The instructions for both oral and visual presentations are here below:
Y12 Oral Presentation
Instructions for students
STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS:SEMINAR
Achievement Standard English 91102: AS 2.5 Construct and deliver a crafted and controlled oral text Resource title: Perspectives Credits: 3
Achievement
Achievement with Merit
Achievement with Excellence
Construct and deliver a crafted and controlled oral text which develops, sustains, and structures ideas.
Construct and deliver a crafted and controlled oral text using oral language features appropriate to audience and purpose to create effects.
Construct and deliver a crafted and controlled oral text which develops, sustains, and structures ideas convincingly.
Construct and deliver crafted and controlled oral text using oral language features appropriate to audience and purpose to create convincing effects.
Construct and deliver crafted and controlled oral text which develops, sustains, and structures ideas effectively.
Construct and deliver crafted and controlled oral text using oral language features appropriate to audience and purpose to command attention.
Introduction This assessment activity requires you to construct and deliver a persuasive seminar on an issue or idea arising from a text you may have studied
=or arising from articles or poetry or stories given to you by your teacher or from something you have read yourself. The idea is to look at current affairs of importance or some big picture issues about the way people live their lives. || Possible Topics: Some examples of the kinds of issues that might give rise to interesting and debatable discussions are: Free speech – and the difficulties between your right to say whatever you like and the way others may see your free speech as “hate speech” or inciting revolution or verbal bullying. The rights of women are being eroded by women themselves – this could be a discussion of what women’s rights are, how they were necessary, how they can be abused and why there might be an attack on these. How some see a beauty contest as degradation of women whereas others see it as their “right” to choose to be part of a celebration of beauty. The American gun culture – a focus on rights of citizens and the opposite view that guns in society encourage tragedies such as the Sandy Hook massacre. You could link this to calls to arm NZ police. War –is a necessity to defend your values and way of life OR an unspeakably devastating horror now totally outdated as a way to deal with conflict. Writing and Reading are vital skills in a modern world Words have power, beyond our imagination, to change the world.
|| You must check with your teacher before preparing and presenting your topic that you have a valid, acceptable issue. Your seminar will need to be at least four minutes in length so it is best to plan to have a five minute speech which ensures you will be within the time limit. Task This task comprises four parts:=
Choose a key issue or idea from a text you have studied or read and brainstorm possible perspectives on your chosen topic.
Construct a seminar outlining various perspectives on the topic.
Incorporate appropriate oral language features.
Deliver your seminar.
Part 1: Choose an issue Choose an issue or idea from a text you have studied / texts or articles you have read this year that will enable you to demonstrate your understanding of this from at least two perspectives. Use the text ( novel / article) as a springboard from which to view the topic in a broader context. Brainstorm as many different perspectives as possible,( You may do this in groups in class.) Then individually select the key perspectives to explore. It is VITAL that you: Express your ownviews on the topic you have chosen, and your reaction to the perspectives you are presenting. Your ideas will need to be clearly linked to the topic and provide detailed explanations and evidence.
Part 2: Construct a seminar Develop a structure for your seminar. You will need to include an effective introduction, body, and conclusion. Ensure your seminar is clearly organised and that you select appropriate techniques for your intended audience.
Constructing your seminar The following focusing questions may assist you:
How will I introduce my topic?
How closely will I refer to my text?
Which perspectives will I present, and in what order?
How can I incorporate my own views or reactions?
How has my research into this topic changed, challenged, or expanded my views?
How will I conclude my seminar? What message do I want to leave my audience?
Part 3: Incorporate oral features Use appropriate oral language features in your seminar.
Oral features These include:
direct address to the audience
sound devices such as alliteration
structures such as deliberate repetition, rhetorical questions
choice of words and phrases such as evocative adjectives, puns
figurative language such as similes
humour, analogy, or anecdotes
personal pronouns, colloquialisms (if appropriate to engage your audience)
body language (gestures, facial expressions, stance, eye contact, movement).
Part 4: Present the seminar Present your seminar in a confident and sustained way..
Presenting your seminar Use appropriate oral language features. Show a clear sense of organisation. Include one or more perspectives on an issue. Present ideas that are developed with detailed explanations and evidence. Show how the ideas are clearly linked to the issue. Ensure that the overall effect of both ideas and structure is compelling and integrated.
Year 12 Visual Essay presentation
Some notes and resources to help you with this task
The task requirements:
You are being asked to create a four minute video/ prezi/ other visual presentation that is not a power point.
It must contain visuals and sound
The topic is an ISSUE - something derived from your literature studies this year
or news you have read or viewed or other texts you have read independently
EXEMPLARS
1. From NZQA suggestions
Here is a visual essay on a topic -The America Dream- where the student use voice over but ha shown a fairly advanced degree of manipulating images and uses sound and voice to create clear ideas. Click on the link
The example below by a New Zealand student actually discusses the theme of a novel they have studied in class. This is NOT the best example of what is required for this task but the example shows you how the presentation might be done. Note that this too easily becomes a recorded speech with some visuals in the background.
To gain a strong result you would have to manipulate the visual element much more strongly .
2.
A student's essay based on the novel TheReader . This student was in Year 12 . If you watch this, you should note the fact that he has developed his ideas and discusses these in detail using clips from the film of the novel (starring Kate Winslet) to support what he is describing. Note too that the setting in which he films himself has relevance. Behind him is a bookshelf full of books =strong link to the film where the woman was unable to read and did not possess books. You do not have to film yourself speaking. You could simply add the voice over without appearing but you will need visual material onscreen throughout.
The teacher who posted this you tube clip said the following: As a class we studied Bernhard Schlink's novel "The Reader" in preparation for the 2.1 exam. This student wanted to re-package and re-vamp anessay we prepared in class but present it visually, drawing evidence from the film rather than the novel. He submitted this visual essay for assessment against 2.6 and he's given me his permission to share it with this community. The way I see it, the ideas are mature, compelling, persuasive and definitely it has been crafted with control and skill. The use of visual language, especially matching the voice-over with the film clip to exemplify an idea, clearly commands attention.
MY COMMENT - I do not think there is enough visual manipulation for a good grade. The ideas are at Excellence level - the visual manipulation is limited.
Here is one arising out of a study of Hamlet where the student asks the question : How does a person live a moral life? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jmPeOP5UIE This one is sophisticated in presentation elements as well as depth of ideas. It is not perfect. Note the words on screen and music tell the story but do not have a voice over. The voice over can become too overbearing. A Visual presentation is a focus on the VISUAL used to present ideas in depth but there must be some verbal element.
Here is a copy of the visual presentation using a drawing hand - This one is about Sea World and the use of captive Orcas to entertain people.
Y12 Oral Presentation
Instructions for students
STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS: SEMINAR
Achievement Standard English 91102: AS 2.5
Construct and deliver a crafted and controlled oral text
Resource title: Perspectives Credits: 3
This assessment activity requires you to construct and deliver a persuasive seminar on an issue or idea arising from a text you may have studied
=or arising from articles or poetry or stories given to you by your teacher or from something you have read yourself. The idea is to look at current affairs of importance or some big picture issues about the way people live their lives. || Possible Topics:
Some examples of the kinds of issues that might give rise to interesting and debatable discussions are:
Free speech – and the difficulties between your right to say whatever you like and the way others may see your free speech as “hate speech” or inciting revolution or verbal bullying.
The rights of women are being eroded by women themselves – this could be a discussion of what women’s rights are, how they were necessary, how they can be abused and why there might be an attack on these. How some see a beauty contest as degradation of women whereas others see it as their “right” to choose to be part of a celebration of beauty.
The American gun culture – a focus on rights of citizens and the opposite view that guns in society encourage tragedies such as the Sandy Hook massacre. You could link this to calls to arm NZ police.
War –is a necessity to defend your values and way of life OR an unspeakably devastating horror now totally outdated as a way to deal with conflict.
Writing and Reading are vital skills in a modern world
Words have power, beyond our imagination, to change the world.
|| You must check with your teacher before preparing and presenting your topic that you have a valid, acceptable issue. Your seminar will need to be at least four minutes in length so it is best to plan to have a five minute speech which ensures you will be within the time limit. Task This task comprises four parts:=
- Choose a key issue or idea from a text you have studied or read and brainstorm possible perspectives on your chosen topic.
- Construct a seminar outlining various perspectives on the topic.
- Incorporate appropriate oral language features.
- Deliver your seminar.
Part 1: Choose an issueChoose an issue or idea from a text you have studied / texts or articles you have read this year that will enable you to demonstrate your understanding of this from at least two perspectives.
Use the text ( novel / article) as a springboard from which to view the topic in a broader context.
Brainstorm as many different perspectives as possible,( You may do this in groups in class.) Then individually select the key perspectives to explore.
It is VITAL that you:
Express your own views on the topic you have chosen, and your reaction to the perspectives you are presenting. Your ideas will need to be clearly linked to the topic and provide detailed explanations and evidence.
Part 2: Construct a seminar
Develop a structure for your seminar. You will need to include an effective introduction, body, and conclusion.
Ensure your seminar is clearly organised and that you select appropriate techniques for your intended audience.
Constructing your seminar
The following focusing questions may assist you:
- How will I introduce my topic?
- How closely will I refer to my text?
- Which perspectives will I present, and in what order?
- How can I incorporate my own views or reactions?
- How has my research into this topic changed, challenged, or expanded my views?
- How will I conclude my seminar? What message do I want to leave my audience?
Part 3: Incorporate oral featuresUse appropriate oral language features in your seminar.
Oral features
These include:
- direct address to the audience
- sound devices such as alliteration
- structures such as deliberate repetition, rhetorical questions
- choice of words and phrases such as evocative adjectives, puns
- figurative language such as similes
- humour, analogy, or anecdotes
- personal pronouns, colloquialisms (if appropriate to engage your audience)
- pauses, emphasis
- voice variety (pitch, rhythm, intonation, volume, pace)
- body language (gestures, facial expressions, stance, eye contact, movement).
Part 4: Present the seminarPresent your seminar in a confident and sustained way..
Presenting your seminar
Use appropriate oral language features.
Show a clear sense of organisation.
Include one or more perspectives on an issue.
Present ideas that are developed with detailed explanations and evidence.
Show how the ideas are clearly linked to the issue.
Ensure that the overall effect of both ideas and structure is compelling and integrated.
Year 12 Visual Essay presentation
Some notes and resources to help you with this task
The task requirements:
You are being asked to create a four minute video/ prezi/ other visual presentation that is not a power point.
It must contain visuals and sound
The topic is an ISSUE - something derived from your literature studies this year
or news you have read or viewed or other texts you have read independently
EXEMPLARS
1. From NZQA suggestions
Here is a visual essay on a topic -The America Dream- where the student use voice over but ha shown a fairly advanced degree of manipulating images and uses sound and voice to create clear ideas. Click on the link
http://www.classroom20.com/video/649749:Video:3589The example below by a New Zealand student actually discusses the theme of a novel they have studied in class. This is NOT the best example of what is required for this task but the example shows you how the presentation might be done. Note that this too easily becomes a recorded speech with some visuals in the background.
To gain a strong result you would have to manipulate the visual element much more strongly .
2.
A student's essay based on the novel The Reader . This student was in Year 12 . If you watch this, you should note the fact that he has developed his ideas and discusses these in detail using clips from the film of the novel (starring Kate Winslet) to support what he is describing. Note too that the setting in which he films himself has relevance. Behind him is a bookshelf full of books =strong link to the film where the woman was unable to read and did not possess books. You do not have to film yourself speaking. You could simply add the voice over without appearing but you will need visual material onscreen throughout.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeeNW7I9ugM
The teacher who posted this you tube clip said the following:
As a class we studied Bernhard Schlink's novel "The Reader" in preparation for the 2.1 exam. This student wanted to re-package and re-vamp anessay we prepared in class but present it visually, drawing evidence from the film rather than the novel. He submitted this visual essay for assessment against 2.6 and he's given me his permission to share it with this community. The way I see it, the ideas are mature, compelling, persuasive and definitely it has been crafted with control and skill. The use of visual language, especially matching the voice-over with the film clip to exemplify an idea, clearly commands attention.
MY COMMENT - I do not think there is enough visual manipulation for a good grade. The ideas are at Excellence level - the visual manipulation is limited.
Here is one arising out of a study of Hamlet where the student asks the question : How does a person live a moral life? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jmPeOP5UIE This one is sophisticated in presentation elements as well as depth of ideas. It is not perfect. Note the words on screen and music tell the story but do not have a voice over. The voice over can become too overbearing. A Visual presentation is a focus on the VISUAL used to present ideas in depth but there must be some verbal element.
Here is a copy of the visual presentation using a drawing hand - This one is about Sea World and the use of captive Orcas to entertain people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SotCxN7Xuc