Interactive Poster for My Sister’s Keeper and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

60 points

Assignment Overview:

You are going to compare and contrast the two books we are reading:

My Sister’s Keeper and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.

You are asked to write a plan in a proposal as to how you will design your interactive poster --

Your proposal will be due Nov. 19 Purple and Nov. 20 Gold.

The interactive poster will be done on

You will email/share poster to

RUBRIC for interactive presentation on thinglink.com:

  1. 10pts - Background photo/collage relevant to topic/role that you are declaring in proposal
  2. 10pts -1 video with sound
  3. 10pts -1 class activity link to a webpage created (quizlet, webquest, etc)
  4. 10pts -2-3 photos with caption
  5. 10pts -1 of the above need to relate to importance of diction
  6. For example, a video of the Lacks’ dialect with explanation of how it affects story of Henrietta Lacks by showing context
  7. 10pts -Works cited needs to be incorporated into poster

(There is an example provided for you of Henrietta Lacks on thinglink.com)

Directions for poster:

  1. Go to
  2. Register and Sign up as a student with you first initial last name @eaton.k12.oh.us.
  3. Open IN ANOTHER BROWSER to click to confirm that it is you (click mail icon). You will have to go into message from thinglink and click where it says “click here”
  4. Go back to thinglink.com and finish your login process.
  5. You should be able to see the “create” icon at the top.
  6. You may click and begin.
  7. See screen shot on next page.

PROPOSAL

1. From what role you will present your facts:

scientist, psychologist, literary analyst, historian, lawyer, or journalist.

2. What is/arethe element(s) that you will include? Examples below (these are options).

Comparison of characters= literary analyst

Comparing /contrasting legal issues for child vs. black woman in 1950s= historian/lawyer

Contrasting bias presented in each woman’s life= Henrietta vs. Sara- Anna’s mother= journalist

Comparing/contrasting theme of misuse of human ethics by the medical field=scientist, lawyer

Comparing/contrasting conflict of any 2 characters=literary analyst

3. Include how the literary device diction creates image and tell the story.

  • Cite specific evidence of diction with the following criteria
  • CER format
  • Include 2-3 examples

4. Include 2-3 sources- USE MLA FORMAT.Works Cited is to be shown in presentation!