34 PLAN A PLAYGROUND
ePresentation
Project Portfolio P
Speaking & Listening Connection
Summarizing & Presenting
Display the website you selected for today’s instruction. Explain that good
presentation skills involve summarizing the main ideas and supporting
details rather than reading word for word what is displayed to the audience.
Model how to summarize the website by identifying the main idea and
supporting details of a paragraph. Then model how to present the
website’s information without a word-for-word reading.
Guide students in practicing presenting the website in their own words.
1. Finalize Slide Visuals
Have project teams finish locating and adding visuals to their slides. Tell
students to think critically about visuals and include only the ones that will
add to—not distract from—their presentations. Support as needed.
PROGRESS CHECK While teams are adding visual information, review the
Opinion Writing Assessment Guide (p. 41) with each team to ensure they
are working toward expectations.
2. Plan & Rehearse
Have each team plan their presentation. Have them review their proposal
content, summarize the information, decide how it will be displayed visually,
and prepare their concluding statement. Have the teams make sure that
each team member participates in the presentation in some way.
PROGRESS CHECK While teams are completing their slides, review the
Presentation Assessment Guide (p. 42) with each team to ensure they
are working toward expectations.
WHOLE CLASS 10
Mins
PROJECT TEAM 15
Mins
PROJECT TEAM 15
Mins
Present
Day 12
Have students
summarize the main
ideas and supporting
details of their slides,
rather than reading
word for word what
is displayed to the
audience.
PREPARE FOR DAY 13
• Review slide presentations, checking for problems that will make the slides
difficult to read or understand. Provide feedback so that students can address
these issues.
• Have all equipment and materials available for any last-minute revisions.
To help
students practice
summarizing, ask
individual students
to summarize
information from
their Research
Logs.