LessonBeforeDying

Welcome to our class's study of __A Lesson Before Dying__ by Ernest J. Gaines.
Students will be expected to present a chapter to the class as we continue our study of the novel. Our schedule looks like this:
 * [[image:lb4d_cover.gif]] || Our study of the novel will not only be of the novel, but we will also examine the social and historical context of its setting. Therefore, we will be looking at the Jim Crow south as well as the Civil Rights Movement. ||


 * Chapter || Partner 1 || Partner 2 ||  || Date ||
 * 9 ||  ||   ||   || 1/14/2008 ||
 * 10 ||  ||   ||   || 1/14/2008 ||
 * 11 ||  ||   ||   || 1/14/2008 ||
 * 12 ||  ||   ||   || 1/14/2008 ||
 * 13 ||  ||   ||   || 1/16/2008 ||
 * 14 ||  ||   ||   || 1/16/2008 ||
 * 15 ||  ||   ||   || 1/16/2008 ||
 * 16 ||  ||   ||   || 1/16/2008 ||
 * 17 ||  ||   ||   || 1/16/2008 ||
 * 18 ||  ||   ||   || 1/23/2008 ||
 * 19 ||  ||   ||   || 1/23/2008 ||
 * 20 ||  ||   ||   || 1/23/2008 ||
 * 21 ||  ||   ||   || 1/23/2008 ||
 * 22 ||  ||   ||   || 1/25/2008 ||
 * 23 ||  ||   ||   || 1/25/2008 ||
 * 24 ||  ||   ||   || 1/25/2008 ||
 * 25 ||  ||   ||   || 1/25/2008 ||
 * 26 ||  ||   ||   || 1/29/2008 ||
 * 27 ||  ||   ||   || 1/29/2008 ||
 * 28 ||  ||   ||   || 1/29/2008 ||   ||
 * 28 ||  ||   ||   || 1/29/2008 ||   ||

Guidelines for this assignment were developed by teacher and students:
-in pairs only -on the date you are assigned to present (a late presentation is only able to achieve 60% credit) -Each presentation must have the following three aspects:
 * __A Lesson Before Dying__** Presentation Requirements:

1. **__VISUAL__**-needs to be visual; there must be a visual component to your presentation (PowerPoint, Poster(s), Drawings, Video, website/wiki, Flipchart, etc. You may use the LCD projector and computer and document camera in class. -NO PROXIES to access your content;

2. **__VERBAL__**-needs to be verbal; the verbal part of the presentation needs to be equally shared by both partners; can be music; needs to present content of the chapter;

3. **__BEYOND__**-you need to connect the content of this chapter to: -literary terms -American history -Life in America -pop culture -an activity or a game -media (dance, song, film, poetry, rap, stop-motion video, claymation, music video, drawing, painting, etc.)

Document 1: The Plan
In the writing center, please work with your partner to begin planning your presentation. By the halfway point in class, I would like you to turn in a document to me that details the following information:

1. Your Names 2. Your Chapter 3. Your Medium (the method that you will use to transmit your information) 4. Your Plan (in 10 to 50 words) 5. Your Content (in outline or diagram form. You may choose to use a word-processing document or Inspiration)
 * list the five most important quotes in the chapter
 * analyze those quotes together and make notes about them below
 * look to the literary terms we have discussed to analyze the significance of those passages (theme, conflict, symbol, setting, mood, tone, storyline, irony, paradox, etc.)
 * write the content of your presentation in the manner you wish to present it (song, poem, screenplay, teleplay, newscast script etc.)