Task: Let's spice it up a bit and take it a step further. You will not only report on a book, but you will also extend that information beyond the pages. For example, if you selected 'Charlotte's Web', then of course you would include main characters, main idea, plot, setting and all of the elements that make a book successful. In addition to this information, you will also be including something to extend beyond the book, like 'Fun Facts About Spiders" or "The Cost of Raising Pigs", maybe even "Rats, Do They Really Eat Anything?" 

Process: Your PowerPoint must include the following elements:

• Title Page - title of your book, your name, the author's name
• Slide - Navigation page - Links to your presentation
• Slide - Main characters and a little information about them
• Slide - Short summary of your book
• Slide - Vocabulary page (links from 'challenge words' to a vocabulary page)
• Slide - Fun facts - This slide needs to be about a topic from your book, whether it's about an animal, career, survivor guide, ocean life, space....just pick something and do a bit a research on it and create a slide about it. Remember to include a vocabulary page.
• About the Author Page
• More books the Author has written
• Create a quiz page about your fun facts

See a Sample PowerPoint

Resources:

Remember if you find a background on a page you like, right click on the background

• go to File:  save background as,
• drop down menu to our 'O' drive,
• Find your teacher's name,
• Then  your file,
• Name the file, then save

Resources/Helpful Links

Backgrounds

Space Themed backgrounds and pictures

Bugs (actually, roaches!)

Beach stuff

Webpage backgrounds and Wallpaper (click on the small picture to enlarge it, then right click and go through the save process)

Cute Country Backgrounds (mostly patterns, but remember, you want the background to be subtle, not the focal point)

More Animated Graphics

Evaluation