01 Dec Write ?your opening sentence and your thesis statement here
write your opening sentence and your thesis statement here!
Introduction
Conclusion
powerpoint only 9 slides, not too much writing just important points should be mentioned.
Rubric for PowerPoints
Please check off where your PowerPoint is on each criterion in this rubric
and submit it with your assignment
Criteria |
Excellent |
Not yet excellent |
Not yet satisfactory |
Few words per slide, any art or graphics are relevant, and professional (slides are a backdrop to what you say, not substituting for what you say) |
Few words per slide, and art is relevant and professional |
Few words in some slides, or some art is not professional |
Most/all slides wordy, or much of the art is not professional |
Type size is a minimum of 32 points even in graphics Font type is the same throughout the presentation |
Type size is a minimum of 32 points even in graphics Font type is the same throughout the presentation |
Type size is a minimum of 32 points even in graphics in most slides or font type is the same throughout the presentation in most slides |
Type size is a minimum of 32 points even in graphics, in few slides or font type is the same throughout the presentation in few slides |
Bulleted lists are prepared in parallel construction (see your Manual) |
Bulleted lists are prepared in parallel construction |
Some bulleted lists are prepared in parallel construction |
Few bulleted lists are prepared in parallel construction |
All slides lead to main point the presenter wants to make |
All slides lead to main point the presenter wants to make |
Some slides lead to main point the presenter wants to make |
Few slides lead to main point the presenter wants to make |
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Welcome!! PowerPoint and
presentation skills!
Let’s go BACK in time:
Remember YOUR “why”!
WHY were Why were your topic
and your research question
important to YOU?
What SERVICE did you want to perform by conducting this research?
How can you best tell that “story,” and the “story” of what you learned?
What “story” will YOU tell about YOUR topic?
STOP AND JOT IT DOWN – you will need it!
Stories:
Your story will be like a story for children in some ways!
It will: • lay out the problem your research wanted to
mitigate or solve • give information you learned about the problem
from the research • end with your recommendation BASED on the
research
It will: – lay out the problem your research wanted to mitigate or solve – give information you learned about the problem from the research – end with your recommendation BASED on the research
Oh wow!!! Doesn’t that sound a LOT like the discussion section you just wrote???
Hmmmm
I think it does!
You just need to turn that into an impactful presentation!
HOW???
First, let’s make sure your PowerPoint has IMPACT (leads to action)
Presentation Action
Your presentation needs to tell YOUR “story”
in a way that makes people want to take some form of action as a result.
Now, let’s see HOW you can tell it BEST!
1st prize
Watch a video!
APA PowerPoint Design
What do these have in common?
H. A. T. S.
H. A. T. S.
• Headings – for easy navigation
H. A. T. S.
• Headings – for easy navigation
• Access – for finding and understanding
• Typeface – for ease of reading
H. A. T. S.
• Headings – for easy navigation
• Access – for finding and understanding
• Typeface – for ease of reading
• Space – for effective document design
H. A. T. S.
• Headings – for easy navigation
• Access – for finding and understanding
• Typeface – for ease of reading
• Space – for effective document design
Let’s take a look!
Compare the 4 following slides
They have the SAME exact words!
1. Pay attention to: Headings to promote easy navigation Access to promote the finding and understanding of information Typography to promote ease of reading and clear levels of information hierarchy Space to promote effective document design
2. Pay attention to headings to promote easy navigation, access to promote the finding and understanding of information, typography to promote ease of reading and clear levels of information hierarchy, and space to promote effective document design.
3. Pay attention to: Headings to promote easy navigation Access to promote the finding and understanding of information Typography to promote ease of reading and clear levels of information hierarchy Space to promote effective document design
4. Pay attention to:
Headings to promote easy navigation
Access to promote the finding and understanding of information
Typography to promote ease of reading and clear levels of information hierarchy
Space to promote effective document design
Below they are featured on a single slide
Which is hardest, and which is easiest to read, and WHY?
1. Pay attention to: Headings to promote easy navigation Access to promote the finding and understanding of information Typography to promote ease of reading and clear levels of information hierarchy Space to promote effective document design
3. Pay attention to: Headings to promote easy navigation Access to promote the finding and understanding of information Typography to promote ease of reading and clear levels of information hierarchy Space to promote effective document design
4. Pay attention to:
Headings to promote easy navigation
Access to promote the finding and understanding of information
Typography to promote ease of reading and clear levels of information hierarchy
Space to promote effective document design
2. Pay attention to headings to promote easy navigation, access to promote the finding and understanding of information, typography to promote ease of reading and clear levels of information hierarchy, and space to promote effective document design.
Slides are a backdrop to your words
Slides are a backdrop to your words
Your slide
Slides are a backdrop to your words
Your slide
YOU!
Slides almost NEVER need to stand alone
Slides almost NEVER need to stand alone
*yawn*
They need YOU to tell the story
GAME! Compare slides
• Look at the following 3 pairs of slides
GAME! Compare slides
• Look at the following 3 pairs of slides
• For each pair, identify the ways in which the second one is a “slam dunk” (or better)?
Our 20th President
• PDie He served as president for only 6 months, from March 4, 1881, until his assassination later that year
James A. Garfield
20th U.S. President
6-month term
3/1881 to
9/1881 (assassinated)
James A. Garfield
H.A.T.S.
Headings
Access
Typeface
Space
H.A.T.S.
Headings
Access
Typeface
Space
The Apes of Africa
• The following presentation is about the apes of Africa.
• It looks at the differences in ape behavior depending on their gender.
• It explores the cause of the reduction in ape population.
Apes of Africa
• differences in behavior by gender
• cause of reduction in population
What did you notice about the 2nd
slide in each pair?
Be “LEAN and MEAN!!!”
Be “LEAN and MEAN!!!”
• LESS isMORE!
Be “LEAN and MEAN!!!”
• LESS isMORE!
• Each word costs you…
Be “LEAN and MEAN!!!”
• LESS isMORE!
• Each word costs you !
Font sizes
Which do you think is the smallest everyone can reasonably see
44 point
40 point
36 point
32 point
28 point
24 point
20 point
A
B
C
D
E
F G
Font sizes 44 point
40 point
36 point
32 point
28 point
24 point
20 point
A
B
C
D
E
F G
Your answer may have been different!
Please do not go below this anyway!
Parallel Construction
Which of these sets of lines is parallel?
A
B
C
D
Puppies are
1. Cute 2. Frisky 3. I love them
Which is NOT parallel?
Puppies are 1. Cute 2. Frisky 3. I love them
Can you fix it?
Puppies are 1. Cute 2. Frisky 3. Lovable
Patient factors in medical care
1. Type of insurance 2. Is the doctor qualified 3. Pre-existing conditions
Which is not parallel?
Patient factors in medical care
1. Type of insurance 2. Is the doctor qualified 3. Pre-existing conditions
Can you fix it?
Patient factors in medical care
1. Type of insurance 2. Doctor qualifications 3. Pre-existing conditions
Develop YOUR PowerPoint to tell YOUR story!
Workshop!
Time to check
Time to check 1. Few words per slide, any art or graphics are relevant, and professional. (slides are a backdrop to what you say, not substituting for what you say)
Time to check 1. Few words per slide, any art or graphics are relevant, and professional. (slides are a backdrop to what you say, not substituting for what you say)
2. Type size is a minimum of 32 points even in graphics Font type is the same throughout the presentation
Time to check 1. Few words per slide, any art or graphics are relevant, and professional. (slides are a backdrop to what you say, not substituting for what you say)
2. Type size is a minimum of 32 points even in graphics Font type is the same throughout the presentation
3. Bulleted lists are prepared in parallel construction (see your Manual)
Time to check 1. Few words per slide, any art or graphics are relevant, and professional. (slides are a backdrop to what you say, not substituting for what you say)
2. Type size is a minimum of 32 points even in graphics Font type is the same throughout the presentation
3. Bulleted lists are prepared in parallel construction (see your Manual)
4. All slides lead to main point the presenter wants to make
Oral Presentations
Now, for the fun part!
WAIT!!! FUN???? I’m TERRIFIED of presenting!!!
Oral Presentations
Now, for the fun part!
WAIT!!! FUN???? I’m TERRIFIED of presenting!!!
Oral Presentations
Now, for the fun part!
WAIT!!! FUN???? I’m TERRIFIED of presenting!!!
Let’s see if we CAN make it fun!!
When you hear oral presentations:
What do you REALLY not like?
Make a list!
Oral Presentations What do you REALLY not like?• Reading from the slide
• No eye contact • Too quiet • No expression – all one tone • Too many “um”s • Other??
Oral Presentations What do you REALLY not like?
If you don’t like it…..
Advice:
Oral Presentations What do you REALLY not like?
Don’t do it!!!!
If you don’t like it…..
Now:
Start planning! Start the timer for yourself!
NO MORE THAN 5MINUTES!!!
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Chocolate!
What is the name of your favorite kind in the chat bar!
Sorry!!!!!
I am sure I made you hungry!!
You’ll see, it was all for a good cause!
Today, you will write the introduction and conclusion for to your research paper!
A research paper typically includes these sections:
• Introduction • Literature review • Discussion • Conclusion
You have written these parts of your research paper:
• Introduction • Literature review • Discussion • Conclusion
Today you will write
• Introduction • Literature review • Discussion • Conclusion
Introduction
• Opening Sentence – Grab the attention of your reader – Make them want to read more!
Sentences in between • Closing Sentence – Thesis Statement* – States your stance/recommendation for your
reader (the rest of the paper will literally expand on this one sentence – you’ll see!)
SO… BACK to chocolate!
SO… BACK to chocolate!
Sorry!!!
A little-known fact…
According to Forbes (2020), Americans consume an average of 11 pounds of chocolate per person per year.
According to Forbes (2020), Americans consume an average of 11 pounds of chocolate per person per year.
Did you know that?!
(By the way, there are resources about the
Opening Sentence on page 60 of your manual!
Flip to it!)
Can you find all the elements of an opening sentence here?
According to Forbes (2020), Americans consume an average of 11 pounds of chocolate per person per year.
Hint: here are the elements: • a surprising, disturbing, little-known, or
wonderful fact • a statistic • an in-text citation
Wait!
I found it, but I don’t know how to DO it!
In-text citations!
In-text citations need
Who wrote it When
Two ways to cite: (p. 33-38 in manual)
author names are part of the sentence (narrative format)
author names and date of publication are not part of the sentence
(parenthetical format)
Remember….
Who wrote it When
Examples
One Author Research by Smith (2004) found… Recent research (Smith, 2004) found…
Two Authors Research by Wager and Petty (1994) found… Paraphrased material (Wager & Petty, 1994).
Which way of citing is used here?
According to Forbes (2020), Americans consume an average of 11 pounds of chocolate per person per year.
Now YOU write an opening sentence on YOUR topic.
This will open your research paper!
Expect to spend 20-40 minutes on this one sentence!!! Surprising, but true!!
Break time!
Please read the top of p. 61 in your manual
What is a thesis statement?
The Thesis Statement: Justifying Your Stance Based on
Research
The thesis statement
Is the driving force of your paper based on research Contains no opinions or generic and broad advice Contains your stance on the topic based on research.
The Thesis Statement: Justifying Your Stance Based on
Research
The thesis statement
Is the driving force of your paper based on research Contains no opinions or generic and broad advice Contains your stance on the topic based on research.
The Thesis Statement Justifying Your Stance Based on
Research
The thesis statement
Is the driving force of your paper based on research Contains no opinions or generic and broad advice Contains your stance on the topic based on research.
The Thesis Statement Justifying Your Stance Based on
Research
The thesis statement
Is the driving force of your paper based on research Contains no opinions or generic and broad advice Contains your stance on the topic based on research.
General Formula
topic + your stance on the topic + how your stance is supported by research
(citation) = your thesis statement
Formula
topic + your stance on the topic + how your stance is supported by research
(citation) = your thesis statement
General Formula
topic + your stance on the topic + how your stance is supported by research
(citation) = your thesis statement
General Formula
topic + your stance on the topic + how your stance is supported by research
(citation) = your thesis statement
General Formula
topic + your stance on the topic + how your stance is supported by research
(citation) = your thesis statement
Now, Let’s write YOURS on YOUR topic!
Expect to spend 25 -45 minutes on this. This is a hard one, because it is the outline to your paper!!!
See samples on pp 61-63
Take a BREATH!!!
Where in the Opening
Paragraph does the
thesis statement go?
Where in the