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The Powerpoint presentation provides students with an introduction to the history of the Anglo-Saxon period and the epic poem Beowulf. The presentation introduces students to the common traits shared by epic heroes and directs them toward applying those traits to the character of Beowulf as they read the poem.

This Powerpoint presentation introduces students to the background of Thomas Malory, the common facts present in Arthurian legends, and the ideals of chivalry. It serves as an introduction to Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur.

This file is a compilation and expansion of my Journalism material, including dozens of new pages of class notes, writing activities, quizzes, projects, and other material to teach Journalism and manage a student publication program. It covers interview techniques; news, feature, and opinion writing; basic photography; newspaper design; advertising sales and design; mass communication law and ethics; history of mass communications; newspaper sales and distribution; editing for style and accuracy

This Powerpoint presentation introduces students to the historic events occurring during the English Renaissance. The major literary movements are also introduced along with a guide to reading and understanding Renaissance poetry.

This Powerpoint presentation introduces students to Jonathan Swift and two of his major works, Gulliver's Travels and "A Modest Proposal." The lecture notes address Swift's biography and his use of satire in Gulliver's Travels and "A Modest Proposal." The presentation includes pre-reading anticipatory questions as well as post-reading discussion questions on both works and Swift's use of satire. The slides also may be used as transparencies by teachers who do not have access to Powerpoint or a

This PowerPoint presentation takes students from beastly monsters captured in the words of Anglo-Saxon Britain's first epic, Beowulf, to the advent of English Romanticism and the emergence of Shelley, Byron, Wordsworth, and Coleridge. (Romanticism begins the next unit.) The four-part presentation introduces the Anglo-Saxon, Medieval, Renaissance, and Restoration/Enlightenment periods in British social, political, theological, and literary history. Major works such as the Canterbury Tales, the pl

This Powerpoint presentation introduces students to the major historical figures, events, and literary works of the English Medieval Period.

This Powerpoint presentation introduces students to Christopher Marlowe and Sir Walter Raleigh, and compares and contrasts their works "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" and "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd." The lecture notes present major themes from the two works; address rhyme scheme, sight rhyme, and alliteration; and introduce discussion questions for the poems. The presentation also may be printed on overhead film and used as transparencies.

For Journalism and Photojournalism This four-page, two- to four-day unit introduces students to sports writing for student newspapers and the differences between sports writing and other journalistic writing styles. The unit ends with a structured sports writing activity in which students use existing facts and quotes they are provided to create a dynamic lead, effective transitions, and engaging story organization.

This Powerpoint presentation introduces students to the historical context for the Restoration and Enlightenment Period in British Literature. It covers social, political, and literary movements as well as major authors and their works. The presentation may be printed on overhead films and used as transparencies if you do no have access to Powerpoint or a projector.

This Powerpoint presentation introduces students to the structure and themes of the Petrarchan (Italian) sonnet and provides two activities to assess student learning. The first activity is a structural and thematic analysis of John Milton's Sonnet 19 (When I Consider How My Light is Spent...). The second activity is a student-generate Petrarchan sonnet. If you do not have access to Powerpoint or a projector, you may print the individual slides on overhead films for use.

This detailed grading rubric allocates specific point values for different activities assigned to student newspaper staff and editors in a newspaper production class. The many different tasks involved in planning, producing, funding, and distributing a student newspaper are included. From managing new staff members to writing stories to distributing newspaper copies, the rubric addresses every activity related to newspaper production and removes the mystery and challenge from grading different s

This item details the requirements for a student journalist Broadcast Media Final Project involving preparing, researching, writing, and recording a short video news show. The project requires a group of four to five students working together to complete it successfully. As an alternate activity, a Mass Communications research project requirement activity is available for individual students who do not wish to participate in the group project.

For Journalism and Photojournalism. In this animated Powerpoint presentation, students are introduced to the steps involved in preparing to interview sources, conducting the interview, compiling notes, and beginning the story writing process. The individual slides may be printed to overhead films and used without the Powerpoint application or a projector.

For Journalism and Photojournalism. This Powerpoint presentation walks students through ten tips for constructing better news and feature stories for student newspapers and yearbooks. The presentation presents good and bad examples to compare effective word choice, verb tense, direct quotations, source attribution, pronoun use, etc.

This 64-slide, six-part PowerPoint presentation covers the essential steps every student journalist should follow to ensure that he or she has crafted the best story possible for publication in a newspaper, yearbook, or magazine. It combines my existing Journalism writing and reporting PowerPoint presentations and expands them with new information and guidelines. It walks student journalists through the first steps - identifying the elements of good stories - to the final review of their publish

This Powerpoint presentation introduces students to Geoffrey Chaucer's life and major work, The Canterbury Tales. The presentation details Chaucer's role in English society during the 14th Century, his major influences, his literary works, and his best-known work, The Canterbury Tales. The presentation contains information about the structure and style of The Canterbury Tales; a brief focus on the Pardoner as an example of Chaucer's skill with characterization and ironic tone; and pre-reading qu

This Powerpoint presentation introduces students to various definitions of poetry as well as poems that focus on what poetry might be. The lecture notes address figurative language, theme, purpose, mood, and form in poetry. The first poetry assignment, an Auto-Bio Poem, concludes the lecture.

This four-page class notes set introduces Journalism students to the law and ethics surrounding First Amendment rights and responsibilities. The notes focus on issues such as libel, slander, biased reporting, anonymous sources, and shield laws, among other topics. The set serves as introductory class lectures for three class periods in Journalism or other media studies courses, or for First Amendment/Press Freedom units in other subject areas.

This Powerpoint presentation introduces students to common literary devices writers employ in their works. It covers literary devices such as similes, metaphors, personification, etc. with concise definitions and examples. As a closure to the lecture notes, students are presented with a detailed descriptive writing activity in which they must correctly utilize and identify literary devices covered in the presentation.