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Choosing Presentation over Paper: a ‘how to’ guide

Choosing Presentation over Paper: a ‘how to’ guide. NARRATIVE (if you’re doing cause/effect or compare/contrast, see other PowerPoints ). If your topic is compare/contrast, you should choose the three main aspects that you want to analyze each side along.

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Choosing Presentation over Paper: a ‘how to’ guide

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  1. Choosing Presentation over Paper: a ‘how to’ guide NARRATIVE (if you’re doing cause/effect or compare/contrast, see other PowerPoints)

  2. If your topic is compare/contrast, you should choose the three main aspects that you want to analyze each side along. Example: How Barack Obama became president • Beginning: family, education, philosophies and lessons • Middle: family, education, philosophies and lessons • End: family education, philosophies and lessons Step One: outline Narrative

  3. Do your research! Focus on the topics you outlined in step one, and find information to support them. • Be sure to keep track of your sources! • Try to put things in your own words, but if you can’t, use quotation marks • Figure out the MLA citation for each source Step Two: Research(if required)

  4. Notes from BeTobaccoFree.gov : “Health Effects” • Smoking leads to many different types of heart conditions, including heart disease and stroke • “Every cigarette you smoke damages your breathing and scars your lungs.” Full Source: “Health Effects.” BeTobaccoFree. BeTobaccoFree.gov. 2014. Web. 12 May 2014. Step Two: Research (example)

  5. Presentation: 12 Slides • Slide 1  Introduction and thesis • Slide 2  Beginning (descriptors for aspect #1) • Slide 3  Beginning (descriptors for aspect #2) • Slide 4  Beginning (descriptors for aspect #3) • Slide 5  Middle (descriptors for aspect #1) • Slide 6  Middle (descriptors for aspect #2) • Slide 7  Middle (descriptors for aspect #3) • Slide 8  End (descriptors for aspect #1) • Slide 9  End (descriptors for aspect #2) • Slide 10  End (descriptors for aspect #3) • Slide 11  Conclusion • Slide 12  Works Cited (if necessary) Step 3: Synthesize(narrative)

  6. Topic: Life of Barack Obama • Slide 1: Introduction  succeeded despite challenges • Slide 2: Beginning  family life in Hawaii • Slide 3: Beginning  early education • Slide 4: Beginning  culture, philosophies of childhood • Slide 5: Middle  relationships in college; major events (marriage) • Slide 6: Middle  college education and political campaign: specific degrees, what was most meaningful • Slide 7: Middle  lessons learned from experiences • Slide 8: End  relationships now, and political friendships • Slide 9: End  how won campaign, how led to re-election • Slide 10: End  what he’s learned since becoming president • Slide 11: Conclusion • Slide 12: Works Cited Step 3: Synthesize(example)

  7. Even in presentations, if you include an idea or quote that is not entirely yours, you must put the author or work in parenthesis, along with the paragraph number, afterward: Example: Studies show no evidence that marijuana is actually a “gateway drug” (Smith par. 12). Step 4: make sure you’ve cited everything!

  8. Step 5: Add pictures and make it pretty!

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