Captains of Industry Presentation ESL SS 8th Grade

Content Objective:  Students will read about their captain of industry and create a poster presentation about the most important ideas.

Language Objective:  Students will read and annotate their packet of information, and select the key ideas for the poster.

Agenda:

1.    Review the objectives (day 1)

2.    Review assignment and rubric (day 1)

3.    Group annotations and reading (everybody reads something, everybody annotates something) (day 1)

4.    Poster creations (everybody writes something, everybody says something) (days 2-3)

5.    Presentations and Feedback Forms (days 3-4)

Poster Requirements

          Name of Captain of Industry

          Years alive

          3 Key vocabulary words

          3 key facts

          2  images

Name: ______________________ QUINN ENGLISH @quinnenglish200

 

Captains of the Industry

Presentation Project Rubric

	25	20-15	15-10	9 & below
Knowledge of Topic	Student demonstrated an excellent understanding of their Captain of the industry Was detailed, thorough and able to answer questions with full explanations.	Student demonstrated a good understanding of their Captain of the industry Was fairly detailed and was reasonably able to field questions on the topic.	Student was uncomfortable with topic and not fully prepared. Was able to answer only basic questions.	Student does not have grasp of topic, is unable to answer questions due to poor research
Poster Guide Graphics /                                            Design	Text was minimal, used as talking points only. Guided presenter through presentation easily while maintaining good eye contact with audience.  Pictures/images supported text & content very well. Very visually appealing!	Little heavy in text, but was still a good guide for presenter without much distraction. Maintained eye contact with audience most of the time. Pictures and graphics used to support content. Was visually appealing.	Somewhat heavy in text, creating a temptation to read too often, and minimizing eye contact with audience Pictures and graphics were occasionally used.	Very heavy in text.  Information was read instead of presented. Little effort made.
Presentation Skills	Student projected voice, spoke clearly and confidently. Body language, posture, facial expressions and smile all projected a professional, energetic and very confident presenter. Presenter held audience attention very well	Student projected voice, spoke clearly and confidently. Body language, posture, facial expressions and smile all projected a professional, energetic and confident presenter. Presenter held audience attention most of the time	Some speaking skills were used, but need to practice all to keep audience engaged throughout the presentation.	Need to work on use of voice control, projection, tone to keep audience interested and engaged. Personal presentation lacked in projecting any confidence or professionalism.
Conventions of Grammar	·   Control of grammar is evident. ·   Correct verb tense is used ·   Control of sentence structure and punctuation is evident.	·   Control of grammar is somewhat evident. ·   Correct verb tense is used most of the time ·   Control of sentence structure and punctuation is somewhat evident.	·   Minimal control of grammar. ·   Verb tense is rarely correct ·   Minimal control of sentence structure and punctuation	·   Verb tense is not correct ·   No control of sentence structure and punctuation

Feedback Form

Name______________________________________________________________

Name of Presenter________________________________________________

1. In the area of knowledge of the Captain of the Industry ________________________________  (name)should receive ___________________ points because . . . .

• Something the student did well was  . . .

• Something the student needs to improve on  . . . 

2. In the area of knowledge of presentation skills ________________________________ (name) should receive ___________________ points because . . .

                                                               i.      Something the student did well was  . . .

                                                             ii.      Something the student needs to improve on  . . .

3.  Questions ideas for the presenter (Choose one question to ask):

1. What did you find most interesting about the captain of the industry?

2. If you had more time, what would you add?

3. What is the most important thing to remember about this captain of the industry?

                                                     

4. (Create your own . . .  .)