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Lesson 1

Plan Presentation

Using the Application Unit Presentation Guide, we will begin the process of planning and creating a cohesive presentation for our learning community by unpacking the presentation roles, components, structure, and process.

Lesson Goals

  • Can I collaborate with my team to organize our research and meet goals and deadlines?

  • Can I work with my team to allocate roles, responsibilities, and action steps to each team member?

  • Can I synthesize varied information from multiple sources into a coherent statement to present to our audience?

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Activity 1: Read – Write – Discuss

We will review the Research Process and the Culminating Task to understand how the work in this section builds toward the Culminating Task.

Step 1

Review the Research Process and Culminating Task Checklist. Write down in your Learning Log what you notice and wonder about this final section of the unit and how it helps to support your work completing the Culminating Task.

Share your observations and questions with the class during discussion.

Step 2

Note that your team is now moving into the final phase of the research process. Remember that this process is not necessarily linear, as you will revisit, revise, and continue to move forward throughout all the sections of this unit. In this section, your team will create, rehearse, revise, and submit your presentation materials and complete the presentation of the Culminating Task.

Activity 2: Discuss – Write

We will review and discuss the Application Unit Presentation Guide.

Step 1

Discuss with a partner the notes you took on the Application Unit Presentation Guide. Help each other work through questions or points of confusion or note questions that need to be posed to the whole group.

Step 2

Move into your assigned group for your assigned section of the Application Unit Presentation Guide:

  1. Team Member Roles

  2. Presentation Written Components

  3. Presentation Structure

  4. Presentation Creation Process

Work with your group to complete the following tasks, which will help you unpack and better understand the requirements and expectations of the presentation:

  • Review the relevant section of the Application Unit Presentation Guide and any notes you took for homework for your assigned aspects.

  • Create a chart that contains the essential information about your section. The chart should distill the information into a quick and easy reference that can be used once you start creating your own presentations.

  • Choose someone in your group to explain your chart during sharing.

Step 3

Explain your chart and listen as the other groups explain their charts. Ask and answer questions.

Listen as your teacher shares details about the presentation format and logistics. If permitted by your teacher, consider whether your team will present live or if your presentation will be prerecorded. Also consider what specific multimedia elements your team might incorporate into your presentation; base these decisions on the resources available and on the team members’ experience and expertise. Some ideas might include presentation slides, graphics, posters, audio, and perhaps a video segment as well.

You will choose roles in the next lesson, but you can start thinking about what role or roles would be a good match for your skills.

Activity 3: Discuss – Write

We will brainstorm and plan for our presentations. Our teacher will move from team to team to answer questions about our plans and goals.

Meet with your research team and start brainstorming ideas for your presentation. All thoughts are valuable and important to get out to the group. When you draft and revise, you will organize and decide what information is important and what is not. While brainstorming about your pathway, you might want to use a technique such as free-writing to get the ideas flowing in your group. Or you might want to create a timeline, a main idea map, or a spider map.

Then discuss the following questions to get you thinking about the content you might include in your presentation:

  1. What are your inquiry questions?

  2. What are your conclusions or findings?

  3. What specific, cited evidence supports your conclusions or findings?

  4. What are your additional questions?

  5. From your research, what key points do you want your audience to know?

While your team works during this lesson, your teacher will conference with teams about your plan.

You will continue planning in the next lesson, digging into your content to make some choices and further develop your brainstormed ideas.