The Bucket List
English 112012-2013
What is a “bucket list”?
The Bucket List The Buried Life
Action Places Food Philanthropy People
What inspires you?
What do you want to do before you kick the metaphorical bucket?
Your assignment: Create a list of 20 things
…obviously, they must be school appropriate 5 Must involve helping at least one other
person Color code these so that I can tell which apply
“We’re all food for worms”
Obviously, some of these were just whims. Choose 15 of the twenty Four must be philanthropic (for others)
Limit your bucket list to 15
Let’s format
Name Period Date
Slide 1: Title Slide
Slide 2 [15-11]
15) 14) 13) 12) 11)
Picture
Slide 3 [10-6]
10) 9) 8) 7) 6)
Picture
Slide 4
5)
Explanation
Image
Slide 5
4)
Explanation
Image
Slide 6
3)
Explanation
Image
Slide 7
2)
Explanation
Image
Slide 8
1)
Explanation
Image
This is an “About the Author” slide Summarize what you have learned about
yourself Look for patterns (i.e. I’m adventurous because…) What should I know about you? What’s the one thing others probably don’t know
about you according to your slides Don’t forget about your philanthropist side.
5 Sentences
Slide 10
15 items on list arranged in order of importance
Titles on each slide/appropriate pictures Free of spelling errors Paragraph on “About the Author” page
includes all relevant material (as indicated on slide 14)
rubric
