Chapter Presentations & Papers

         Each person will be assigned to a group, then each group will be given a topic relevant to the chapter.  The group will prepare and teach a fifteen minute interactive lesson on the assigned topic.  By "interactive lesson,"I mean a lesson that involves all the members of the class.  It may be simply a discussion (though you have to be sure everyone in class participates), or some kind of whole class activity, or some kind of small group activity.  It must involve visual and/or auditory aids. If you plan to do a PowerPoint presentation, I need to know at least two days ahead of time so we can see if the Centel Lab is available.

         The class period after the discussion, each individual will submit a report detailing his/her role in the group's preparation and presentation, and his/her assessment of the participation of the other members of the group.  Give a brief description of your presentation.  How much preparation did the group do?  When and where did you meet?  Who did what in the preparation?  Give a brief overview of what you (the group) taught -- what concepts you covered -- and how you taught them.  How did the presentation go?  Who did what in the presentation?  What went right?  What went wrong?  What would you do differently if you were to do this over?  Did you get your point/points across to the class?  How do you know? 

         I expect you to have a minimum of four fully-developed paragraphs --one that gives the overview of what you taught, how it went and who did what; one that discusses what went right; one that discusses what went wrong; and one that discusses what you would do differently if you could do it over..

         Then, tell me, in a list, what percent  of the work each member of the group did.  The total should equal 100%. 

         Something like this:

George Bush, 22%;

Joe Lieberman, 25%

Al Gore, 36%

Dick Cheney, 17%

         It is imperative that your lesson not run more than 15 minutes.  I will time you and stop you when the timer goes off.  If you aren’t finished when the timer goes off, it will affect your grade.  So, practice.

         Your grade on these papers will be a combination grade reflecting both the quality of the paper and the presentation.  I will grade these with an A through F scale.  The grade criteria are as follows: A = Excellent/Superb; B = Better than Average, goes beyond the requirements; C = Meets the requirements, but doesn’t go beyond them; D = Doesn’t meet the requirements, but shows some effort; F = shows little to no engagement in the assignment.