ENG 201: Southern Literature

Lesson 10: Modernist Novel
Dates: December 2-5, 2003

Objectives

By the end of this lesson, you should be able to do the following:

Deliver an effective oral presentation that demonstrates how well you have met the objectives for this course.

Schedule

Tuesday, December 2

9:15 Kevin Swinney

9:30 a.m. Andrea Richardson

9:45

10:15

10:30 Scott Metcalf

10:45 Claudia Crawford

12:15 p.m. Rachel Sudderth

12:30 Melissa Colleti

12:45 Ben Lee

1 p.m. Melanie Williamson

Thursday, December 4

9:30 a.m. Brandie Pittman

9:45 Travis Wallace

10 Chandra Graham

10:15 Rachael Harrigan

10:30 LaTanya Hyman

10:45 Jami Rains

12:15 p.m. Shunda Deese

12:30 Indee Smith

12:45 Brandon Berdeau

1 p.m. Tina Conley

Friday, December 5

7:45 Ashley Holcomb

8 a.m. Catharin Shepard

8:15 Stacey Green

8:30 Karen Hayes

9 a.m. Grace Deese

9:15 Ashley Williams

9:30 Roseanna McClintock

10 a.m. Sarah Parker

Introduction

In this lesson, you will give your final presentations.

Notes

Preparing Your Final Presentation

I want to see each of you do well on your final presentation, demonstrating your growth as readers, writers, researchers, and thinkers over the past few months. Here are some suggestions to help you shine in this presentation:

First, review the material under the heading “Objectives” on our course syllabus and reflect on how you have grown in each of these areas. Create an outline in which you record two or three signs of growth in each area. For example, to demonstrate how well you now can interpret formal elements in literature, you might describe a symbol, an image, and a rhyme scheme that you analyzed in a work we studied this semester and explain how you used these elements to interpret the works. Make sure that you say something about each of the four major objectives listed on the syllabus. Finally, practice using this outline to discuss your growth, perhaps with a friend or relative as an audience. Make sure that you can convey your ideas in a clear, organized, detailed, and concise fashion, taking no more than 5 minutes to cover your points.

Second, prepare for the 5-minute question-and-answer session that will follow your presentation next week. Since the questions I will ask during this time will be very similar to the “Questions for Discussion” I post on our weekly lessons, I suggest that you review those questions and practice answering them orally. Make sure you can support your points with specific evidence, such as quotations and other details from the works we have studied.

Giving Your Final Presentation

At precisely the time you have reserved in the box at the left, please meet me in the lounge at the top of the stairs in the main library to deliver your final oral presentation. Here is the description of this presentation, as it appears on our course syllabus:

Presentation: Like many travelers who preceded us, we will cap off our travels with a kind of slide show. At the end of the course, you will give a 10-minute presentation in which you reflect on your travels in Southern literature. The culmination of your work in this course, this presentation should demonstrate your competence in the objectives described on this syllabus. The first part of this presentation will be a kind of oral travelogue in which you reflect on the specific knowledge, skills, and insights you have developed in this course (5 minutes). In the second half of this presentation, you will answer questions about material covered in the course (5 minutes). (Due: Dec. 2-5. Value: 500 points.)

After you complete this presentation, I will send you a progress report with your score.

Conclusion

I hope that this course has been a positive and productive experience for you. I wish you the best in all of your future endeavors. Read on!