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The assignment:
The class has to team up and start a literary scavenger hunt of English classics on the internet. They will have an hour to find all the information they want about great English novels, English authors, theatre plays whatever they want. They will get a list of some classic English books and some English authors, they can use those but they also have to find at least 5 authors and 5 books on their own. They can use all the information they find, for example about the personal life of the authors, the books it selves, or just the names. When they have all the information they want, they have to make questions about them with the information included. After that, they will have an other hour to create an interactive powerpoint based on the research. Then they will present it in front of the class and the class and teacher will vote for the best presentation. The decision will be based on the information, the question, how the PowerPoint is made, the design, the quality and how they present it.

What will they learn:
The students will learn about literature by searching information on the web, which also improves their skills of the computer. They will also learn how to make a fun and good quality interactive PowerPoint which effectively communicates the results of their research.

The steps:
• Step 1: "Track down the answers to your scavenger hunt questions"
• Step 2: "Convert your questions and answers into an Office PowerPoint presentation"
• Step 3: "Format, design, and animate your slides"
• Step 4: "Create an interactive slide show to present your findings to the class"
The list of authors and books:

• The great Gatsby
• Frankenstein
• Uncle Tom´s cabin
• Pride and prejudice
• Call of the wild
• Little woman
• Romeo and Juliet

• Charles Dickens
• Jane Austen
• William Shakespeare
• William Faulkner
• Ernest Hemingway
• Roald Dahl