Discover More: Amy Cunningham

Introduction

Good Morning Third Period,

For today's assignment, you'll be discussing the significance of an author in the Writer's Presence  Amy Cunningham. And her impact in the literary world. You may not use this introduction word for word but as reference. Amy Cunningham is an American Writer, she wrote a compassion piece, "Why Women Smile", "My Mother's Mink" a personal essay figuring out how to become confident with mink, and "Historic Dreams Lesbians at Prom" an life-time high school experience in a small conservative town. 

Task

Read the following prompts, and describe the importance of each selection in depth with text evidence to support your work. You will be presenting the assignment on Friday. I recommend using google slides or visual poster for extra points. Do not use cliff notes or any plagiarism website to find the information. You have a book use it !!!

Process

1.  Read "Why Women Smile" in Writer's Presence pg. 339

2.  The stories used in the "introduction" can be found with along with other selections using this link

https://chatteringmind.com/published_works.html

3. All work should be in MLA/ALA format. Format needs to be specified

4. Scholars will be submitting their assignment to canvas

Evaluation

Introduction

 

Visual Appeal Clarity Navigation & Flow Grammar Quality

Copied introduction given

 Too vague

 Lack of understanding

No relevance 

No color

No layout

 0-1 picture without explanation

Process is unclear.

Lacks significance

Clearly  used google

Challenging to understand

Little to no structure

Presenter is lost presenting his/her work

Several missed- pronounced words

Lack of comma usage

No indention 

Using the word like excessively 

Links are mundane.

Information can be found on wikipedia

Resources aren't factual or provided

 

Relates a little bit to the importance

Some variation of color, layout,

1-2 pictures are used 

Some directions are given

Missing key points

Presenter stumbles reading through 

Unclear structure

Comma usage is used.

Using words that can't be defined.

Indention is shown

`Links can be used

Information is factual yet biased

Resources are  not in MLA/ALA format

 Draws the reader in

 

 

The introduction builds on learner's prior knowledge and effectively prepares the learner by foreshadowing what the lesson is about.

2-3 pictures are used and elaborated

 

Differences in type size and/or color are used well and consistently.

The evaluation instrument clearly measures what students must know and be able to do to accomplish the task.

It is always clear to the learner what all the pieces are and how to get to them.

Navigation is seamless.

Clear Structure 

Presenter is flawless throughout  presentation 

No spelling errors

No grammar or punctuation errors

Resources are in the correct format and specified 

Information is factual and not biased

Links are usable

3 4 5 6 7 8

Total

Points: 33

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Conclusion

Summarize the experience you've endured. Explain the process and the information you found the most interesting. Use this time to reflect on your work and how it can be perceived. Paragraph answers are required. In-depth complete sentence with meaning.