Presenting a non-chronological report about Portia spiders | English

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What is an audience?
- a group of people who perform on stage
- a group of people playing
- a group of people who watch or listen to something ✓
What does P.A.L.L. stand for?
- Purpose, Audience, Language, Layout ✓
- People, Audience, Language, Layout
- People, Audience, Lessons, Layout
What should an audience do when they are watching a performance?
- listen to the performance ✓
- play on their tablet
- watch the performance ✓
- speak to their neighbour
Which of these subject-specific words would be found in a non-chronological report about the Portia spider?
- arachnid ✓
- predator ✓
- slowly
- cunning
- habitat ✓
Which of these words are decodable using phonics?
- who
- was
- hunt ✓
- people
- stuck ✓
When reading aloud, what should you do when you see a full stop?
- speed up
- pause and take a breath ✓
- speak louder
- speak more quietly

When presenting, what should you not think about?
- body language
- volume
- handwriting ✓
- pace
Strong body language includes...
- standing with feet shoulder-width apart. ✓
- facing the wall.
- standing with our shoulders back. ✓
- standing with our chin up. ✓
- looking at our feet.
______ refers to the speed at which we speak. We should try not to speak too quickly or too slowly.
- volume
- pace ✓
- body language
- eye contact
Order the stages of the presenting process.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  writing the content
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  rehearsing the content
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  presenting the content
Match the key aspects of successful presenting to their definitions.
- volume
  
  ⇔
  
  how quiet or loud a sound or voice is ✓
- pace
  
  ⇔
  
  the speed at which we speak ✓
- diction
  
  ⇔
  
  pronouncing all our words clearly ✓
- eye contact
  
  ⇔
  
  looking audience members in the eye ✓
- body language
  
  ⇔
  
  our posture, stance and gestures that help convey meaning ✓
Which is true? When reading from notes on a piece of paper in a presentation, you should...
- stare down at the paper.
- fiddle loudly with the paper.
- not use the notes at all.
- look up at the audience as much as possible. ✓

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Presenting involves speaking in front of others and listening to others.
Presenting involves speaking with clear diction and suitable volume, making eye contact and using strong body language.
Practising pronouncing tricky words helps develop clear diction when presenting.
Rehearsing helps the presenter to speak more confidently and fluently.
Pauses at the end of sentences can help the audience follow what is being said.

Pupils may speak very quickly, quietly and not look up from their page when presenting their report.

Techniques for effective presenting are explicitly identified, explained and modelled throughout both learning cycles.

Presenting - involves speaking in front of others and listening to others
Rehearsing - when you practise something before you perform in order to get better at it
Diction - involves pronouncing words clearly
Eye contact - involves looking into the eyes of the people in our audience
Body language - how we use our posture and gestures to communicate meaning and feelings