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Class Presentations
If you know me at all, you know my first rule of class presentations is THOU SHALT NOT BORE. With this in mind, I give you three documents. The first is a worksheet to use when planning your presentation. The second is the necessary form for your Final Presentation Update (remember, you cannot do your presentation if you haven't given me this form.) Finally, I've provided a place for critical pre-performance notes to yourself .
Your Class Presentation Worksheet
1. The GENRE you want to work is: _____________________________________(Possibilities:
mystery story, stand up comedy routine, church sermon, classroom lecture)
2. The SETTING you’ll want to create is: ________________________________
_(Possibilities: a locker room, a class, a church, the moon, corporate
boardroom, voting booth)
3. The CHARACTER you want to play: ____________________________________(Possibilities:
circus barker, Sigmund Freud, university professor, your Mom, yourself)
4. The way you are going to address your AUDIENCE _________________________(Possibilities:
as peep show voyeurs, as the Nobel Prize committee, as your high school enemy.)
5. WHERE you want to hold your presentation: ______________________________(Possibilities:
our classroom, school library, outside Tower Records, your apartment. )
6. Audience Placement: __________________________________________________(Possibilities:
seated, standing, displaced around school, grouped, separated, facing away,
etc.)
7. What THREE ACTIONS are you are going to take during your presentations?(Possibilities:
show web sites, sing a song, show a piece of video, explain a passage in text)
A.__________________________________________________________
B.__________________________________________________________
C. ___________________________________________________________
8. What two forms of INTERACTIVITY will you expect from your audience? (Possibilities:
pop quizzes, games with prizes, kereoke competition, question and answers)
A___________________________________________
B________________________________________________
9. Your LIGHTING choices will be: _________________________________(Possibilities:
full lights, dimmed lights, candlelight, flash light, strobe light, projections,
film )
10. Your SOUND choices will be ___________________________________(Possibilities:
music, sound effects, microphones, recording devices. )
11. PROPS you’ll need/want include: _________________________________(Possibilities:
white board, prizes for audience, index cards for audience members)
12. Costumes: ___________________________________________________(Possibilities:
candy raver ware, lab coat, fencing outfit, SCA garb, etc.)
Final Presentation
Update: This Information Must Be Turned in to Terri
My name is _________________________________________________
My presentation topic is __________________________________________
My presentation date and order is _________________________________________
The three issues/questions I want to raise during my presentation
are
1. _________________________________
2. __________________________________
3. ___________________________________.
The way I am going to time my presentation is as follows:
1-5 minutes: ___________________________________________________________
5-10 minutes: ___________________________________________________________
10-15 minutes: __________________________________________________________
15-20 minutes: ___________________________________________________________
Two ways I am going to engage my audience are
1. ______________________________________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________________________________
My presentation will require:
1. Setting requirements _____________________________________________________
2. Lighting requirements_____________________________________________________
3. Sound requirements _______________________________________________________
4. Prop requirements: _______________________________________________________
5. Costume requirements: ____________________________________________________
6. Special audience placement or requirements___________________________________
Notes for Yourself
The materials I need to remember to prepare in advance are
1. ________________________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________________________
3. _______________________________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________________________________
The things I need to remember to bring to class on presentation day
are
1. _________________________________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________________________________
4. _________________________________________________________________________
Important things Terri needs to know about my presentation are:
1. ________________________________________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________________________________
3. _______________________________________________________________________
4. _________________________________________________________________________
Anything else you’d like to add?
________________________________________________________________________