On Your Birthday Assignment

TASK: You will complete a small research project which you will present to the class in a power point presentation.

Learning Goals: to demonstrate your ability to find and use research effectively and to communicate in a clear, coherent manner, using a structure and style effective for the purpose,subject matter, and intended audience.

On Your Birthday Assignment

SLIDE 1: Quote (by someone who was born or died on your birthday)SLIDE 2: Photograph (by someone who was born or died on your birthday) or a Photo taken on that dateSLIDE 3: Painting (by someone who was born or died on your birthday)SLIDE 4: Musician (who was born or died on your birthday) or a Song released on this daySLIDE 5: One celebrity (who was born or died on your birthday)SLIDE 6: One historical eventSLIDE 7: Three Discussion QuestionsAND one video link for Slide 4,5,or 6

Success Criteria

• Each slide has one picture and at least one bullet point

• Correct spelling and punctuation• You presented it to the class• Proper pronunciation during your presentation

See student sample on the following slides:

Today’s Quote

• I think a theater show is a pure version of me doing my material. The theater crowd is a bit more polite, there really aren't hecklers, and there are a lot of people there to see me, and they're excited about the jokes and hanging out with me for a show.

-Anthony Jeselnik

Today’s Quote

• I think a theater show is a pure version of me doing my material. The theater crowd is a bit more polite, there really aren't hecklers, and there are a lot of people there to see me, and they're excited about the jokes and hanging out with me for a show.

-Anthony Jeselnik

Photograph

• NASA Photo Taken on Dec. 22 Shows Earth Still "Completely Intact“

• There was a lot of talk about the Mayan apocalypse, that ominous date has now passed without incident.

Painter

• On this day in 1960 Jean-Michel Basquiat is born• He first attracted attention for his graffiti under the

name "SAMO“• He collaborated with Andy Warhol in the mid-1980s

Poet• Edwin Arlington Robinson (December 22, 1869 – April 6, 1935) was an American poet who won three Pulitzer Prizes for

his work• Robinson's early difficulties led many of his poems to have a dark pessimism and his stories to deal with "an American

dream gone awry.• At the age of 21, Edwin entered Harvard University as a special student. He took classes in English, French, and

Shakespeare, as well as one on Anglo-Saxon that he later dropped.

When these graven lines you see, Traveler, do not pity me;

Though I be among the dead, Let no mournful word be said.

Children that I leave behind, And their children, all were kind;

Near to them and to my wife, I was happy all my life.

My three sons I married right, And their sons I rocked at night; Death nor sorrow never brought Cause for one unhappy thought.

Now, and with no need of tears, Here they leave me, full of years,

Leave me to my quiet rest In the region of the blest.

-Edwin Arlington Robinson

Musician• In 1989 Jordin Sparks was born• In 2007, she came to prominence after winning the sixth season of

American Idol; at age 17, she became the youngest winner in the series' history.

• She made her feature film debut in a remake of the musical film, Sparkle (2012)

• She made guest appearances on several television series, beginning with The Suite Life On Deck in 2009, and later in Big Time Rush in 2010.

Celebrity

• Ralph Fiennes was born December 22, 1962• He is best known for his role as lord Voldemort

in the Harry Potter series.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt_nBKB3sQs

An event that took place on this day

• December 22 1885 Ito Hirobumi a samurai became the first Prime Minister of Japan