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Appendix 3D (Continued)
Shakespeare’s Time Assignment Checklist
Use the following checklist to ensure that you have completed all aspects of the assignment:
Choose your research partners – three per group.
Select a research topic.
Confirm your choice with the teacher.
Conduct your research:
• Use at least one book, one Internet site, and one encyclopedia.
• Find ten facts on your topic from the resources.
• Locate visuals (diagrams, illustrations, photographs, etc.) that support the topic.
Make point-form notes IN YOUR OWN WORDS on your research.
Prepare your bibliography (references-cited sheet).
Peer edit your written work to check content, spelling, and point-form.
Word process your final draft.
Prepare your poster:
• Assemble written and visual work on poster paper or a Bristol board.
• Check that your work is neatly arranged, concise, and error-free.
• Be prepared to explain your design decisions.
• Affix the bibliography to the back of the poster.
Organize your presentation.
• Be sure that each person in the group has an equal speaking part.
• Prepare cue cards for the presentation.
• Include an introduction and conclusion.
• Refer to your poster throughout the presentation.
• Explain your poster’s organization (design decisions).
Rehearse your presentation to ensure that:
• All members of your group participate equitably.
• The topic is introduced and concluded.
• Main points are explained clearly and succinctly.
• Cue cards are used appropriately.
• Each person speaks clearly, slowly, emphatically, and with enthusiasm.
• Your presentation lasts for ten minutes.
Submit all research notes and rough drafts with the poster.
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