International Day Speech Purpose: To share with class key points you learned from your research on your country!

For this Assignment, you’ll…. … have 1 ½ to 2 minutes to share with your classmates three key things you learned about your topic. … be giving your audience a summary on just the important answers to your key questions. … create a single PPT slide for your presentation.

Their job was to copy the Torah and to stay pure from evil. The Essenes EXAMPLE SLIDE The Essenes were strict religious Jews who left Jerusalem to live in the desert. Their job was to copy the Torah and to stay pure from evil. They left behind their scrolls in caves where they weren’t found for 2,000 years.

Speeches will be… Thursday, May 3rd,for Boys. Friday, May 4th, for Girls. E-mail your single PPT slide to your LA teacher by Wednesday May 2nd. Enjoy being creative and have fun summarizing all the great things you learned!

Rubric Oral Test Grade: _____/ 16 points BodyLanguage/ Gestures 1 2 3 BodyLanguage/ Gestures Posture is poor, no gestures, and speaker is not confident Speaker’ posture is okay, no gestures included, and/ or speaker is lacking in confidence Speaker is mostly confident and relaxed, posture is okay, gestures are included Relaxed and confident, good posture, uses natural gestures throughout the speech that express the meaning Enthusiasm/ Personality/Voice Speaker is boring and unexciting throughout Speaker shows little enthusiasm throughout, personality is lacking Speaker shows enthusiasm in certain places, the speaker’s personality is obvious in some places Speaker is enthusiastic about the topic; Speaker demonstrates his/ her own personality/ humor Eye Contact Read the entire speech Minimal eye contact, read 50% of the speech Makes eye contact with some of the audience, often looked in the same place, reads small portions from the PPT Eye contact with audience members; Looks around the room, not in the same place continuously; Only glances at PPT. Content Doesn’t summarize three key points from their research paper; speech doesn’t informs audience of any new ideas Attempts to summarize three key points from their research paper; informs audience of ideas learned, but aren’t key ideas Summarizes three key points from their research paper; informs audience of ideas learned Effectively summarizes three key points from their research paper; informs audience of important ideas learned Time Over or under by more than 15 seconds Over or under by 15 seconds Between 1 ½ and 2 minutes long PPT Slide Had no PPT slide Has three points Has three points and is creative Oral Test Grade: _____/ 16 points