TED Prep Day 2- Presentation Skills, MLA Formatting Check

REMINDER:  Your final draft of your Senior Thesis is DUE on WEDNESDAY at 9:30am.  Please turn all papers in via email/sharing to your Humanities teacher, AND put a printed copy in the inbox on Lori's desk.  Check the rubric for all submission guidelines.

ASHLEY'S STUDENTS:  If you have an email from me, go to the document, and put your research question into it.  Do it NOW.

8:30-10:30- Meet in Commons
Starter
Debrief of homework (student example notes).

1. What did you see that you want to imitate?
2. What did you see that you could improve on?
3. What hooks were most effective?
4. How did they cultivate the audience?
5. Based on what you saw, develop a list of 3 recommendations.  Share it with two other people.

Bill Gates Crapometer and Awesomatron

1. Watch this video: Present Like Steve Jobs
2. Now, read and annotate the blog article here:  Bill Gates vs. Steve Jobs.  Fill out the graphic organizer.
3. Now, read this and explore the links:  The Transformation of Bill Gates as a Presenter
4. Fill out the graphic organizer on your handout
5. Share your focus points with two other people

Making Presentations in the TED Style
Read the article linked above, and pick one of the talks described to watch.  Take notes on...

1. Why you chose that style?
2. What stood out to you about this talk?
3. What do you want to imitate from this talk?
4. 2-3 specific ideas that you got from this talk.

Have this ready to go after lunch.

Work Time and Senior Class Photo
If you need to conference with Lori, sign up on the board in her room.

LUNCH 11:30-12:30

12:30-1:30- Back in Commons
TED Style Debrief
Get in groups of 4.  Discuss the answers to the TED Style questions.

MLA Formatting Check
Walk through the MLA Formatting Checklist with Lori (guess where you can find this...).

1:30-2:30- Work Time and Calculus
If you need to conference with Lori, sign up on the board in her room.

HOMEWORK:
Finish that paper!  Get it proofread, done, finished.  Make sure that when you print, you print double-sided!

See you at 9:30 tomorrow morning in the Commons.