Right now in English (I’m a sophomore) we’re reading Huckleberry Finn. Some of it I have trouble understanding, but once we discuss it in class it’s easier to figure out. We have this project due right after spring break and we have to present it. I really don’t like presenting. This week is the last week before spring break. We have to create a scrapbook on a powerpoint and each slide can have only 2 sentences. We have to cite everything we find (what website we found everything from), including pictures. We have to tell about things we found interesting or that stuck out to us in our topic. The topics to choose from are Mark Twain’s Biography, Slavery During the Time of the Setting of Huckleberry Finn, Hannibal, Missouri, Dialect and Local Color, Mark Twain’s Humor, Mark Twain and the Mississippi River, The Book Banning Controversy, Huck’s Lessons, and Freedom: What Does it Mean?. So far I think I’m going to choose the slavery one, but I’m not sure exactly what to look for. Just slavery during that time? I only have this week to work on it. Also, how can I feel less nervous about the presenting part? Thanks!

focus on slavery during that time, how slavery was shown/portrayed in the book, and your stance on how the book portrayed it [whether they were for or against it in your opinion, and how you feel about that].

EDIT: what helped me during HS presentations with being nervous was just realizing that most of the kids in class probably werent even paying attention to me or what i was doing…lol. theyre most likely thinking about something else and daydreaming.