Infographic analyzing how two texts present similar themes
Objective: In an infographic, students will analyze how "Letters from an American Farmer," and an excerpt from "Roots" present a similar themes, specifically the idea of what an American is.
Task
- In groups of 2-3, create a SINGLE easel.ly account
- Create an infographic with the following components.
- INCLUDE:
- Headline = What is an American? (Assignment title)
- Title of each piece (Letters from an American Farmer and ROOTS)
- Titles should be in Separate boxes on each half of the page
- Author of each piece (Jean de Crevecoeur and Alex Haley)
- 3-4 quotes from each piece (DO NOT OVERLOAD SCREEN WITH TEXT; BE SELECTIVE)
- Image that represents that definition of an American
- You need to do an image search on Google, "Save Image As" to Downloads folder and the Upload image and place it in document
HERE is an awesome example created by your fellow students
FOR TOMORROW:
Watch this video to prepare for the reading:
