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Novelist, essayist, professor, and literary critic Toni Morrison (b. 1931) |
Final Project: Group PowerPoint Presentation (25 points)
The members of each group are expected to agree on one of the major themes of Toni Morrison’s novel, The Bluest Eye, and explore that theme. The major theme should be considered as the central, controlling idea of your piece—again, if you find that other themes of significance are surfacing and converging with your major theme as you develop your project, please note them.
You may also interweave some of the other relevant thematic discussions from our semester (the focus on the alien/outcast/outsider in literature and popular culture) into this group presentation.
Sample themes: aesthetics (beauty), alienation, childhood, class distinctions, colorism/color consciousness, community, corporeality, difference, equa lity, ethics/morality, family, femininity, hypocrisy, identity, individuality, innocence, intellectualism, interracialism,literacy, loneliness, masculinity, monstrousness, morality, poverty, race relations, racism, rebellion, religion, responsibility, segregation, separatism, sexism, sexual exploitation, sexuality, violence. Some of these themes overlap—your thesis should reflect your theme in a clear, well-articulated manner.
You are encouraged to use video, film, photographs, text (including quotes from the text), and other documents to create a PowerPoint presentation of your work (maximum15 minutes in length).
You must include a slide listing the “Credits,” i.e., the specific contribution made by each group member. In addition, you must create a Works Cited Page as the final slide of your presentation, using MLA-style. Refer to the MLA Style Guide on the course blog for MLA-style compliance. At our final class meeting, the group members will present their projects. I encourage you to be as imaginative as possible with these presentations.
Below is a list of the criteria for your PowerPoint, adapted from a rubric adapted from a former colleague.
Final Project Rubric for PowerPoint Presentation Photo-documentaries and Essay
The following categories provide a clear list of the elements that are expected in each group’s project, regardless of its form and purpose. Use these criteria as a tool that will enable you, as the designer, to produce persuasive communication by means of innovation, creativity, and polished reflection. Each of the categories is worth 5 points, for a total of 25 points of the final grade.
GROUP NAME_____________________________________
Thesis and Purpose: Points___
How clear is your thesis? Is the topic compelling and relevant not only to your own interests but to an issue of larger significance? How well do the images (photos, film, or other visuals) illustrate both the thesis and its related ideas in a cogent manner?
Composition: Points___
Does the project follow a logical flow of thought? Do these ideas transition well and are they well-supported by both visual and interpretive qualities? Is the project free of grammatical errors and does it show familiarity with simple, compound, and complex sentence structures? Can it be used as a model for other students in the future?
Technical Image and Quality/Audio Recording and Editing: Points___
How well have you operated your camera, produced high-quality digital files, or created high quality images? This also includes how well you utilized the basic elements of photography, including lighting and composition, to make or choose the most interesting photographs possible. Do the photographs demonstrate a variety of images and perspectives? Do they seem to illustrate or create a pattern of thought? How well have you recorded (or integrated) sound, including ambient sound and interviews, and how will have you edited the packaged product if sound is not provided? How does the overall final project look, including captions, titles, transitions, audio, and image?
Caption Information and Presentation: Points___
Is there a clear integration of the visual and written composition of the final project? How well have you complemented your images with written text? How does the written text (approximately 350 – 500 words) act to amplify and enhance the quality of the project as a whole? Are original insights supported by relevant research in your written text or is it merely expository?
Individual Performance: Points___
TOTAL___________
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