Introduction to

Research &

Presentation

Good Questions & Credible Sources

Public Speaking & Presentation

You will use this for the rest of your life.

Goal: Students will be able to confidently and professionally present a 5-7 minute speech on the topic of their choice, with visual aids.

Speeches must be ready on Feb. 25/26 You will turn in a rough draft of your

speech and Email me a copy of your visual aids

You must include at least 2 outside sources for your research– cited in MLA Format.

Mini Speech Choose 1 Topic/Question

Choose a Group of 7

While standing in front of your group, discuss your question/topic for 60 seconds. You MUST fill up the whole time, even if you are rambling.

You will have 60 seconds to prepare.

•Is cheating getting worse?•Should NFL football players be fined for their personal actions, off the field?•Do great leaders have to be outgoing?•Should students be able to grade their teachers?•Should students be drug tested at schools?•Should the government have say in what’s served in America’s school cafeterias?•Do boys have pressure from the media to have a certain image, like girls do?•Who should teach children to behave– teachers or parents?•What current musicians will be famous 50 years from now?•Is climate change something to worry about?

Reflect- Journal

How did you prepare, if at all? What are your strengths? What are your weaknesses? What freaks you out about

speaking in front of others? What happened to you,

physically, while you were speaking?

Brainstorming Snowball Activity

Write down 5 things you know a lot about.

Write down 2 famous people you’d like to learn more about.

Write 2 diseases/illnesses/disorders

you’d like to learn more about. Write 1 historical event you’d

like to learn more about. Write down 5 things you don’t

understand/know about at all.

Questions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUa1PN4-lfg

Pick 3 topics from the paper you got.

Write 3 questions about each topic.

Make those questions more specific.

What does a specific question look like?

John Lennon

The Beach

ADHD

Who was John Lennon?

What are some fun things to do at the beach?

What is ADHD?

What kind of things did John Lennon do in his life?

How do you surf? What are some symptoms or characteristics of ADHD?

What effect did John Lennon have on other music artists of his day?

How has surfing evolved as a sport over time?

Do vaccines cause ADHD in young children? Why or why not?

Topic

General Question

More specific question

Specific Question or “Big Question”

ResourcesSource Pros Cons

Wikipedia

Blog

Academic Journal

Website of an Organization

Book or Encyclopedia

NEEDS REVISION ********

REVISE FROM THIS POINT ON!

What is a credible source?

-A credible source is a source that can be verified.

-A credible source provides accurate information.

-A credible source is someone who is an expert in their fields.

-A credible source is not trying to persuade or entertain you. They are trying to inform you.

-A credible source gives you the depth you need. It doesn’t just skim over important facts.

Wikipedia is a good place to start, but don’t let that be your final source.

Plagiarism

WRITE DOWN YOUR SOURCES AS YOU GO!!! Don’t let them get lost.

Whenever you take words that you did not come up with, you need to show where you got them from, or you are plagiarizing.

PROJECT

Project will be a presentation about the research you have completed. By the time you present your project, you should be an expert on your topic.

Rubric and Due DatesDue: December 17-18

Oral Presentation Style 10

Research Done 10

Citation of Sources 10

PowerPoint Design and Layout 10

Spelling, Grammar, etc. 10

What Will We Be Learning?

1. Good Questions & Credible Sources

2. Citing Sources3. PowerPoint Presentations

4. Research5. Public Speaking

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