SLIDE 1
AP Language Book Project Presentations
20 point Major Grade ~ See Assigned Dates Below
Your job is to have a conversation, and to let the class in on it.
50%: Fishbowl Conversation (video of sample Fishbowl Conversation available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN9tw6l-A0E; rubric will be posted). First 25 minutes belong to the group. Group members discuss a philosophical point, thesis, or other binding idea. Group members reference their texts specifically, but they do not summarize the texts; the discussion is focused on the thesis idea. Group members receive two grades for this component:
- 25 points: Group
- must focus on a particular issue, and stay focused.
- Conversation should flow, not lag with awkward pauses.
- 25 points: Individuals (each student gets a different grade here)
- must speak authoritatively and fully;
- must be experts on their book and on how that book contributes to
understanding of the idea;
- must neither shrink nor dominate.
After 25 minutes, others join in. Class members, one at the time, “tap in” to connect their book to the conversation. This goes for a daily grade. 50%: Group Presentation Packet 10 points: Group Statement summarizing point(s) the discussion will explore. 10 points: Average of all group members’ individual documents (below). 30 points: Individual Student’s Document. Each student must contribute a document to the Group Presentation Packet. This document must contain:
- Bibliographical entry on the book.
- Précis of the book.
- +/- 100 words summarizing the book’s connection to group thesis
- At least one quoted passage (with citation) which illustrates this connection
- At least one other quoted passage (with citation)