Introduction
Name: ________________________________________________
Teens who have made a Difference: Prezi Project
For our next project in technology, you will create a Prezi presentation on a teenager who has made a difference in the world/their community based on the following information:
- Students learn that people no older than themselves can make a difference
- Use research skills through internet resources to find supportive data
- Write an essay (100 points) and to create their presentation (100 points) to be shared with the class
Deadlines:
- Subject chosen nlt Wednesday, October 13, 2015
- Essay/attribution due October 22, 2015
- Presentations due on October 22 and 23
Take a bit of time today and research for a teenager who has made a difference in his or her community. Type in “teenagers who have made a difference,” and find someone who you can relate to in some way and who will be interesting to create a project about. Make sure there is plenty of information and pictures to fill a 5 slide Prezi. After you’ve chosen your topic subject, answer the following questions in complete sentences:
Who did I pick? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Why did I pick this person? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Brief summary (3 sentences) of what this person did to make a difference: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Process
Teen Hero PowerPoint Presentation
Objective: Create a PowerPoint presentation about a teenager who has made an impact AS A TEENAGER.
- Decide which teenager you will do research on. Your person should be someone who has contributed something of importance to society or history and has become famous because of it AS A TEENAGER.
Have this person approved!
- Create an 8-slide PowerPoint presentation about the teenage hero you have chosen to research.
- ALL information on EACH slide must be in bullet points or numbers EXCEPT for the headline/title.
- ALL proper nouns, titles, headlines and ALL FORMS OF I (I, I'm, I'd, I've, I'll) MUST BE CAPITALIZED.
- No space BEFORE punctuation.
- Space must be AFTER punctuation.
- All words must be spelt correctly
- You must have pictures ON EACH SLIDE! Pictures must be clear and appropriate. They must add to the purpose and design of the slides.
- Slides should be clear, easy to read, and well balanced
- Present to class:
- Speak clearly
- Explain each slide thoroughly
- Make it easy to understand
- READ OVER WHAT YOU WRITE: Grammar MUST be correct.
- COPY AND PASTE THE QUESTIONS. Then write the answer in a COMPLETE sentence AFTER the question. Example:
If you were doing a powerpoint on Santa Claus:
- Where/when was this person born? Santa Claus was born at the North Pole in 1823.
Slide 1: Introduction Slide (Hero's name, your name, my name, class period, date, picture)
Slide 2: Background Information
- Where/when was this person born?
- Childhood
Slide 3: Becoming Famous
- What did this person do for a living?
- What qualities or traits do you believe made this person famous?
- What did this person do to become famous?
Slide 4: Impact on Others
- How has this person made an impact on others’ lives?
- In what ways was his/her life remarkable, admirable, or even despicable?
- Was this person a hero? Why or why not?
Slide 5: Decisions/Lessons
- Did this person make any major mistakes or bad decisions?
- What are some important lessons you or any other person might learn from the way this person lived?
Slide 6: Quotes
- Famous quotes from this person
- What do the quotes mean to you?
Slide 7: Other/Your choice
Slide 8: Sources (website address and title of each web page you use for informaiton/pictures
RUBRIC
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Creativity |
Presentation was engaging, interesting, and created curiosity. |
/10 |
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Content |
You brought your topic to life with complete, thorough, and appropriate information. |
/10 |
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Visual |
Your visual was well crafted and helped the class understand your information. |
/10 |
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Presentation |
Presentation was well given. You understood the material and spoke clearly to the audience. |
/10 |
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Use of Tools |
You demonstrated proper use of PowerPoint tools. (Formatting, Animation, Transitions, etc.) |
/10 |
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Total
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/50 |
Evaluation
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CATEGORY |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
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Research: Graphic Organizer |
Research shows a full understanding of the topic. Student is able to accurately discuss almost all questions about the topic. Graphic Organizer is completed. |
Research shows a good understanding of the topic. Student is able to accurately discuss most questions about the topic. Graphic is completed except for 1 section. |
Research shows a good understanding of parts of the topic. Student is able to accurately discuss a few questions about the topic. Graphic is completed excepted for 2 sections. |
Does not seem to understand the topic very well. Student is unable to accurately discuss questions about the topic. Graphic is missing information on more than 2 sections. |
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Hero's Name |
The name of the hero is in large, easy to read lettering; the lettering is neatly done and eye-catching; and the name is spelled correctly. |
One of the top- rating expectations for the hero’s name is lacking. |
Two of the expectations for the hero’s name are lacking. |
The student did not prominently display the hero’s name. |
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Hero's Picture |
Picture of the hero is prominently displayed on the PowerPoint neatly and is large enough to be seen easily. The picture may be copied with the source cited. |
One of the top- rating expectations for the hero’s picture is lacking. |
Two of the expectations for the hero’s picture are lacking. |
The student did not display a picture of the hero. |
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Quote |
A quote by or about the hero is displayed separately, neatly, and prominently. |
One of the top- rating expectations of the quote is lacking. |
Two of the expectations of the quote are lacking. |
The student did not display a quote. |
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Biographical Info: Content & Sources |
The student has displayed at least 6 slides of biographical information about the hero including his/her positive contributions to the world and at least 3 sources cited. |
There is only one error in the content of these paragraphs and/or less than 3 sources are cited. |
There are 2-3 errors in the content of these paragraphs and/or less than 2 sources are cited. |
There are numerous content errors and/or no sources are cited. |
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Conventions |
Sentence structure is correct and flows smoothly. Work has no errors in punctuation, capitalization, grammar, spelling, and paragraphing. |
Sentence structure is generally correct. There are, for example, few run-ons, fragments, or missing words. Work has few errors in punctuation, capitalization, grammar, spelling, and paragraphing. |
Work contains some sentence structure weaknesses and/or work has several errors in punctuation, capitalization, grammar, spelling, and paragraphing. |
Work pays little attention to proper sentence structure and/or work has many errors in punctuation, capitalization, grammar, spelling, and paragraphing. |
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Additional Display Item/Info |
The student has included a neatly presented additional display item or informational piece such as (but not limited to) a costume, timeline, acrostic, map, “hero home page,” T-shirt design, Venn diagram comparison, pop-up book, ABC book, or props. |
The additional item or information contains a content error or display flaw. |
The additional item or information contains two or more content errors or display flaws. |
The additional item or information is missing. |
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Oral Presentation |
During the oral presentation, the student had eye contact with the audience, and spoke clearly and enthusiastically with sufficient volume. |
The oral presentation was lacking in one of the 3-rating expectations. |
The oral presentation was lacking in two of the 3-rating expectations. |
The student did not make an understandable oral presentation. |
Date Created: August 29, 2013