| Pope Julius II | Roger Bacon | Geoffrey Chaucer | Chris Columbus |
| Filippo Brunelleschi | Miguel de Cervantes | Dante | Ferdinand Magellan |
| Nicolaus Copernicus | Leonardo da Vinci | Henry VIII | Machiavelli |
| Galileo Galilei | Johannes Gutenberg | Isaac Newton | William Shakespeare |
| Johannes Kepler | Michaelangelo | Thomas More | Raphael |
| Lorenzo de Medici |
Your two tasks! Finish task one first.
| Task 1
(Essay grade): Your assignment is to
write a paper and prepare a presentation on your assigned Renaissance personality.
For your paper you must do the following.
* Have an introduction - general statement about the Renaissance and then general information about your person. Born, died, where lived, etc. * Explain your individual's accomplishments. * Explain their impact (importance). * Explain how their work was different or improved on previous work. * Cite three sources at the end of your paper in a brief bibliography. (This can be a list of three web sites.) * Copy any cool pictures for your presentation for later. Be sure to make note of what they are.
* If you plagiarize you will get a zero on this assignment. You are
looking for information. You may not use someone else's words.
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| Task 2
(Test grade): For your presentation you must
teach the class the essential information on your topic. You may
make your presentation in PowerPoint or Word. Teach the class the
way I would. Your presentation must answer the following. Once
you have finished your presentation you may turn in your paper.
* Who was your person? * What did they accomplish? Be detailed!! *Why are they important? Presentation can be no more than five minutes.... |
Here are
some internet tools to get you started...
Who's
Who in Medieval History and the Renaissance
Power Library - on
the desktop is the icon for this. Search in biography
www.google.com
www.ask.com
www.wikipedia.org
www.dictionary.com
Here's how I will grade you...
| Focus
10 Did you answer the prompt?
Content 40 Details! Conventions 20 Grammar & Spelling Organization 20 Intro, Conc, Paragraphs,Trans. Style 10 Enjoyable and easy to read? 100% |
On task 2: The presentation
| Category | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Content | Covers topic in-depth with details and examples. | Includes essential knowledge about the topic. | Includes essential information but there are 1-2 factual errors | Content is minimal OR there are several factual errors. |
| Organization | Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material. | Uses headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed. | Content is logically organized for the most part. | There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts. |
| Attractiveness | Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation. | Makes good use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance to presentation. | Makes use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. but occasionally these detract from the presentation content. | Use of font, color, graphics, effects etc. but these often distract from the presentation content. |
| Oral Presentation | Interesting, well-rehearsed with smooth delivery that holds audience attention. | Relatively interesting, with a fairly smooth delivery that usually holds audience attention. | Delivery not smooth, but able to hold audience attention most of the time. | Delivery not smooth and audience attention lost. |