Black History Month Author and Power Point Rubric (Each roman 
Numeral represents the order of the PowerPoint)

I.	Title Page: 
A.	Authors Name 10 pts______________________
B.	Author’s Picture 10 pts_______________________
C.	Student’s Name 10 pts__________________________
D.	Class 10 pts_______________________________
E.	Teacher 10 pts_______________________________

II.	Biography of your author 60 points___________________________
III.	List of Works by Author 30 points____________________________
IV.	Excerpts from Author’s Literary work (Could be a poem or an 
excerpt from a novel
Excerpt 1 30 pts______________________
Excerpt 2 30 pts______________________
Excerpt 3 30 pts_______________________

 V. Analysis (Following each excerpt you are to give a brief 
analysis of your excerpt-
        What does it mean? What does it represent?)
                 Analysis for Excerpt 1- 50 pts __________________
                 Analysis for Excerpt 2- 50 pts___________________
                 Analysis for Excerpt 3- 50 pts____________________

VI.Connection: In five-seven sentences you are to state how you 
connected to 
Your author and his or her poetry or literature. 50 
pts_____________________

VII. Works Cited: You are to have at least five sources, only two 
can be from the internet where you found your information.
            Source 1: 15 pts_____________________
            Source 2: 15 pts_____________________
            Source 3: 15 pts_____________________
            Source 4: 15 pts_____________________
            Source 5: 15 pts_____________________

VIII. The End Page 10 pts_____________________

       IX. Creativity, Color, and Design 65 points___________________


(Each Student will present his or her power point in class. Your 
power point should be printed out and turned in along with both 
rubrics).
                                                                     
      
                                                                     
      Total Points earned: ____________
                                                                     
      Possible points: 580 pts