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British Literature Final Project Report on a nineteenth- or twentieth-century British author (of adults' or children’s literature) that has not been covered. Focus on at least one major literary work by that author which you have read.

Hint: Save everything you find either in a word document OR save your links in your favorites. You will need this information at a later time. Days 1-2  **Step One: ** Choose one British author that you will focus on. No repeats in the class, so sign up with Mrs. Rowell as soon as you decide. **Katelyn:** JRR Tolkien

**Annika**: Charles Dickens
**Mia:** JK Rowling

**Claire:** Emily Brontë

 * list of British authors can be found here. (scroll down until you reach 19th century English language literature)

Step Two, Answer the following questions: When and were were they born:

20 Facts about their background and/or life:

Bibliography of major works:

 Step 3: Choose 3 of their major works that you will summarize.

Days 2-6 **Create a PowerPoint presentation of the infomation you gathered in Step 2 **

Rules: *Cover page is required, of course **Stuff You Should Already Know: **
 * Don't overload your pages with facts. Better to have more slides with less information than a whole lot of stuff crammed onto a couple pages*Two slides should be very short summaries of two of the author's works. This can all be found on [|Wikipedia].*The third work, I want you to go into greater detail. Spend some time examining characters, plot, and setting. NO, I do not expect you to read this whole book, Sparknotes will suffice.
 * Obviously there should be graphics on each page, a font I can read, and slide/font colors that won't make me or your classmates blind
 * If you read directly off of your slide (or simply add a word or two), your slide will be marked as zero points.

British Literature Presentation Rubric Topic focus is vague. ||< Audience is not captured. No topic focus. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Font formats have been planned to enhance readability. ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">All graphics are attractive but a few do not seem to support the content of the presentation. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Font formats have been planned to complement topic, but may be a little difficult to read. ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Several graphics are unattractive AND detract from the content of the presentation. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Font formats makes it difficult to read the material. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">completely and <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">in depth. All <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">content <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">throughout <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">presentation is <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">accurate ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Includes <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">essential <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">information. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Most of the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">content is <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">accurate ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Includes some <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">essential <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">information. The <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">content is <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">generally <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">accurate, ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Includes little <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">essential <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">information. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Content is <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">typically <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">confusing || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 16pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Total points: ___/120
 * < Category ||< 10 ||< 7 ||< 5 ||< 3 ||
 * < Introduction ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Fully captures the attention of the audience. Topic has a clear focus. ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Captures the attention of the audience. Topic is mostly focused. ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Few audience members seem interested.
 * < Organization ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Presents findings and conclusions in an organized manner. ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Presents findings and conclusions with some degree of organization. ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Information and graphics are placed haphazardly on the page. ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">The presentation is disorganized. ||
 * < PresentationX5 ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Information on slides is kept short and group can expand on facts during presentation. ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Information on slides contains many sentences and group has some difficulty expanding facts. ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Information on slides contains many sentences and group has difficulty expanding facts. ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Information on slides contains many sentences and group cannot expand on facts. ||
 * < Visuals ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">All graphics are attractive and support the topic of the presentation. Font formats have been carefully planned to enhance readability. ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">A few graphics are not attractive but all support the content of the presentation.
 * < Spelling and Grammar ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Presentation has no misspellings or grammatical errors. ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Presentation has 1–2 misspellings, but no grammatical error. ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Presentation has 1-2 grammatical errors, but not misspellings. ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Presentation has more than 2 grammatical and/or spelling errors. ||
 * < InformationX3 ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Covers topic
 * < InformationX3 ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Covers topic