Great Expectations Interactive Oral Presentation Assignment: Your final summative assessment for Great Expectations will be an interactive oral group presentation. Your group will present on a cultural topic and provide appropriate contextual connections. Your presentation must: • educate your classmates on the topic assigned. • involve all group members in the preparation and presentation. • actively involve the whole class in the learning. ! Specifics: Group Presentation: Weight: 30 summative points (see rubric) ! Duration: 15 min. Written Response: After each presentation, you will be asked to write a 150-250 word reflection based on the following question: How was your understanding of cultural and contextual considerations of the work developed through the interactive oral? Each piece of reflective writing will be worth 10 points. When it is time to write the first reflective statement, I will provide you with a rubric. ! Topics 1. Charles Dickens (biography and authorial intent) 2. The Industrial Revolution (its effects on social and cultural changes) 3. Dress and etiquette for men and women, courtship and marriage customs, and entertainment 4. Education for poor and wealthy, medical issues (disease, sanitation), and living conditions in the country and city (wages, life expectancy, types of housing) 5. Labor: London jobs, rural jobs, child labor (workhouses, working conditions, laws to control child labor) 6. Transportation (public coaches, railroad, etc.) 7. Religion and moral values Preparation for the oral presentation: When students are given their topics for presentation it will be their responsibility to: o Select appropriate material for the presentation o Organize the material into a coherent structure o Choose a means of presentation and delivery that is suited to the activity and topic Tips: Make sure there is a balance between the cultural and contextual. You need to tie your topic to the book through the use of quotations. Select the most appropriate quotes to demonstrate this connection. Stay away from plot summary. ! ! Make sure that you fulfill the criteria listed on the Assessment sheet (rubric). Rehearse your presentation again and again and time it. You should sound confident, face the audience, make sure to make eye contact throughout the presentation. Notes should only be lightly referred to and not read the whole way through. You should sound interested in your own speech – vary tone and gesture. Avoid being too technological, though simple visual aids and props can be helpful. PowerPoint presentations should be there to refer to and not to rely on. You must fulfill time requirements or you will be penalized. ! Prepare for questions. You may be asked questions at the end of your presentation, so make sure that you come up with a list of possible questions you might be asked and think about the answers. ! Interactive Oral Presentation Rubric A: Knowledge and Understanding of Extract or Work(s) -How much knowledge and understanding does the student show of the work(s) used in the presentation? B: Presentation -How much attention has been given to make the delivery effective and appropriate to the presentation? -To what extent are strategies used to interest the audience (for example, audibility, eye contact, gesture, effective use of supporting material)? C: Cultural -How clear and appropriate is the explanation of the assigned cultural aspect(s)? -How well is cultural aspect presented? 0 The work does not reach a standard described by the descriptors below. Has no connection to text. The work does not reach a standard described by the descriptors below. The work does not reach a standard described by the descriptors below. 1-2 There is little knowledge or understanding of the content of the work(s) presented. Has at least one (1) connection to text. Delivery of the presentation is seldom appropriate, with little attempt to interest the audience. There is little knowledge or understanding of the assigned cultural aspect. 3-4 There is some knowledge and superficial understanding of the content of the work(s) presented. Has at least three (3) connections to text. Delivery of the presentation is sometimes appropriate, with some attempt to interest the audience. There is some knowledge and superficial understanding of the assigned cultural aspect. 5-6 There is adequate knowledge and understanding of the content and some of the implications of the work(s) presented, Must have at least four (4) connections to text. Delivery of the presentation is appropriate, with clear intention to interest the audience. There is adequate knowledge and understanding of the cultural aspect and clear explanation of it. 7-8 There is very good knowledge and understanding of the content and most of the implications of the work(s) presented. Has at least five (5) connections to text. Delivery of the presentation is effective, with suitable strategies used to interest the audience. There is very good knowledge and understanding of the cultural aspect and very clear explanation of it. 9-10 There is excellent knowledge and understanding of the content and the implications of the work(s) presented. Has more than five (5) connections to text. Delivery of the presentation is highly effective, with purposeful strategies used to interest the audience. There is excellent knowledge and understanding of the cultural aspect and exemplary explanation of it. (18-20 points) (Standard) (21-23 points) (24-26 points) (27-30 points)