The document provides instructions for a first semester project on how literature represents the human condition. Students are asked to create a PowerPoint presentation analyzing themes across five books. The presentation should include an introduction slide, followed by slides for each book discussing its theme, how it applies to the human experience, comparisons to modern issues, and whether the student agrees with the book's perspective. The document outlines how to record narration in PowerPoint or use the separate Audacity app, and how to add songs by converting files to the WAV format.

1. First Semester Project How Literature Represents the Human Condition

2. Before Beginning Five books Names of authors Plot summary Literature and themes The Crucible The Glass Menagerie Fahrenheit 451 The Awakening The Scarlet Letter

3. Step One Create a PowerPoint presentation. Main focus: themes of your five books. Two ways: Song in the background with visual information Images with narration in the background

4. First slide First Slide Includes: “ How Literature Represents the Human Condition” Names of your group members. English III Honors Mrs. Palacio’s ___ Block

5. Song with visual info… Song playing in background On the slide: What literature represents What literature deals with All five themes from your books (no mention of book names)

6. Next Slide Theme of book one Title of the book this theme applies to, and author. Brief plot summary.

7. Next Slide How the theme applies to the book. What this particular book says about us as human beings.

8. Next Slide Comparison to Modern Day Issues.

9. Next Slide Agree/Disagree with what this book says about human nature On to the next book…

10. Images with Narration First slide includes: Name of book and author Theme What it says about us as human beings Plot summary is narrated in the background and not typed on the slide.

11. Next slide Modern Day Issues with theme (typed and narrated)

12. Next slide Agree/Disagree Pose a debatable question Answer it Next book…so on and so forth

13. How to Record Sound Two options Using PowerPoint (*recommended) or Using Audacity Let’s start with PowerPoint…

14. PowerPoint Recorder Listen Carefully Sound icon Voice narration takes precedence You’ll need: Sound card Microphone Speakers Automatic Time Saver

15. PowerPoint Recorder Recording the narration In Normal view, select the slide that you want to start the recording on. On the Slide Show tab, in the Set Up group, click Record Narration

16. PowerPoint Recorder Click Set Microphone Level , follow the directions to set your microphone level, and then click OK . To embed the narration, click OK again.

17. PowerPoint Recorder The Record Narration dialog box appears. Do one of the following: To start the narration on the first slide in the presentation, click First Slide . To start the narration on the currently selected slide, click Current Slide . In Slide Show view, speak the narrative text into the microphone, and then click the slide to advance to the next slide. Follow this process for each slide that you want to add narration to. TIP To pause or resume the narration, right-click the slide, and then on the shortcut menu click either Pause Narration or Resume Narration . Click the black Exit screen. The narration is automatically saved, and a message appears asking if you want to save the timings for the presentation as well. Do the following: To save the timings, click Save . Your slides appear in Slide Sorter view, with the slide timings shown below each slide.

18. Important Even if you choose to record your voice with the PowerPoint recorder, you should download the Audacity recorder for later use by following these steps…

19. Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Download the Audacity installer that applies to your computer system (Windows 98, XP, Vista, etc.) Select SAVE.

20. Audacity Save to your desktop. When the download is complete, select RUN.

21. Audacity Begin the Audacity Installation process. Select Next. Select “I agree.” Continue selecting Next until installation is complete.

22. Audacity The Audacity Recorder will now open. Click on the red circle when you are ready to begin recording. When you are ready to save, if this screen appears, click OK and continue saving.

23. Audacity Open your powerpoint presentation. Select “Insert” from the tool bar. Select “Sound” then “Sound from file” Select the file you just saved. When this screen appears, select Automatically. Your recording will play when the presentation reaches the assigned screen. Right click on the sound icon to make sure the sound works.

24. Songs Songs must be saved as WAV (wave) files. MP3 files will not work. The Audacity recorder will convert any MP3 songs you have saved onto your computer into a WAV file. Follow these steps…

25. Step One Open your audacity recorder. Select File, then Open. Select the song you want to use. Select File, then Export as WAV. Save file.

26. Audacity Open your powerpoint presentation. Select “Insert” from the tool bar. Select “Sound” then “Sound from file” Select the file you just saved, ensuring it’s the WAVE SOUND and not MP3. When this screen appears, select Automatically. Your recording will play when the presentation reaches the assigned screen. Right click on the Sound Icon and select Preview to make sure the sound works.