Oral Presentation of a Point of View

Year 10 English

Task: Construct a sustained and reasoned point of view on a current event issue.

Current Event Issue: Your own choice of issue from the media, but it must be no more than 6 months old. Choose an issue and then check with your teacher to ensure its validity.

Resources: newscan.com.au (user name: gisc password: issues). This is a comprehensive current event issue indexing service.

Due date: Orals will commence on the set date but will run over a number of lessons before completion. A class ballot will determine the order of each presentation. A digital projector and speaker will be available for each lesson.

Length: 5–8 minutes Oral Presentation of a Point of View

Performance Descriptors V/H High Low V/L N/S 5 4 Med 2 1 0 3 The ability to understand, gather and synthesize ideas and information The ability to construct a sustained coherent and logical argument The ability to present and use appropriate non verbal techniques to support your argument The ability to engage and persuade an audience through interesting and varied language use, and respond to audience interest and engagement

Mark: /20 Comments:

A+ A B+ B C+ C D+ D E+ E UG 20-19 18-17 16-15 14-13 12-11 10-9 8-7 6-5 4 3 2-0

Key knowledge and skills  Strategies for constructing a sustained, coherent and logical argument  To be able to gather and synthesize arguments, evidence and ideas into a logical structure  To be able to recognize and use a range of oral language techniques to persuade an audience in a given context  To be able to identify and use strategies and metalanguage (verbal and non verbal) to position listeners in particular ways  To be able to effectively present to and engage an audience through interesting and varied language use  Respond to audience interest and engagement