Contact, Pacing, Volume / Maintains eye contact and pronounces all terms precisely. All audience members can hear / Maintains eye contact most of the time and pronounces most words correctly. Most audience members can hear presentation / Occasionally uses eye contact, mostly reading presentation, and incorrectly pronounces terms. Audience members have difficulty hearing / Reads with no eye contact and incorrectly pronounces terms. Speaks too quietly