Goals

 

Details

Duration: 120+ minutes

Assessments: Student reflections/journals

 

Description

Groups presented to their peers while the audience used the Presentation Rubric to assess key components of the presentations (see handouts below).

Each presentation was fifteen minutes in duration, and groups were expected to cover all the areas outlined in the Presentation Requirements handout provided in a previous activity.

School staff and other adults were also invited to the presentations, and students were encouraged to ask family or community members (though none actually took us up on this).

The two English teachers collaborated on this, and so classes presented to each other in an attempt to gather as authentic of an audience as possible. It took four days to get through all of the presentations.

Students had to turn in the following items at the close of their presentation:
1. Mythology Comprehension & Analysis Packets
2. Summaries of each myth
3. Actual Project (movie poster, etc.)
4. Modern Connection
5. Written Agenda of Presenation
6. Group Contract

Aphrodite Movie Poster
Another example of a Final Presentation product...
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CD Liner Notes: "Just Say You're Not Into It" for Europa and Cadmus
Example of a CD Liner Note that includes a line by line analysis and interpretation of a modern song by Mayday Parade, a...
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Hermes: Birth Theft and Greatness
A modern re-enactment of the myth of Hermes and Apollo as told by students, using sock puppets....
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Jealousy of Hera Movie Poster
Another example of a movie poster...
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Medusa Movie Poster
Example of one of the movie posters created for the Final Presentation...
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Presentation Rubric
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Author Reflections