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

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Speeches will be… Thursday, May 3rd,for Boys.
Friday, May 4th, for Girls.
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!

5. Rubric Oral Test Grade: _____/ 16 points BodyLanguage/ Gestures1 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