Textbook –The American Tradition in Literature, George Perkins & Barbara Perkins (Vol. 2, 12th Ed., McGraw-Hill)
- Home Burial” by Robert Frost
- “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost
- “Birches” by Robert Frost
- “Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost
- “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost
- “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Langston Hughes
- “The Weary Blues” by Langston Hughes
- “Song for a Dark Girl” by Langston Hughes
- “Trumpet Player” by Langston Hughes
- “Harlem” by Langston Hughes
For this project,
please select either Langston Hughes or Robert Frost for your topic.You will compose a PowerPoint slide show that introduces your poet to an audience who has never heard .of your poet.Your PowerPoint presentation must have 10-12 slides.
It must include the author’s personal life and caree
- It must include images
- It must include his books and awards
- It must include 2 poems written by your poet that we didn’t read in the textbook
- It must be professional, neat, and ready to “teach” as if you were presenting this at a professional conference on American
literature.
- It must be well written with proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation
- Make sure it has a cover slide and a Works Cited slide (these don’t count in the slide count above)
Rubric:
Presentation Element
Points Possible
Your Points
Frost
or
Hughes
Life & Career
40
Frost o
r Hughes
Books & Awards
40
Frost o
r Hughes
–
2
poems
40
Professional Formatting
40
Spelling,
Grammar, & Fine Tuning
40
Total
200