Monthly T.U.S.C. Presentations

Hello!

Welcome to the Totally Unique Speaking Club (T.U.S.C.).  Each month, students will select a job from our T.U.S.C. responsibilities.  They will prepare and present a short presentation (1-2 minutes long).  We will select new jobs at the beginning of the month and students will have the remaining days to prepare and practice.  Many people (myself included) find public speaking to be nerve-wracking and difficult.  It is our hope that these mini-presentations will help our students to become more comfortable speaking in front of a group.  It will also give them the opportunity to practice the elements that make a successful speaker (posture, eye contact, steady speed, hand gestures, volume, etc.).  They will be able to apply these new skills later in the year when we participate in the Concours d'art oratoire, a city-wide oratory competition.

Who: students select a job
What: prepare a mini presentation (1-2 minutes); students must hand in their planning sheet and will be evaluated according to the rubric they have received
Where: prepare when finished an assignment early at school and/or at home
When: monthly (September 29th)
Why: to practice and improve public speaking

Here is the job list for September:

Chairperson	Isis	Secretary	Elijah
Ask an Expert	Josie	Basic Needs	Jolene / George
Citizenship Award		Collector	Marina
Commercial	Jackson	Country Spy	Ella
Croc Hunter	Parker	Demonstration
Environmentalist		Historian	Alex
If you knew me	Aldrin	Brainbreak	Aiden
Impromptu speaker	Carter	Investigative reporter
Joker/Riddler	Renée	Movie/TV/Book critic	Saul
Problem Solver		Photo Analyst	Grace
Poet	Kieryn	Pollster
Scientist	Anthony	Speaker’s Corner
Storyteller		Take the Turtle	Matthew
Tech Reporter	Cayden	Telephone Interview	Jake
Weather person		Website evaluator
International news	Joel	Local News
Massey News		National News	Spiro
Sport’s Report	Malachi	Fashion report	Ksenija

Procedural Writing Assignment (Grade 5/6)

Procedural Writing

Over the next few weeks, you will be writing and publishing a procedural text.  
Procedural texts give detailed step-by-step information about a process or procedure. 

Purpose of this unit:

-To practice the writing process
-To practice sequencing information logically
-To incorporate the following language features:
            -appropriate terminology
            -time linking words
            -precise adverbs and adjectives
            -simple present tense
            -appropriate headings
-To incorporate the following organizational features:
            -goal
            -materials
            -method

Step 1: Pre-Writing: DUE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12th
Brainstorm your topic for procedural writing.  Choose a topic that is important to you (e.g. something you like to draw, making a simple craft, etc.).  Complete your graphic organizer. 

Step 2: Revision
Use the “Checklist for Procedural Texts” to make sure that you have included all of the important features.

Step 3: 1^st Draft: DUE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14th
Use your graphic organizer to create a guide to create your first draft of your procedural text.  Your draft will include a sketch of the photo you plan to take as well as the writing you will include. 

Step 4: Editing
Using the “Peer Editing Checklist”, have a peer check your writing.

Step 5: Final Draft DUE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19th

Using feedback from your peer editor, publish a Snapguide free of spelling and grammatical errors that clearly follows the text features and language features of a procedural text.

Step 6: Oral Presentation DUE THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 19th

Practice speaking clearly and at an appropriate volume.  Make sure to look at your audience.  Introduce your topic and end with a conclusion.  (“So, yeah, that’s it” is not an appropriate way to end a presentation.)  Finally, use your Snapguide to present your procedure to the class. 

Evaluation

You will be evaluated on the following:

Grade 5 Outcomes:

CC5.1: Compose and create a range of texts in a variety of ways

CC5.4: Writing process

CC5.3: Presentation (Speaking)

CC5.2: Presentation of Snapguide

Grade 6 Outcomes:

CC6.1  : Create various visual, multimedia, oral, and written texts
CC6.4: Create/present representations that inform, persuade, and entertain
CC6.7: Experiment with a variety of text forms and techniques

CC6.3: Spelling & grammar

CC6.2: Writing process

CC6.4, CC6.6: Presentation of Snapguide