Guide to Powerful Presentations
Student Learning Objectives: After completing these activities students will…
1. Identify strategies to make a presentation engaging and memorable.
2. Plan a presentation that utilizes the strategies they have identified.
Time Required: 15 minutes
Resources: FFA.org-My Journey
Equipment and Supplies Needed:
1. A copy of the “Stand Out Presentations” worksheet for each student.
2. Internet access to play the video in real time or embed it in a PowerPoint ahead of time.
This quick lesson plan would work well as:
1. Part of a public speaking unit.
2. An introduction before assigning a class project/presentation.
These activities are aligned to the following standards:
AFNR Performance Element
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CS.01 Premier Leadership: Acquire the skills necessary to positively influence others.
NASDCTEc
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AGC02.01 Use oral and written communication skills in creating, expressing and interpreting information and
ideas including technical terminology to communicate technical information within AFNR.
Common Core- Speaking and Listening
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.1.C Propel conversations by posing and responding to questions that relate the
current discussion to broader themes or larger ideas; actively incorporate others into the discussion; and clarify,
verify, or challenge ideas and conclusions.
Common Core- Math
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MP3: Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
Partnership for 21st Century Skills
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Communication
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Initiative and Self-direction
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Productivity and Accountability
Lesson Plan:
1. Introduction: Have students share speeches and presentations they liked and ones they didn’t. Discuss what
elements are common between the memorable speeches and those that were not.
2.
3.
Activity: Show the video Make a Presentation Like Steve Jobs. This video is available on the June 2015 Build
page of My Journey. The direct url is: http://youtu.be/RHX-xnP_G5s.
a. Each student needs a copy of the handout “Stand Out Presentations.”
Follow-up: Discuss the strategies outlined in the video, and discuss how they can be applied to small presentations.
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Aligned to the following standards:
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NRS.01; AGPE01.01; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.3; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.1;
RST.9.10.1; RST.9.10.2; RST.9.10.4; RST.9.10.5; RST.9.10.6; RST.9.10.8; RST.9.10.9;
WHST.9.10.7; WHST.9.10.9; MP3; MP6; AG-NR2; HS-LS2-6; HS-LS2-7
Stand Out Presentations
Directions: Watch the video Make a Presentation Like Steve Jobs, available on the June 2015 Build
page of My Journey. While watching the video use this worksheet to take notes, and then identify ways
you can implement these strategies in your next class presentation.
Presentation Tip
Example from the Video
How can you implement this tip
in your next presentation?
Set the theme
Provide the
outline
Demonstrate
enthusiasm
Sell an
experience
Make numbers
meaningful
Make it visual
Give ‘em a show
Rehearse
Give an added
bonus the
audience can
walk away with
Aligned to the following standards:
CS.01; AGC02.01; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.1C; MP3
FFA makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career
success through agricultural education.
Created 05/2015 by the National FFA Organization