In this unit students have 2 primary objectives. First is to achieve a level of comfort speaking in front of an audience. Second is to create an effective and appealing visual presentation.
- Lesson Objectives:
- Students will be able to create a stunning PowerPoint Presentation
- Students will be able to deliver an effective speech aided by a visual component
- Students will be able to recognize the importance and hallmarks of body language
- Student will be able to deliver a speech that demonstrates knowledge of body language
- Lesson 1: The Importance of Being Engaged
- The Importance of Body Language
- PowerPoint
- Movie Scenes reading body language
- Pictures of people
- The Importance of Body Language
- Lesson 2: Fairy Tales
- Fairy tales acting out a story
- 3 minutes to tell the whole story
- Practice feedback
- Lesson 3: How do you define yourself?
- Assign speech
- Lizzie Velasquez TED talk
- 7 questions to find your life’s true purpose
- Lesson 4: How to make an awesome presentation
- Powerpoint
- Prezi Tips good, bad and best
- Lesson 5: Lab Time to create presentations
- Lesson 6: Overcoming your fear
- Powerpoint/notes on ways to deal with anxiety and fear
- Lesson 7: A Joke, a secret, a strong statement
- Students speak for a minimum of 30 seconds with podium and deliver a joke, a secret or a strong statement
- Audience Critiques
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- Lesson 8: Delivery of How do you define yourself