Each group, in consultation with the instructor, will be able to choose the presentation format it believes to be most appropriate to the material being presented. Each group will be expected to present material about one of the books or stories we have read this semester. This may be done in a number of ways. Groups are free to use, but are not limited to, the following possible presentation formats:
1. A "Report" in which each member of the group speaks to the class for a few minutes about an important issue or concept in the text and then poses a series of discussion questions.
2. A Collaborative Learning Exercise, in which the presentation group will ask members of the class to break into small groups to respond to a series of questions The presentation group will then be responsible for polling the collaborative learning groups and facilitating a class consensus at the end of the exercise.
3. Groups may choose to act out significant scenes from the novel or story in question. In this case, the group will also be expected to explain why the scenes chosen are significant to our understanding of the work as a whole and to justify their selection of particular production strategies (i.e., explain why they chose to act out the scene in the way that they did).
4. Groups may also present relevant material not included on the syllabus of this course (for example, a film production of a novel or a story, or a set of illustrations). The group will then be responsible to for demonstrating the relevance and significance of the material presented to the text in question.
5. In addition, groups may choose to lead discussion. Members of the group in this case will be expected to prepare a series of related discussion questions which they will then pose to the class and will be responsible for drawing together their own and their classmates' observations and facilitating a consensus at the end of the presentation.
Each group's presentation should occupy between fifteen and twenty minutes of class time. Each group member will be expected to participate actively in the presentation, both in preparation and in class.
Finally, each group will be required to submit three possible final examination questions about the book or story they have presented. The instructor, in consultation with the class, will use these questions as a resource in preparing the final examination.