Today we started the “Me in a Bag” speeches. Before the presentations began, however, we did the following set up:
Rationale
Productive classroom environments are embedded within the teacher’s personality. The more you can develop powerful communication skills, the more able you will be to reach all learners in your classroom. This speech should help you develop your skills as a classroom orator.
Criteria for Assessment
We’re using the 5 Ps (+1) of Powerful Presentations to assess each speaker’s performance. This is a tool that you can use with middle school speakers to help them remember – the 5 Ps serve as a mnemonic – how to deliver a great speech.
Here’s the file: 5 P’s of Powerful Presentations
Partners Rehearsal
We used the A/B Partners strategy to rehearse the speeches.
Delivering the Speeches
The As went with me down to the basement while the Bs stayed with Shep upstairs. The speeches were enjoyable and will be finished up on Wednesday. Please remember to bring your flash drive so you can take away a copy of your speech for analysis. We’ll go in detail on how to analyze your speech next lesson.
I think we were all pleased that no one’s bag contained as many items as the bags shown in these Flickr images:
‘Til Wednesday,
Lawrence