Book Project: Oral Presentation Outline
**This outline will help you organize the key elements of your oral presentation. The final copy of the oral presentation needs to be TYPED in paragraph form. Your presentation needs to last approximately 5 minutes (no shorter than 4 minutes and no longer than 6 minutes). Practice, Practice, Practice!!!
Paragraph #1: Introduction A. Hook the audience – Start with a question or statement that will grab your audience’s attention. _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ B. Briefly introduce major themes, primary conflicts, and main characters. _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Paragraph #2: Plot Summary – Give a brief summary of major events in novel. 1. _________________________________________________________ 2. _________________________________________________________ 3. _________________________________________________________ 4. _________________________________________________________ 5. _________________________________________________________ 6. _________________________________________________________ 7. _________________________________________________________
Paragraph #3: Personal Review – How do you personally relate to the main character(s), plot, and/or conflict of the novel? Give your personal opinion of the book (What did you like and dislike about the book?). Would you recommend this novel to another person? _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Paragraph #4: Project Explanation - Explain how the physical project connects to the book’s plot and theme(s). Why did you select this project to represent your book? Briefly point out the major parts of your physical project. _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Paragraph #5: Conclusion – Summarize the major theme(s) of the novel and describe how you relate to the theme(s) personally. End presentation with a closing statement about novel. (Suggestion – Use the words “In conclusion, …” to make it clear that you are at the conclusion of your presentation.) _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ **Be prepared to answer questions about book at the end of the presentation.
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