Project A: talk about Heroes

Final project - Quiet Heroes
You are going to find out more about people you admire, but about whom not very much is known. They are ‘Quiet Heroes’.

  1. You can choose up to a maximum of three people you admire who have done/or who are making small changes (so not famous sports people or celebrities).
    Do some internet research and find people of different ages/abilities/nationalities so that you can contrast and compare.
  2. You are going to give a talk to your class.
  3. Prepare your Powerpoint presentation and your talk for your class.
    Use the three parts of your presentation to reinforce your message:
  4. Practice your presentation with your partner. Then give your talk to your class.
    Your talk should include a maximum of 5 slides, and should last no longer than three minutes.

Look down and see how your presentation will be judged.

  Good Sufficient Insufficient
Organisation Information is presented in a logical, attractive sequence. Information is mostly presented in a logical, attractive sequence. Information is not presented in a logical, attractive sequence.
Content Interesting, clear information. Information is mostly interesting. Some was already known. There was not much that was of interest in this presentation.
Speaker style Speaks clearly and at an understandable pace. Maintains eye contact with audience. Well-rehearsed. Mostly speaks clearly and a good pace. Mostly keeps eye contact. Has rehearsed a bit. Mostly unintelligible. Does not maintain eye contact. Has not rehearsed.
Language The vocabulary use is very good and the sentence structure is good. Complex sentences are attempted, but not always correct. The vocabulary use is fairly good and the sentence structure is good. Attempts one or two complex sentences. The vocabulary use is not very good, neither is the sentence structure. Does not attempt complex sentences.