PLANNING YOUR PRESENTATION

First steps:  

Read and understand the story.  You have a responsibility to the class and to your group.

Think about your talents, and how you can contribute to the effort.

Consider the wishes and abilities of the others, too. 

Use standards of cooperative interaction.  Students who behave uncooperatively will be excluded from the group, and will do individual written work instead.

Plan to include:  

QUESTIONS: on rising levels of critical thinking

Write 5 questions that cover the main ideas of the episode.  Make sure your audience can learn these points from your presentation!  Click here for help in formulating questions.

A SIGN: Title and Credits

Starring: (actor's name) as (character)  (for each character)

Special thanks to: (script, costumes, etc.)  

A SPOKEN INTRODUCTION: (1 minute long)

Make the audience familiar with the setting and plot, and how your story begins. 

What characters will we meet?  What happens in this episode?  What scene or aspect of it are you going to dramatize?

A PUPPET DRAMA: (5-10 minutes long)

Remember, acting includes voice, gestures, and movement, not only words.

Your drama should make the story understandable, but should not be word-for-word from the book.

Make the spoken parts easy to memorize.  However, you can tape the script behind the stage.

A CONCLUSION:  (1 minute long)

Review what you have shown the audience.  Conclude the episode.  Explain what we should have learned.

Credit the members of the group.  Enjoy your applause!


Take responsibility: Who will be responsible for...

Questions
Sign
Introduction
Script scene one
Script scene two
Script scene three (if included)
Conclusion
Stage direction (action, position, etc.)
Costumes or puppets
Props
Daily clean up
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