ESC 105--Physical Geography


Oral Presentation Guidelines

Purpose: present a 4-7 minute oral analysis of a on-line journal article relating to course topics.  Choose the article and date you want to present at Physical Geography On Line Articles and sign up in class.  Presentation times are assigned on a first come first serve basis.  No more than two presentations will occur on any date

Evaluation: The presentation counts for 10% of the final course grade. I will assess how well you cover the three main points below.  Note that the second part of the presentation has 4 subheadings. 

Each presentation will have three parts:

1) You must have a clear introduction stating your name, the article's title, the author, and the journal it appeared.  "Hello, my name is x, today I'm going to talk about article x by Mary x.  This article appeared in the x on-line journal."

2) Now give the main body of the presentation.  This section will consist of four parts and should take up 80% of the presentation:  

  1. What is the main purpose of the article?  
  2. Where does this article take place?  Use the map in front of the classroom or use your own transparency map.
  3. Summarize the article. How does this article relate to course content?  Mention specific concepts discussed in lecture or found in the textbook.
  4. Why is the article important?

The audience should always know which of the four points above you are discussing.

3) a clear conclusion summarizing your presentation's most important points. "In this presentation I discussed article x by Mary x, the most important feature of this article is x."  This is the section to insert any personal opinion you have about the article like, "How could you put such a dumb article on the list?" Or this article relates to my life in that ...."

In addition to these points I will evaluate voice projection, eye contact, and how well you stay within a 4-7 minute time limit.

 

 

DESIRED GRADE:

  

90-100

  

80-89

  

70-79

  

Below 70
 

 

 

Grading Criteria

  

< 2 diction or grammar errors; >50% eye contact; voice clearly heard from the back of the classroom;

stayed within time limit;

talk organized according to the three sections mentioned above.

Minimal delays in presentation;

attractive, legible graphics clearly contributing to the presentation.  Left graphics on screen long enough for audience to view.  Pointed to most important part of  graphics to audience 

two OUTSIDE references consulted; you directly refer to these references in the presentation and present me with TYPED citations at the end of your talk.

 

  

3-4 diction or grammar errors, 25%-50% eye contact; voice heard from the back of the classroom;

stayed within time limit;

talk organized according to the three sections mentioned above;

Minimal delays in presentation

attractive, legible graphics clearly contributing to the presentation.  Left graphics on screen long enough for audience to view.  Pointed to most important part of  graphics to audience 

 >4 diction and grammar errors, <25% eye contact, difficulty in seeing and hearing presentation;

 went over or under time limit;

talk missing a key section (for example, no conclusion or no reference to a map)

graphics unrelated to the presentation, too small to see

 >4 diction and grammar errors, <10% eye contact, difficulty in hearing and seeing presentation; 

went over or under time limit;

talk missing a key section (for example, no conclusion or no reference to a map)

graphics unrelated to the presentation, too small to see

 

The template I'll use in assessing you grade is below.

Item Grading Criteria
1. Complete Introduction yes                                                       no
2. Stated Purpose yes                                                       no
3. Showed where article took place yes                                                       no
4.Related concepts in article to course content?  yes                                                       no
5. Discussed why article is  important  yes                                                       no
6. Followed points 2-5 in order  yes                                                       no
7. Complete conclusion   yes                                                       no
8. Eye Contact >75% 50-75% 25-50% <25%
9. Voice easy to hear<----------------------->difficult to hear
10. Presence enthusiastic<----------------------->zombielike
11. Graphics effective, attractive <------->too small, superficial use
12. References mentioned in presentation                  not mentioned
Overall, this presentation is outstanding 98, excellent 92, very good 88, good 84, above average 78, average 75, below average 70, poor 65, horrible 50
 

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