Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas an American Slave

Chapter Presentations

Name: ________________________________________ Presentation Date: _________________

AP Language and Composition Total Score: ________/35

Assigned Chapter(s): __________

Overview: For this assignment, you will analyze and present chapter(s) of Narrative of the Life of
Frederick Douglas an American Slave. Your presentation will consist of 3 components, each of which
should be prepared as a visual aid that you can display during your presentation.

1. Summarizing Assigned Chapter(s)

On a PowerPoint slide, you will summarize what your assigned chapter(s) were about. Since
there will be a test at the end of this unit, it is important to talk about significant events, people,
places, and just given an overview of what took place in your chapter(s). You can set up your
slides in bullet point form; whatever is the easiest and most efficient way to convey the
information that you read.

2. Passage Analysis
For the passage analysis component, you must select 3 important excerpts from the reading.
You must analyze the passage by explaining what it does in the text, along with why you chose
these 3 significant experts from the book. These excerpts should reflect one of the many themes
we talked about when listening to “Where is the Love” and after reading multiple excerpts in
stations. This portion of your project can be visually displayed in a PowerPoint slide or poster
board (or any way that displays the excerpts and rationales).

3. Song
Lastly, you will choose an appropriate song that accurately describes the message, emotions, or
theme that Fredrick Douglas is trying to convey and arise in you while reading. You will play the
song aloud in class and print off the lyrics for everyone to read as the song is playing (similarly to
what we did when we listened to and analyzed the song “Where is the Love”). If you email me
at exg124@francis.edu with an attachment of the lyrics, I can print the it out for you. (In 2nd
period- you will need to print off 15 copies. And in 6th period- you will need to print off 25
copies). As the song is playing, students will write down their thoughts and connect it to your
presentation. You will have the class say their thoughts aloud, and then you will present why
you chose the song, and the connections your group made with FD’s work to your song. I want
one annotated lyric sheet from each group; I want to read the connections that your group
made. This does not have to look formal… simply highlight, underline, and circle parts of the
songs that can be connected with the book, and write next to those sections the connections
you made and why (this does not have to be written in full sentences).
 Chapter Breakdown:

For Period 2: Work in pairs (only one group of 3, who must take one-half of chapter 10)

For Period 6: Work in groups of 4 (only one group of 3, who will be assigned chapters 8 & 9)

Group 1:

Chapter 1 – pgs 17-21

Chapter 2 – pgs 22-27
Chapter 3 – pgs 28-31

Group 2:
Chapter 4 – pgs 32-35
Chapter 5 – pgs 36-39
Chapter 6 – pgs 40-42
Chapter 7 – pgs 43-48

Group 3:
Chapter 8 – pgs-49-53
Chapter 9 – pgs 54-58

Group 4:
Chapter 10 –pgs 59-73

Group 5:
Chapter 10- pgs 73-87 (14)

Group 6:
Chapter 11 – pgs 88-99 (11)

5 3
Critical Thoughtfully and accurately
Thinking interprets information from
the text, shows in-depth
understanding of major
ideas.
Quality of Covers details, events, and
Information people thoroughly.
(Visual aid
summary)
Organization Well-organized and
coherent, topics are in
chronological order.
Passage Visual aid of 3 important
Analysis and theme oriented excerpts
from the text, along with a
thoughtful analysis and
explanation of the chosen
excerpts.
Song Clearly correlates and
connects with the text on a
higher level of thinking, and
in multiple aspects.
Lyric Sheet Annotated, and provides
multiple connections, along
with explanations for each
connection made.
Creativity Creates visually exciting
presentation; includes
elements in presentation that
are engaging and powerful
Total: ________/35
Rubric
1 0
Identifies relevant Offers some information Misinterprets information
information and backs it with very little detail. and gives no detail.
up with detail.
Includes essential Includes most essential Lacks essential
information, with some information, details are information.
supporting details. lacking.
Organized, some topics Some organization, topics Not organized, topics make
are out of logical order. jump around, information no sense.
is unclear and not
explained well.
Visual aid of only 2 Visual aid of only 1 Lacks thought in choosing,
excerpts and analysis. excerpt and analysis. analyzing, and explaining
the excerpts.
Provides unimportant
excerpts, with a poor
Provides 3 excerpts, but analysis and explanation
lacks a thoughtful of the chosen excerpts.
analysis and explanation
of the chosen excerpts. Provides 2 or 1 excerpts,
but lacks a thoughtful
analysis and explanation
of the chosen excerpts.
Lacks immediate Partially connects with the Does not correlate at all
connection to the text, text, but is difficult to with the text.
but somewhat correlates understand/notice the
to it. connections. Inappropriate.
Includes some Only contains highlights Lacks annotation and
annotations with little and underlined words, explanations of
explanations with little to no connections made. Does
explanations about the not connect with the text.
connections made
Has some interesting Presents ideas and Lacks any form of
touches to products in typical creativity and effort.
Presentation; attempts to ways (text-heavy
include elements in PowerPoint slides,
presentation that make it recitation of notes, no
more lively interactive
and engaging features)