Lesson video

Hi everybody.

Welcome to your final lesson from our non-chronological report unit on healthy lifestyles.

It has been brilliant teaching you this unit.

You've all done so well and I hope you've enjoyed it as much as I have.

So let's get started with our final lesson where we are presenting our non-chronological reports.

In our final lesson from our unit, healthy lifestyle, a non-chronological report, we are going to be presenting our reports to our peers.

So your learning outcome is I can present a non-chronological report about healthy lifestyle.

Let's start by looking at the keywords.

We'll do my turn, your turn.

Presenting, rehearsing, diction, eye contact, body language.

Let's have a look at what these mean.

Presenting involves speaking in front of others and listening to others.

Rehearsing is practising something before it's performed in order to get better at it.

Diction involves pronouncing words clearly.

Eye contact involves looking into the eyes of the people in our audience.

And body language refers to how we use our posture and our gestures to communicate meaning and feelings.

So there are two sec sections of our lesson today.

In the first we're going to be preparing to present and in the second we'll be presenting on non-chronological reports.

So let's start with preparing to present.

Presenting can be a really important final stage of the writing process.

Presenting can be a way of sharing information or showing something that you have written to other people, maybe something that you are really proud of or that you know other people would like to hear about.

Presenting involves speaking in front of others and listening to others.

When presenting, we do need to think about how we are standing and how we are using our voice.

So we need to be thinking about all of these.

Our volume, diction, eye contact, body language, and pace.

We're going to be looking at all of these in the first section of the lesson so that we're ready when it comes to presenting.

So let's start by looking at volume.

It is important that when we present we speak at an appropriate volume.

We must speak loudly enough so that listeners can hear if we're speaking too quietly like this, the listener will not be able to hear what you're saying, but also we must not shout or try to speak when others are speaking because if everyone was speaking on top of each other, no one would be able to hear anything.

And if we're shouting our report, it won't be that nice for the listener when they're watching.

And if you whisper (whispers) or mumble or mutter your words under your breath, your listeners will not be able to hear your presentation.

So checking for understanding true or false.

We should mutter when we are presenting to others.

Pause the video now.

That is false.

Can you use A or B to justify your answer? A, muttering under your breath will ensure the audience can hear you.

Or B, talking in a loud clear voice is important so the audience can hear you.

Pause the video now.

That's right, B.

Well done.

When presenting, we also need to think about diction.

Let's just do my turn your turn for that.

Diction.

So diction involves pronouncing words clearly.

Diction is very important as our audience need to be able to understand what we're saying.

If we're not pronouncing our words clearly, they might not know what we're talking about.

When speaking with clear diction, we take our time to pronounce our words carefully.

This may involve practising saying some tricky or subject-specific vocabulary so that we can pronounce it clearly in our presentation.

We don't want to be saying a tricky or unfamiliar word for the first time when we're presenting because then we might not be pronouncing it correctly.

We need to have had a go at practising it first.

So speaking with clear diction is important because, A, it helps the audience understand the words we are saying.

B, it helps us slow down and pronounce tricky words correctly.

Or C, it makes us speak quickly.

Pause the video now.

That's right.

It is A, it helps the audience understand what we're saying.

And B, it helps us to slow down so we can pronounce the tricky words correctly.

Well done.

When presenting, we also need to think about eye contact.

Eye contact involves looking into the eyes of the people in our audience.

Eye contact is very important because it helps us to connect with our audience and helps them feel connected to us.

If you're not looking them in the eye, you may as well be presenting your report to a screen or to nobody.

You want to be able to look at your audience in the eye so that you can connect with them.

When the audience feels connected to us, they are going to find what we have to say even more interesting.

Now, we don't expect you to remember your non-chronological reports off by heart.

So you can have it in front of you on a piece of paper, but if you are holding a piece of paper in front of you, it's important that you are looking up at the audience as you read.

You don't want to keep your eyes fixed on the paper because then the audience won't be able to look at you in the eye.

So checking for understanding.

True or false? Eye contact involves looking down at your notes when presenting.

Pause the video now.

That is false.

Well done.

Can you use A or B to justify your answer? A, eye contact involves looking into the eyes of the audience when presenting.

B, eye contact involves focusing on your notes so you know what to say.

Pause the video now.

That's right, it is A.

Well done.

When presenting, we also need to think about body language.

Body language refers to how we hold ourselves and parts of our bodies when we're presenting.

Body language helps other people to understand how you feel and what you're saying, even if you don't say a word.

For example, if you're slumped on a chair with your head hanging down and you're not looking up, that might show to someone that you're feeling a little bit sad, maybe a little bit tired or bored.

Okay, your body language is showing that feeling even without you saying anything.

Body language when we're presenting is really important because strong body language helps us to look really confident, even if we're not feeling it, even if we're feeling a little bit shy performing and presenting in front of other people.

Strong body language includes all of these: standing, so not sitting down.

Standing with our feet shoulder-width apart.

So you don't want your legs to be really, really far apart, but also not joined together at the feet by the feet.

Speaking with our chin up.

So as we said, we don't want to be keeping our eyes fixed on the notes of paper 'cause that means our chin will be down.

We want our chin to be up and standing with our shoulders back.

If we're standing hunched with our shoulders like that, it could make us look a little bit nervous or uncomfortable.

So checking for understanding.

When presenting, confident body language includes A, speaking with our chin up.

B, standing with our shoulders back.

C, hunching our shoulders.

D, standing with our feet shoulder-width apart.

Which of these are true? Pause the video now.

Well done everybody.

So when presenting, confident body language includes A, speaking with our chin up.

B, standing with our shoulders back and D, standing with our feet shoulder-width apart.

Well done.

When presenting, we also need to think about pace.

Pace refers to the speed at which we speak.

If we speak too quickly, our audience may not be able to hear what we have to say.

I'm going to say that sentence really quickly and I wonder if that makes sense.

(speaks quickly) Can you hear, understand what I'm saying? If we speak too quickly, our audience may not be able to clearly hear what we are saying.

It's even hard for me to say it that quickly.

So it would definitely be hard for the audience to hear it properly.

But also, if we speak too slowly, our audience may lose interest in what we are saying.

For example, (speaks slowly) if we speak too slowly, our audience may lose interest in what we say.

See what I mean? If we speak too slowly, it's a bit less engaging for the audience.

So speaking at the correct pace will give us more time to use an appropriate volume to speak with clear diction and make eye contact.

So pace is really important as well.

It's time for task A.

You need to match the key aspects of successful presenting to their definitions.

So our aspects are volume, diction, eye contact, body language and pace.

And their definitions are the speed at which we speak.

Our posture, stance and gestures which help convey meaning and emotions.

How quiet or loud a sound is.

Pronouncing all our words clearly and looking audience members in the eye.

So pause the video now and draw lines matching the terms to their definitions.

Off you go.

Well done everybody.

Let's go through the answers.

So the definition of volume, how quiet or loud a sound is.

Diction the definition is pronouncing all our words clearly.

Eye contact, looking audience members in the eye.

Body language, our posture, stance and gestures which help convey meaning and emotions.

And pace the speed at which we speak.

Great job everybody.

Well done.

It is time for the second section of our lesson where we are presenting our non-chronological reports.

So we are now familiar with the aspects of effective presenting.

Volume, diction, eye contact, body language, and pace.

These are all really important things for us to be think about when we are presenting.

We're just going to have another think now about diction.

Diction involves pronouncing words clearly and correctly.

So this may involve practising saying some tricky subject specific vocabulary so that we can pronounce it clearly and correctly in our presentations.

So let's have a look at some of the subject-specific vocabulary from our non-chronological report on healthy lifestyle.

That might be tricky to say.

Some of these words might be polysyllabic.

Let's do my turn, your turn with that.

Polysyllabic, that means they have several syllables.

They're probably quite long to say.

For example, polysyllabic has got five syllables that's polysyllabic.

And quite tricky to say.

They might be words we don't use very often.

They might not be decodable using our phonic knowledge.

So it's important to practise saying these tricky words before presenting them to others.

So I'm going to think about the words that I want to practise saying before presenting them in front of an audience.

In my introduction, I thought I would practise nutrients.

Let's do my turn.

Your turn.

Nutrients, because this is a word that I don't use that often.

And also because of the 'u' sound it could if you were seeing it for the first time, you could think it was nutrients, but it is nutrients.

And then widely-discussed.

That is a really long word, polysyllabic.

And it's been joined together with hyphen so it becomes one word.

So it's quite a long word to say.

So I want to practise that.

In my first paragraph about healthy diet the words to practise were nutritionists again, that oo sound rather than ah in nut.

So nutritionists and again it's polysyllabic, it's quite long.

And suggested.

Suggested.

I want you to practise that because it might not be as clearly decodable with our phonic knowledge because the two Gs making the J sound is quite an unfamiliar use of G.

So now you are going to have a go at saying these tricky words to your partner or to the screen.

I'll show you the word, you have a go at saying it and then we'll do my turn, your turn to check that you've pronounced them correctly.

So here's the first word.

My turn, your turn.

Nutrients.

Next word.

Widely-discussed.

Well done.

This is the third word.

Have a go at saying it first.

Nutritionist and then the final word.

Have a go at saying it.

Suggested.

Okay, if you need to practise saying any of these words again, just to pause the video and have another go.

Otherwise, we're going to move on to the next sections of our report.

So the next words to look at to practise that I've chosen are endorphins.

My turn, your turn.

Endorphins and serotonin.

These are both really unfamiliar words that we don't use in everyday language, so that I thought they were important to practise.

And the next one, physical.

This is a slightly trickier word because of the 'ph', making the 'f' sound and the 'y', making the 'e' sound.

So a little bit unusual.

Okay.

And then from our conclusion, I chose sustainable.

That's quite a long word, polysyllabic and maybe one that you haven't used all that much.

And environment.

I thought this was worth it practising.

'Cause if you can spot the word within the word you can see iron.

But actually when you say environment, you don't say iron.

So I thought that was a word worth practising.

Okay, we're gonna practise saying these tricky words again, just checking our understanding.

We'll do just like we did last time, I'll show you the word, you'll say it and then we'll do my turn your turn to check that you said it correctly.

So there's your first word and let's do my turn, your turn.

Endorphins.

Okay, the next word have a go at saying it.

And then my turn, your turn.

Serotonin.

The next word, physical and next one, sustainable.

And then finally, environment.

Well done everybody, if you need to pause the video and have another go practising these words, you can do that.

Otherwise we're going to move on to some rehearsals.

So rehearsing is when you practise something before you perform in order to get better at it.

If you make a mistake when you're rehearsing, you can learn from this to make your performance even better.

So it doesn't matter at all if you make a mistake in your rehearsals because you can just remember it when you're presenting and try not to make the same mistake twice.

When you rehearse, try to think about these things like you would when performing in front of an audience.

Think about the volume, diction, eye contact, body language, and pace.

Basically, when you do your rehearsal, you want to be thinking as if it's the real thing.

You want to try and imagine that the audience is there.

So I will practise presenting my introduction and you will help me ensure that I'm using the checklist below.

Am I thinking about volume, diction, eye contact, body language, and pace? So introduction.

First of all, I'm making sure my body language is right.

I'm gonna be standing with my feet shoulder-width apart.

I have my shoulders back and my chin up.

I'm going to be looking into the camera because that's where my audience is so that I've got the correct eye contact.

Introduction, a healthy lifestyle is very important for both children and adult, so I made a mistake there with adults.

That's okay 'cause it's rehearsal so I'm just gonna say it again.

And adults to live long healthy lives.

Educating children about how to perform, about how to improve.

Hmm, I think I said that a bit too quietly.

I'm actually just gonna say it again.

Educating children about how to improve our lifestyle is vital to ensure we are as healthy as we can be.

Oh, I've just seen this word and I hadn't practised it, so I'm just gonna practise it now in my rehearsal, throughout.

Okay, throughout this report, you will understand what it means to have a healthy diet and why exercise and sleep are so important.

Read on to find out more about this important topic that is widely-discussed around the world.

So when I was presenting this, did you notice if my volume was correct? Did I pronounce my words correctly? Was the diction right? Did I maintain eye contact? I really tried to look in the camera as much as possible.

Did my body language still stay looking confident as it did at the beginning when I was really trying to make sure I had the correct body language? And was my pace okay? Did I speak too quickly or too slowly? Thank you for helping me check.

It is now time for you to present the introduction and the first section of your non-chronological report.

So you need to speak at a volume that ensures all members of the audience can hear you.

Speak with clear diction so your audience can understand every word you say.

Make eye contact with audience members in order to form connections with them as you speak.

Use strong body language to convey the information confidently and speak at a slow and clear pace.

Pause the video now and off you go presenting your introduction and first section.

Okay, welcome back everybody.

Well done.

Did you remember to do all of the points on the checklist? Did you speak at a volume that everyone could hear you? Did you speak with clear diction so your audience understood everything? Did you make eye contact with the audience members? Was your body language strong and confident? And did you speak at a slow and clear pace? If you did, really well done.

But if you didn't, you can pause the video now and have another go.

Okay, now it's time I'm going to practise presenting my second section.

And again, you are going to help me ensure that I'm using all of the checklists and thinking about all of the checklist below.

So body language, shoulders back, chin up, eye contact.

I'm making sure I'm looking in the camera as much as I can and I'm trying really hard to not speak too fast or too slow.

How important is exercise and sleep? It is important to take part in regular exercise because it, I hadn't practised this word, so I'm just going to say it bit slowly.

I'm just gonna say it slowly.

This time strengthens because it's my rehearsal, I can do this because it strengthens muscles and it keeps a person's heart working properly.

Additionally, exercise releases 'feel good', chemicals like endorphins and serotonin.

Children should aim for 60 minutes of moderate physical activity a day.

But this does include playtime.

Scientists suggest that children should have nine to 12 hours of sleep every night to improve brain, brain preformance, preformance, performance, mental health, and immune systems. You'll notice I made a mistake at the end when I said performance, preformance instead of performance.

But that's okay.

That's what rehearsals are for.

Thank you for helping me check that I was using and thinking about everything in the checklist.

It is now time for you to present your second section and the conclusion of your non-chronological report.

So just like last time, speak at in volume that ensures everyone can hear you.

Speak with clear diction so the audience can understand you.

Make eye contact, connect with your audience, try and use strong and confident body language and speak at that slow and clear pace.

So pause the video now and off you go saying the final two sections of your report.

Well done everybody.

So just think about how you just presented your report.

Did you remember to do all of these? Did you speak at a volume so everyone could hear you? Did you speak with clear diction and to pronounce every word correctly.

Did you make eye contact? Could you see into the eyes of your audience members? Was your body language strong and confident? And did you speak at a slow, clear pace? I'm sure you all did brilliantly.

So really, really well done today and well done across this whole unit.

You've worked so hard.

Here's a summary of our learning today.

Presenting involves speaking in front of and listening to others.

Effective presenting involves using appropriate volume, speaking with clear diction, making eye contact with the audience, and using strong body language when speaking.

Speaking at a calm and slow pace helps the audience track what we're saying.

Some words are tricky to say.

By identifying these words and rehearsing them, we can make it easier to pronounce them with clear diction when it comes to presenting.

Well done everybody.