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Presenting a non-chronological report about Portia spiders

I can present a non-chronological report about Portia spiders.

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Year 3

Presenting a non-chronological report about Portia spiders

I can present a non-chronological report about Portia spiders.

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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.
What does P.A.L.L. stand for?
Correct answer: Purpose, Audience, Language, Layout
People, Audience, Language, Layout
People, Audience, Lessons, Layout
Q3.
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
Q4.
Which of these subject-specific words would be found in a non-chronological report about the Portia spider?
Correct answer: arachnid
Correct answer: predator
slowly
cunning
Correct answer: habitat
Q5.
Which of these words are decodable using phonics?
who
was
Correct answer: hunt
people
Correct answer: stuck
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, what should you not think about?
body language
volume
Correct answer: handwriting
pace
Q2.
Strong body language includes...
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.
volume
Correct answer: pace
body language
eye contact
Q4.
Order the stages of the presenting process.
1 - writing the content
2 - rehearsing the content
3 - 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.
Which is true? 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.