Power Point Overview
Steps
1. Pick group (2-4 people)
2. Choose a topic
(vote on your top three)
3. Make a PowerPoint
Edit your PowerPoint
Present PowerPoint
Points
Names:
1.
2.
3.
4.
1. 1884 (the year, in review)
2. Racism in Huck Finn
3. Mark Twain's Life
4. Slavery, in the US, in the 1800's
5. Life on the Mississippi in the
1800's
Guidelines Overview:
1. USE YOUR CHECKLIST!
2. Minimum 15 slides, 3 pictures
3. Analyze (NOT copy and paste)
4. At least three different sources
5. Follow rules for APA Citations
6. Google PowerPoint (share with
members of your group)
7. All group members must participate
1. Read piece out loud, and fix awkward
sentences.
2. Remove the following “Outlaw”
Words: you, just, and, contractions.
3. Fix verb tenses: past tense is usually
best.
4. Fix Spelling errors.
Choose a Presentation day:
1. November 2nd
2. November 4th
PowerPoint = 50 points
APA Format = 15 points
Presentation = 20 points
Evaluation = 15 points
Total = 100 points
 Group PowerPoint Guidelines

Technique; 15 points
□ Font is easy to read (1)
□ Visual Appeal (1)
□ One point per slide (5)
□ Bullets (2)
□ Creativity (5)
□ Shared via GoogleDocs (1)

General Format; 25 points

□ Title slide (2)
□ Outline slide (1)
□ Follow outline order (1)
□ Concluding slide (2)
□ Questions slide (2)
□ Works Cited slide (2)
□ Minimum 15 slides (15)

Grammar; 10 points
□ Written in the third person (1)
□ Punctuation and spelling: less than three errors (5)
□ Word choice is appropriate to the subject matter (1)
□ Edited and polished (3)

Total (50) =______________

APA Format; 15 points

□ Minimum 3 sources are used (3)
□ In-slide citations are included (2)
□ 3 pictures are cited in proper format (3)
□ Works Cited is properly formatted (7)

Total (15) =______________

Resources:
1. How to format a PowerPoint presentation in APA format:
http://www.ehow.com/how_6661431_make-presentation-meet-apa-format.html
2. APA format:
http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/DocAPACitations.html
3. APA format for pictures:
http://www.landmark.edu/Library/citation_guides/apa.cfm#image
4. Presenting Power Points
www.iasted.org/conferences/formatting/presentations-tips.ppt
Hints:

Create a page with the following information:

Picture sources

Sources