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Presenting a non-chronological report about healthy lifestyle

I can present a non-chronological report about healthy lifestyle.

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Year 3

Presenting a non-chronological report about healthy lifestyle

I can present a non-chronological report about healthy lifestyle.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Presenting involves speaking in front of others and listening to others.
  2. Presenting involves speaking with clear diction and suitable volume, making eye contact and using strong body language.
  3. Practising pronouncing tricky words helps develop clear diction when presenting.
  4. Rehearsing helps the presenter to speak more confidently and fluently.
  5. Pauses at the end of sentences can help the audience follow what is being said.

Keywords

  • Presenting - involves speaking in front of others and listening to others

  • Rehearsing - when you practise something before you perform 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

  • Body language - how we use our posture and gestures to communicate meaning and feelings

Common misconception

Pupils may speak very quickly, quietly and not look up from their page when presenting their report.

Techniques for effective presenting are explicitly identified, explained and modelled throughout both learning cycles.

Physically model strong body language, voice projection, diction and eye contact throughout the lesson.
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Lesson video

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6 Questions

Q1.
What is an audience?
a group of people who perform on stage
a group of people playing
Correct answer: a group of people who watch or listen to something
Q2.
Match each term to the correct definition.
Correct Answer:non-chronological report,a non-fiction text that is written out of time order

a non-fiction text that is written out of time order

Correct Answer:biography,a story of someone's life

a story of someone's life

Correct Answer:fictional story,a made-up story about characters who aren't real

a made-up story about characters who aren't real

Correct Answer:diary,a personal record of thoughts, feelings and events

a personal record of thoughts, feelings and events

Q3.
What is included in language choices?
Correct answer: the words, phrases and fronted adverbials chosen
the punctuation chosen
the number of paragraphs written
Q4.
What should an audience do when they are watching a performance?
Correct answer: listen to the performance
play on their tablet
Correct answer: watch the performance
speak to their neighbour
Q5.
Which of these words are decodable using phonics?
who
was
Correct answer: swim
people
Correct answer: drink
Q6.
When reading aloud, what should you do when you see a full stop?
speed up
Correct answer: pause and take a breath
speak louder
speak more quietly

6 Questions

Q1.
When presenting, which one of these will not be a focus?
body language
volume
Correct answer: handwriting
pace
Q2.
Strong body language includes which of these?
Correct answer: standing with feet shoulder-width apart
facing the wall
Correct answer: standing with our shoulders back
Correct answer: standing with our chin up
looking at our feet
Q3.
refers to the speed at which we speak. We should try not to speak too quickly or too slowly.
Correct Answer: Pace, pace
Q4.
Put the stages of the presenting process in the correct order.
1 - writing the content
2 - editing the content
3 - rehearsing the content
4 - presenting the content
Q5.
Match the key aspects of successful presenting to their definitions.
Correct Answer:volume,how quiet or loud a sound or voice is

how quiet or loud a sound or voice is

Correct Answer:pace,the speed at which we speak

the speed at which we speak

Correct Answer:diction,pronouncing all our words clearly

pronouncing all our words clearly

Correct Answer:eye contact,looking audience members in the eye

looking audience members in the eye

Correct Answer:body language,our posture, stance and gestures that help convey meaning

our posture, stance and gestures that help convey meaning

Q6.
Complete the following sentence: 'When reading from notes on a piece of paper in a presentation, you should __________.'
stare down at the paper
fiddle loudly with the paper
not use the notes at all
Correct answer: look up at the audience as much as possible