5. Decide
•Brainstorm topics
•Decide on a specific title
•It might help to set the title as a question which you hope to answer
Research
•Begin researching
•Make notes as you go, especially for sources
•Only read things you think are relevant to your presentation
Plan
•Plan each section and the overall structure by creating an Outline
•Go over your Outline and check it makes sense
Write
•Write a the Main Point which explains your main ideas in one sentence.
•Write Topic Sentences for each section
•Begin writing your script or notes
•Use references to your research and examples to illustrate your main points
Review
•Do a rehearsal. Check through it and make any corrections, additions.
•Check the timing so that you finish in the given time
•Get ready to present. Relax and stay calm, everything will be perfect!
Present
•Use your notes but don’t just read them aloud
•Stay focused on your topic
•Respond to the audience
•Go slow and keep cool
Building a presentation
6. Priorities
• Knowing your subject well
• Answering questions
• Structuring the presentation
• Speaking loudly and clearly
• Having interesting visual aids
• Having good body language
• Making eye-contact with the audience
• Not going over time
• Having a good hand-out
• Keeping the audience’s attention
• Making the presentation interesting
15. Outlining workshop
• First, on your own start thinking about what
sections your presentation should have. Write
them in order
• Work in pairs of small groups. Explain each
section of your presentation. Your partners
should be able to get a clear understanding of
your ideas and how you plan to structure your
presentation.
Editor's Notes
Today’s class
Planning the presentation:
Overview, outlining, thinking about the audience, aims and how to get ideas across
Ellicit from Ss what they think are the 6 steps of planning a presentation.
Give out HO at this point.
Go over each step with handout.
After this slide, look at the ranking activity.
Before bringing up the bullets, illicit a list of what’s most important. Afterwards, ask them to add more things.
Importance of structure. We will look at this again next week.
Skip over if not time, need 15-25 mins for the choosing a topic workshop.
