Name(s) ______________________________________________ Class ______ Date ______
Nonverbal Communication Assignment: You (or you and a partner) are to select a nonverbal
communication topic, research it, create a PowerPoint, and present to the class.
FIRST - SELECT A TOPIC
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Functions / Characteristics - complementing, contradicting, etc.
Principles - can’t not communicate, ambiguous, etc.
Abilities - encoding, decoding, regulating or controlling NV communication
Rules - read in clusters, culture specific, etc.
Kinesics (body)
a. Body movement
b. Facial expression
c. Eye contact & gaze
6. Oculesics (eyes) - Lying, flirting, ashamed, etc.
7. Proxemics (space) - Intimate, personal, social, public; territoriality
8. Haptics (touching) - Greeting/departure, playful, ritual, avoidant, etc.
9. Vocalics (paralanguage) - Rate, pitch, volume, etc.; laughter, accents, etc.
10. Environment Ojbectics (artifacts)
11. Chronemics (time) - Dictated by values of a country, how we use time/values, etc.
12. Olfactics (smell) - Smell and memory, moods, etc.
13. Gustorics (taste) - Pleasure, displeasure, spicy, taste blindness, etc. Gender
14. Culture
15. Silence
16. Physical Appearance –
a. Dress (levels: social, business casual, executive, etc.)
b. Body type, skin color, hair, eye color, etc.
c. Physical Attractiveness
17. Microexpressions
18. Metamessages (paralanguage)
19. Handshakes
20. Detecting Lies
21. Color (car, clothes, rooms, offices, house, etc.)
22. Status
23. Seating
24. Media – its role in NV messages
25. Politics – NV role in politics
26. Signs You’ve Overstepped Your Bounds
27. Danger (in general, criminals, prisoners, etc.)
28. Other ______________________________________________________________
SECOND – RESEARCH TOPIC AND CITE SOURCES; CITE GRAPHICS
THIRD – CREATE A POWERPOINT USING YOUR INFORMATION
INFORMATION:
_______ 1. NAME AND DEFINE TOPIC
_______ 2. SCENARIO SHOWCASING ITS USE (can use a hyperlink)
_______ 3. POSITIVE / NEGATIVE – how it helps / hurts communication
_______ 4. INTERESTING FACT
_______ 5. MAKE THE CONNECTION TO YOUR WORLD (your age group)
_______ 6. CORRECT GRAMMAR AND SPELLING
FORMAT:
_______ 7. TITLE = TOPIC – Large and easy to read from a distance
_______ 8. SLIDES – minimum of 6 slides
_______ 9. FONTS = easy to read style and size
_______ 10. COLORS = words and/or graphics contrast with background (easy to see)
FOURTH - PRESENT
_______ 1. Introduce yourself (and partner) and your topic – 15 points
_______ 2. Look at the audience more than you look at the slides – 25 points
_______ 3. DO NOT READ the PowerPoint word for word - 25points
_______ 4. NO GUM – 10 points
_______ 5. FOCUS / APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR – 10 points
_______ 6. Confident, even “catchy,” closing remark(s) – 15 points
RUBRIC – NV COMMUNICATION
INFORMATION
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Name and Define Ah ha! I get it!
Topic
Scenario
Showcasing Its
Use
Positive/Negative
Interesting Fact
Connection to
Your World
FORMAT
Title
Slides
Fonts
Colors
Correct Grammar
and Spelling
Shows it in a
situation –
hyperlink
Explains both a
positive and
negative aspect
Wow factor
3
2
Both not clearly
explained
Only one aspect
is explained
3
2
1
I don’t get it.
Both confusing
or not explained
at all
How this relates to
me and my age
group
4
Large and easy to
read from a
distance
Minimum of 6
4-5 slides
2-3 slides
1-0 slide
Easy to read style
and size
words and/or
graphics contrast
with background
0-1 mistake
2-3 mistakes
4-5 mistakes
6+ mistakes
1
Cannot read it
TOTAL
40 points = 100 A
36 points = 90
32 points = 80
28 points = 70
39 points = 97.5
35 points = 87.5
31 points = 77.5
27 points = 67.5
38 points = 95
34 points = 85
30 points = 75
26 points = 65
37 points = 92.5
33 points = 82.5
29 points = 72.5
25 points = 62.5