Class Presentation and Graphic Organizers

Oral Presentation Outline

Due Date

  • The transcript of your oral presentation is due on Thursday. Slides are not yet due.

Outline

  • An outline template is available in the discussion area.
  • The goal is to determine what you will discuss in your 3-5 minute presentation.
  • The completed outline is due on Thursday to allow time for slide creation over the weekend.

Presentation Opening

All speeches must begin with the following:

"Hello. My name is ____. Today, I'll be talking about ____. What got me interested in my topic was ____. It is important for people to understand this because ____ and why it matters. It affects people's daily lives by ____. It connects to real world issues such as ____. You can see it in school subjects like ____ or in the news when ____. It can help us understand ____ better."

Presentation Content

  • Include background information about your subject.
  • Identify and discuss three key points concerning your subject.

Topic Selection

  • Clearly explain why you chose the topic.

Conclusion

  • Conclude with: "Thank you for listening to my presentation on ____."

Slides

  • Slide formatting will be covered on Thursday, including the cover and last slide.
  • For Thursday, focus on having enough content for a 3-5 minute presentation by completing the template.

Slide Formatting

  • Cover slides will need to be reformatted according to a specific style to be shown on Thursday.

Graphic Organizers

  • Teachers use graphic organizers to teach complex concepts and help students organize thoughts.
  • They are particularly beneficial for visual learners and those with learning disabilities.

Active Reading

  • Identify the main idea of a paragraph or passage.
  • Focus on major and minor details.
  • Major supporting details include examples, reasons, studies, statistics, facts, and figures.
  • Minor details further explain major details, add interesting facts, tell stories, or add repetition.

Summarizing Passages

  • Include the main idea and major supporting details.

Example Paragraph

  • Passage from a psychology class about vivid memories and self-definition by Susan Cross Whitbourne.

Main Idea

  • The formal measure of self-defining memories developed by Bavlov and Singer (2004) involves two steps.

Major Supporting Details

  1. First, participants list 5-10 important, vivid memories with emotional meaning that are linked and frequently thought about.
  2. Then, participants rate these memories along emotional dimensions.

Minor Details

  • Specificity: Highly specific (brief event), non-specific (lengthy episode), or generic (repeated events).
  • Meaning: Integrative (growing emotionally) or non-integrative (no interpretation).
  • Emotions: Positive (happy, proud, interested) or negative (sad, angry, fearful, etc.).

Observations

  • Main idea is usually at the beginning.
  • Major and minor details are often introduced with transition words (first, second, moreover, etc.).
  • College textbooks use graphic organizers like bullets to highlight major and minor supporting details.
  • Minor details can be as meaningful as major ones.

Relationships Between Ideas

  • It's important to understand the relationship between the main idea and supporting details.
  • Graphic organizers are useful study techniques.

Types of Graphic Organizers

  • Venn diagrams, T-charts, mind maps, and flowcharts.

Flowcharts

  • Use boxes and connectors to graph the main idea and supporting details.

Example Flowchart

  • Main Idea: Two steps to formally measure self-defining memories.
  • Major Detail 1: List 5-10 memories.
  • Major Detail 2: Rate those memories according to criteria.
  • Minor Details: Memories are vivid, carry meaning, link to other memories, frequently thought about; criteria are specificity, meaning, and emotions.

Whitbourne's Theory

  • Identities are shaped by life stories as memories of events are incorporated into our sense of self.
  • Self-defining memories are the most vivid and contribute to our overall sense of self.

Graphic Organizers for Essays

  • Mind maps and T-charts are good for brainstorming and outlining essays.
  • Venn diagrams are best for compare and contrast essays.
  • Flowcharts are good for organizing complex passages.

Venn Diagrams

  • Two overlapping circles showing details of subject one, similarities, and details of subject two.

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

  • Using the outline method to learn about Maslow's hierarchy.
  • Fill out the outline as if in a psychology class to study for a test.

Outline Structure

  1. Main Idea: Explain Maslow and his hierarchy in your own words.
  2. Levels 1-5: State the level, give an example.

Comprehension Questions

  1. Based on the article, what can the reader conclude?
  2. Why did the author include the line about anorexics in section three?
  3. Which statement best summarizes Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
  4. Which application of Maslow's theory best aligns with its intended purpose?
  5. What connections do you see between the social determinants of health and Maslow's hierarchy of needs (4 sentences)?

Assignment

  • Complete the outline and answer the five questions in Canvas under "Classwork, graphic organizers, outlines."