Tuesday, April 8, 2008

GUIDELINES FOR THE SENIOR PROJECT POWERPOINT PRESENTATION (PPP):
1. Your PPP must be at least 16 slides long (1 intro slide, 2-3 slides per chapter, 1 conclusion slide).
2. Your first slide = Title of your research paper, your name, and your book #
3. All other slides = 7 lines of text and 1 graphic
4. Put only the most important points of your research paper into your PPP. You should include statistics if you have any.
5. When you make your oral presentation in front of the class, it should be at least 10 minutes long. You will read from the slides plus elaborate on what the slides say.
6. After you give your presentation, you will answer 5 questions from Ms. Kingsbury.
7. Your presentation is also scored on content (do you provide enough details), organization, and speaking loud and clear.
8. You must be present on the day you sign up to present your PPP in front of the class - NO MAKE-UPS!
9. Your PPP must be saved on a disk (flash or floppy).

IMPORTANT DATES!
a. Your Senior Project is due NOW!
b. April 8, 10, and 14: Computer lab to work on PPP
c. April 16 to 22: PPP in front of the class (sign-up sheet available next week)
c. April 28 to May 24: Present your PPP to your Academy Leader
d. May 27 to 30: FINALS!

Today, you will begin working on your PPP in the computer lab. We will be back in the lab on Thursday and hopefully on Monday. If you need to finish your senior project work still before you start your PPP, please do that!!

If you already have your PPP complete or are working on it at home, you will be given extra credit work to do in class.