This document provides instructions for students to create and deliver an oral presentation on seminar tips and techniques. It outlines the learning intentions, success criteria, driving questions, and tasks for students to research effective presentation structures and techniques, create a presentation on their findings, and finally present to the class. The goal is for students to develop their oral presentation skills and ability to command audience attention.

1. Oral Presentation

2. The Science of Stage Fright

3. Learning intentions
Identify and describe 2 perspectives of an issue
arising from a studied text.
Research seminar structure, effective oral and visual
techniques and how to get audience feedback.
Create a presentation of seminar tips and techniques.
Gathering
Processing

4. Success Criteria
Construct and deliver crafted and controlled oral text
which develops, sustains, and structures ideas
effectively.
Construct and deliver crafted and controlled oral text
using oral language features appropriate to audience
and purpose to command attention.
Applying
You may work in small groups but
each person must speak for at least
4 minutes.

6. Driving Question
Do truth and justice always prevail?
Does the truth set you free?
How can we know that justice is always served?
Are we in control of our destiny?
Choose one of the
following:

7. Discover
In pairs, brainstorm a list of issues that you could write
your seminar on.
Remember you need at least 2 perspectives or points
of view on your chosen issue.
Gathering
• Thinking
• Relating to others
• Using language text and symbols
• Managing self
• Participating & contributing

8. Discover
Check out the following speeches
and discuss the questions in pairs.
1. Identify aspects of each speech which you found
engaging.
2. Identify aspects of each speech which were less
engaging.
3. Discuss what each person could do to improve their
speech.
4. List ideas from each speech that you could use in
your seminar.
• Thinking
• Relating to others
• Using language text and
symbols
• Managing self
• Participating & contributing

9. Funny Highschool Speech

10. Brown Brother

11. Discover
Research and record notes on the following:
Speech structure
Effective visual and oral speech techniques
How to get audience feedback
Tip:
Ask an expert.
• Thinking
• Relating to others
• Using language text and
symbols
• Managing self
• Participating & contributing

12. Create
Create a presentation to teach the class what you have
learnt about speech structure, effective techniques and
gaining audience feedback.
• Thinking
• Relating to others
• Using language text and
symbols
• Managing self
• Participating & contributing

13. Create
Write your seminar
Checklist
Have you included...
1. Oral & visual techniques
2. The correct seminar
structure
3. Questions to engage the
audience and create
discussion.
• Thinking
• Relating to others
• Using language text and
symbols
• Managing self
• Participating & contributing

14. Share
Present your seminar to the class.
• Thinking
• Relating to others
• Using language text and
symbols
• Managing self
• Participating & contributing