Group Non-Fiction Project
Personal & Social Development Unit
Step 1: Read your Book
- What salient points does the author present?
- What change/lesson does he/she assert needs to be made/learned?
- Analyze / Evaluate the Book (think Book Review) as you go.
Step 2: Create a Smore
It's Easy. Smore.com - then you just make it pretty!
Step 3: Establish the Context
What does your audience need to know about the compelling situation out of which this book was written? What is the "problem"?
What are the Social Contexts / Considerations of your topic?
What does it have to say about the way we, as individuals in society, work together, or SHOULD work together?
How does it affect the Individual?
Psychology is the study of mind and behavior. It is an academic discipline and an applied science which seeks to understand individuals and groups by establishing general principles and researching specific cases.
What does it have to say about the way we, as individuals in society, should work to better ourselves and our world?
Personal development is a lifelong process. It's a way for people to assess their skills and qualities, consider their aims in life and set goals in order to realize and maximize their potential.
Step 4: Content Components
Thoroughly address each of the following to convince your audience this is a text relevant and engaging to the modern reader.
Modern Contexts
Text-to-World Connections: How does this text resonate in our world today?
Significance to Your Peers
Text-to-Self Connections: How does this text hold significance for the modern young adult reader?
Social / Personal Value
Text-to-Text Connections: How does this text resonate with other texts you have read or media you have experienced on this same subject?
Step 5: Write a Review
This will be the most "academic" part of your presentation.
You will write a review (using the instructions on the UNC page below) that includes an Introduction, Summary, Analysis & Evaluation, and Conclusion. Be sure you convince your audience WHY this book should be #1 on their summer reading list!You will publish these on Amazon and Goodreads.
Step 6: Create a 60 second Public Service Announcement (PSA) on your topic.
Use QuickTime or iMovie (or the application of your choice!), then upload to YouTube to create a Review video of your novel and embed it into your Smore.
You need to
(1) Establish the Problem
(2) Propose a Solution
(3) Justify your Solution, and
(4) Motivate your Audience to Action
Never, Ever Give Up. Arthur's Inspirational Transformation!
Step 7: Design a Project
Design a Project in which we can partner with a local entity to work to Make a Change in Kansas City / Liberty.
Step 8: Tweet your Smore @_MrsBrownlee
Be sure to leave the "Comments" section active and the URL intact. Maybe Smore.com will notice, too!
Event Information
Your Smore is Due!
When?
Friday, May 8, 2015, 07:00 AM
Where?