American Romanticism Syllabus Element

Student Presentation Assignment: Web Highlight

Student selects passages from the designated “Model Assignments” and emails them with introduction and conclusion to instructor. This presentation may lead to some discussion, but a question is not required. Project a copy of your presentation on the webpage. The purpose of this presentation is to provide another angle by reviewing previous articulations of our course’s subject matter, and to familiarize students with assignments and standards of student work.

1. Introduction: Student writes at least three sentences describing the assignment, how s/he went about developing it, and preview leading themes of what s/he found. The student reads this introduction to begin the presentation. Students may also ad-lib as helpful.

2. Two or more selections from assigned models: Students will be assigned to review midterms, proposals, projects, or finals. Student copies sections from assigned models and pastes them into posting. Or the student may ask for links to assigned models for wider review. Student reads or highlights selections, commenting on strengths and weaknesses.

3. Conclusion: Student writes 3-5 sentences summarizing what s/he learned from the review, what themes were emphasized, what about the models was either impressive or disappointing, and what kinds of “models” have been created for our own semester’s work.

A web posting is required for all presentations--see Model Assignments.