PowerPoint Presentation –After reading a book

Design, Content & Delivery

A good presentation needs…

• A nice Design• Engaging Content• Positive Delivery

This presentation borrows ideas from http://www.slideshare.net/paulwill/powerpoint-for-teachers

A NICE DESIGN

Would you rather look at this…?

PAUL HAS A DOG

• PAUL HAS A DOG• HIS DOG IS CALLED THOR• THOR IS A FOX TERRIER

…Or this?

THOR

Simple Design => Easier to

Understand

REMEMBER WHAT YOUR TASKS ARE:

1. Writing a summary of the book you have read

2. Providing basic data about the most important characters

3. Giving your opinion about the book

•DOs AND DON’Ts IN

PRESENTATION DESIGNS

DOs

Drip-feed text

If your story is complex, use diagrams

(Carla Ramos did a wonderful job using them!)

THE PORTRAIT OF DORIAN THE PORTRAIT OF DORIAN GRAYGRAY

Basil Hallward (painter)

Dorian Gray

Lord Henry

Wotton Be

st

frien

ds

PAINTING(Really important

for Basil)

Become friends

• Fears old age• “If only I could stay

young, while the picture grew old”

Dorian Gray

Meets

Sybil Vane (actress)

Fall in

love

• Mysteriously kills herself

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CONTINUED CONTINUED BAD

STORIES about Gray

Hallward asks Dorian about

them

Aggressive attitude

Kills Basil Hallward

GrayDestroys the body

Destroys his picture

(troubles)

He screams out; HE’S

DEAD!

15

MAKE YOUR PPT MEDIA RICH

CHOOSE ENGAGING PICTURES

DON’Ts

Avoid too much writing & writing too small !!

• It was one of those summery days when the air is heavy and warm and nobody wants to do very much. Jonathan and Robbit were resting on top of one of Moley's hummocks, relaxing and watching the rest of the world go by. Jonathan could feel the sun's warmth through his shell and it was making him feel comfortable and drowsy. He wriggled contentedly. Last night, before he'd gone to bed, Jonathan had taken off his shell and given it a special polish, and this morning it gleamed in the sunlight. Beside him on the soft warm molehill, Robbit lay on his back, his paws behind his head, gazing up at the clear blue sky, thinking about things in his own rabbity way.

• "Why do nettles have stings?" He asked suddenly • Jonathan had just begun to doze off, and woke with a start • "Why do nettles have what?" He asked, not quite awake. • "Stings," Robbit scratched one of his ears in a comfortable, absent-minded

sort of way. • Jonathan pondered, his head tilted to one side as he thought. • "I suppose," He said eventually, "They have stings so nobody will eat them." • "That's silly," Said Robbit, "Nobody'd want to eat a rotten old nettle, anyway:

they're all tough and stringy."

DO NOT WRITE EVERY WORD YOU WANT TO SAY!!

• People tend to put every word they are going to say on their PowerPoint slides. Although this eliminates the need to memorise your talk, ultimately this makes your slides crowded, wordy, and boring. You will lose your audience's attention before you even reach the bottom of your....

!!

• [Continued] first slide.

CHECK YOUR SPELLING!!

• Many people do not run spell cheek before

showing their presentation - BIG

MISTAK!!! Nothing makes you look

stupider then spelling erors.

•Avoid •Excessive •Bullet-pointing.

•Only•Bullet•Your•Key•Points.

•Too Many •Bullet-points

•And•Your •Key

•Messages•Will•NOT•Stand•Out.•In-fact

•The

•Term•Bullet-point

•Comes•From

•People

•Firing

•At•Annoying

•Presenters.

•Guns

CONTENT

TASK 1: SUMMARY OF YOUR BOOK

SUMMARY STRUCTURE

1.BASIC DATA1. Title2. Author3. Main facts

2.SUPPORT SENTENCES1. Support sentence 12. Support sentence 23. Support sentence 34. …

3.CONCLUSION

1.1 BASIC DATA

• In The Canterville Ghost, Oscar Wilde

tells the story of a rich American family

who buy a mansion in

England. In this house

there is a ghost.

Provide title of the book Mention author

Set

the

stor

y

Or even better…

• Oscar Wilde

An American family A haunted house

Support Sentence 1

• The ghost, Sir Simon de Canterville, killed

his wife and was starved to death by his

brothers-in-law.

Support Sentence 2

• Surprisingly, the Otis are not scared by the

ghost and this creates

funny situations.

Support sentence 3

• Sir Simon de Canterville gets really

depressed.

Conclusion

• In the end, Virginia Otis pities Sir Simon and helps him die.

TASK 2: DESCRIBING THE MAIN CHARACTERS

Describing characters

• Describe them physically• Describe their character• Provide at least one important

action

VIRGINIA OTIS

• Physical description:Virginia is a fifteen year old American girl.She is less superficial than

the rest of her family and takes Sir Simon seriously. She saves his soul and understands life and death.

VIRGINIA OTIS (even better)

• fifteen year old • takes Sir Simon

seriously • Saves his soul

TASK 3: PERSONAL OPINION

Personal opinion

• I would recommend you to read this book because I have enjoyed it a lot.

DELIVERY

HAVING THE FLOOR IS GOOD

ENGAGING YOUR AUDIENCE IS BETTER!

Presenter Engaged audience

ADDRESS YOUR AUDIENCE. ASK QUESTIONS!

Oscar Wilde lived…

• Before Christ• The 12th century• The 17th century• The 19th century

Who is who?Lord

Canterville

Virginia

One of the Otis

twins

Washington Otis

Have a Definite EndingFinal Tip

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR NEXT PRESENTATION!!