Middle School English with Mrs. Sullivan: English 7: Precept Prezi

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

English 7: Precept Prezi

Mr. Browne’s Precepts

When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind. - Dr. Wayne Dyer - Sebastian

Your deeds are your monuments. -inscription of an Egyptian tomb - Kelly and Matthew

Have no friends not equal to yourself. - Confucius - Robbie

Audentes fortuna iuvat. (Fortune favors the bold.) - Virgil - Andre

No man is an island, entire of itself. -John Donne - Christian

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. -James Thurber - Aidan

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much. -Blaise Pascal - Ben

What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful.” -Sappho - Charlotte

Do all the good you can,

By all the means you can,

In all the ways you can,

At all the times you can,

To all the people you can,

As long as you ever can.

-John Wesley’s Rule - Emma

Just follow the day and reach for the sun! -The Polyphonic Spree, “Light and Day” - Harrison

Prezi Project

For this project, each student in seventh grade will be responsible for one of the Mr. Browne’s precepts. Instead of writing an essay explaining its significance, you will instead complete a Prezi. What is a Prezi, you ask? It’s a cloud-based storytelling tool for presenting ideas on a virtual canvas. It’s similar to PowerPoint, but different in the way the information is presented. It’s like a moving, zooming, uber-creative PowerPoint, a step up for PowerPoint.

In each of the “bubbles” in your Prezi, you will cluster similar info.

Information to include in your Prezi:

Bio about the author of the quote (only if it enhances your message)
Link to Wonder- why is this precept relevant to the book?
Personal connection
YouTube clip (no more than 2 min)
Images

We will take class time to learn about Prezis and do a sample one together. As with anything new, you may experience an uncomfortable learning curve, but lean on each other and ask us questions.