Presentation Format: Oral presentation Time Limit: 3-5 minutes
Visual Aids: 3-5 visual aids (photographs, slides, video, music, other images per teacher approval)

To meet the minimum requirements for this project you must:

Choose a topic related to Chinese American life
Construct a research question
Create a thesis/argument out of the research question
Express a clear thesis
Speak for 3-5 minutes
Cite five different sources using the MLA documentation style
Directly quote from 5 sources
Paraphrase 4 sources
Effectively use 3 visual aids
Refer to note cards without reading from them

Read this excerpt from "the all-american slurp." i pulled the strings out of my stalk. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. my brother followed suit. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. to my left, my parents were taking care of their own stalks. z-z-zip, z-z-zip, z-z-zip. suddenly i realized that there was dead silence except for our zipping. looking up, i saw that the eyes of everyone in the room were on our family. mr. and mrs. gleason, their daughter meg, who was my friend, and their neighbors the badels—they were all staring at us as we busily pulled the strings of our celery. what story element does the author develop in this excerpt? a) lot details about the party b) characterization of the lins c) characterization of the gleasons d) setting details about the gleasons’ house