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Lesson 4

We will examine effective presentation techniques and develop a team plan to assign roles and responsibilities for drafting the presentation.

Lesson Goals

  • Can I work productively in various roles with my fellow pathway members to establish and meet goals for our group?

  • Can I establish and explain an accurate understanding of the central ideas of a text?

  • Can I identify task expectations and develop a plan appropriate for accomplishing the established outcomes?

Texts

Core

  • Unit Reader
    • “How to Give a Killer Presentation,” Chris Anderson, Harvard Business Publishing, 2013

Materials

Tools

Question Sets

Editable Google Docs

Activity 1: Read – Write

We will consider how to make our presentations powerful by reading and analyzing “How To Give A Killer Presentation.”

Step 1

You have worked on solidifying your understanding of task, audience, and purpose and have begun developing a plan for your presentation. Now your group will consider how to best present the information for your research path.

Read and annotate “How to Give a Killer Presentation” by Chris Anderson.

Step 2

Discuss the following questions with your group:

  1. What are the key takeaways from this text?

  2. How can you implement the author’s suggestions in your own presentation?

Activity 2: Discuss

We will make decisions about specific logistical aspects of our presentations.

Step 1

Once you have an idea of what you wish to include in your product, you need to consider logistics of the presentation delivery.

Starting with the questions below, discuss the logistics of your presentation with your research team to make decisions that will make the drafting process more effective.

  1. What do you imagine your presentation delivery looking like? Knowing you only have 5-7 minutes, what is the critical information your audience must get?

  2. What sources are important to present? What facts, quotes, or questions will you present to the audience?

  3. What will each team member present?

  4. Who is going to start your presentation? Who will end? How will you immediately engage the audience? Who will answer questions?

  5. What tools do you need to present based on your presentation format? How will you access the tools you need?

Step 2

Based on the list of skills your team made when deciding on the final product format, and the needs and desires of your team, assign roles for each team member for product creation and presentation delivery. Be sure to refer back to the list you created of features you want to be sure to include in your product.

The roles will be specific to whatever format you have chosen and should capitalize on the skills and abilities of the team in making the most effective presentation.

You will have the following lesson to work on your presentation.

Activity 3: Write – Discuss

We will reflect on our work to determine how prepared we are for the Culminating Task.

Respond to the following questions on your tracker with your group:

  1. How did you, specifically, contribute to your group?

  2. On a scale from one to four, how well do you understand the topic, your research, the texts you read, and the presentation plan?