Parents 2011-2012 Foundations Presentation Schedule[1].pdf

Foundations 2011-2012 Presentation Schedule

Presentations should be 1-3 minutes long unless otherwise specified. Topics listed are only recommendations, and parents are free to alter them. Each week a delivery skill is highlighted. Additional resources and links can be found on page 5 – 12. Daily practice equips students to present with skill and confidence.

Week Younger Students

ABCs and Apprentices

Older Students Journeymen and Masters

1 A Few of My Favorite Things

Your tutor will ask you a few questions like:

- What is your favorite food? - What is your favorite book? - What is your favorite toy? - What is your favorite outside activity?

Interview with your tutor. Your tutor will ask you a few questions like:

- What is your favorite hobby? - What did you do this summer? - What would you do with $100? - What do you want to be when you grow up?

Skill: Get to know your audience.

2 Tell a Bible Story.

Using a Bible picture book, show the pictures while you tell the story in your own words or act it out with props.

Narration: Bible Story Narrate or act out a favorite Bible story using pictures or props.

Skill: Confidence: Trust and rely in God and boldly share your message.

3 Tell about a family vacation.

Tell about your favorite family vacation. WHO went with you? WHAT did you do? WHERE /WHEN did you go? WHY did you like the trip? You may bring a picture or souvenir.

Exposition: Family Vacation An Expository Speech exposes truth. “Expose” your favorite family vacation. WHO went with you? WHAT did you do? WHERE /WHEN did you go? WHY did you like the trip? You may bring a picture or souvenir.

Skill: Eye Contact: Look at each member of the audience in order to make them feel special and to

prepare their hearts for the message you have to share. Remember: “People don’t care how much we know until they know how much we care.”

4 Recite a Bible verse.

Memorize and recite a Bible verse.

Recitation: Bible Passage Memorize and recite a Bible passage and tell why it is meaningful.

Skill: Volume: Speak with appropriate loudness so your audience can hear you.

5 Show-n-tell: Surprise!

Bring something in a bag. Describe your mystery item and let the audience guess.

Exposition: Biography of an American Patriot This is a 2-week project. First choose a famous speech given by an American Patriot for Week 7. Then prepare a short biography of the American Patriot who gave the speech for Week 6.

Skill: Articulation: Speak clearly so your audience can understand you.

6 Show-n-tell: Books!

Bring your favorite book and tell the story while showing the pictures.

Recitation: Famous Patriotic Speech This is a 2-week project. Recite a famous speech given by an American Patriot.

Skill: Poise: Be calm, cool, and collected. Stand tall and still. Calmly and confidently

continue even if something goes wrong.

Foundations 2011-2012 Presentation Schedule

Week Younger Students

ABCs and Apprentices

Older Students Journeymen and Masters

7 Make ‘em laugh!

Share a funny story. You may use pictures or props.

Humorous Interpretation Delight your audience with a funny story or poem. Memorize your story completely and use gestures or actions to enhance your presentation. Choose your content carefully to delight, not offend your audience. Making fun of anyone is offensive.

Skill: Expression: Make your voice interesting by varying your tone and volume and using pauses

to enhance your presentation.

8 Make or do something. (5 min)

Show how to make or do something.

½ the class presents in week 8

Demonstration: Your Choice (5 minutes) Demonstrate how to do something, make something, fix something, or use something. Use visual aids such as models, drawings, or actual items. Allow your audience to participate if possible. Close your speech with a memorable summary or a clear call to action. Ask if there are any questions at the end of your presentation.

½ the class presents in week 8

Skill: Gestures: Use body movements to enhance your presentation.

9 Make or do something. (5 min)

Show how to make or do something.

½ the class presents in week 9

Skill: Tempo: Speak with appropriate speed, neither too fast nor too slow.

10 Recite a poem.

Nursery rhymes and song lyrics work well.

Recitation: Classic Poetry Memorize and recite a classic poem. Remember to enhance your presentation with expression and gestures.

Skill: Review: Confidence, Eye Contact, Volume, Articulation, Poise, Expression, Gestures,

Tempo.

11 Show-n-tell: Tiny Treasure

Bring something small enough to fit in your pocket. Describe your tiny treasure. WHO gave it to you? WHAT does it look like? WHERE /WHEN did you get it? WHY do you like it?

Persuasion: Your Choice Choose a topic that you feel strongly about. Persuade your audience to change their beliefs or behavior in some way.

Skill: Keyword Outline: Speak clearly so your audience can understand you.

12 Tell an American Tall tale or

other story. Tell an American Tall Tale in your own words.

Narration: An American Tall Tale Narrate a famous American Tall Tale. Remember to enhance your presentation with expression, gestures, or props.

Skill: Behavior: Pinpoint specific distracting behavior and eliminate it.

Foundations 2011-2012 Presentation Schedule

Presentations should be 1-3 minutes long unless otherwise specified. Topics listed are only recommendations, and parents are free to alter them. For simplicity sake, parents with multiple children may choose to have all of their children present the same information. Each week a delivery skill is highlighted. Additional resources and links can be found on page 5 – 12. Daily practice equips students to present with skill and confidence.

Week Younger Students

ABCs and Apprentices

Older Students Journeymen and Masters

13 Show-n-tell: Your choice

WHO gave it to you? WHAT does it look like? WHERE /WHEN did you get it? WHY do you like it?

Impromptu Your tutor will assign you a simple topic in class. You will have 1 minute to prepare a 1-2 minute presentation.

Skill: Know your audience.

14 Tell about a missionary or a

Bible character. Using a Bible picture book, show the pictures while you tell the story in your own words or act it out with props.

Exposition: An American Missionary Tell about an American missionary. Tell how the missionary impacted the world for Christ.

Skill: Confidence: Trust and rely in God and boldly share your message.

15 Show-n-tell: A picture

Draw a picture and describe it to the class.

Exposition: An American Inventor Tell about a famous American inventor. Tell about the inventor’s life and how his or her invention changed the world.

Skill: Eye Contact: Look at each member of the audience in order to make them feel special and to

prepare their hearts for the message you have to share. Remember: “People don’t care how much we know until they know how much we care.”

16 Recite a Bible verse.

Memorize and recite a Bible verse.

Recitation: Bible Passage Memorize and recite a Bible passage.

Skill: Volume: Speak with appropriate loudness so your audience can hear you.

17 Show-n-tell: Surprise!

Bring something in a bag. Describe your mystery item and let the audience guess.

½ the class presents in week 17

Exposition: American Artist/Composer (5 min) Tell about an American artist or composer. Tell about the life and works of the artist/composer. Show paintings or play samples.

½ the class presents in week 17

Skill: Articulation: Speak clearly so your audience can understand you.

18 Show-n-tell: Surprise!

Bring your favorite book and tell the story while showing the pictures.

½ the class presents in week 18

Exposition: American Artist/Composer (5 min) Tell about an American artist or composer. Tell about the life and works of the artist/composer. Show paintings or play samples.

½ the class presents in week 18

Skill: Poise: Be calm, cool, and collected. Stand tall and still. Calmly and confidently

continue even if something goes wrong.

Foundations 2011-2012 Presentation Schedule

Week Younger Students

ABCs and Apprentices

Older Students Journeymen and Masters

19 Make ‘em laugh!

Share a funny story. You may use pictures or props.

Skill: Expression: Make your voice interesting by varying your tone and volume and using pauses

to enhance your presentation.

20 Make or do something. (5 min)

Show how to make or do something.

½ the class presents in week 8

½ the class presents in week 20

Skill: Gestures: Use body movements to enhance your presentation.

21 Make or do something. (5 min)

Show how to make or do something.

½ the class presents in week 9

½ the class presents in week 21

Skill: Tempo: Speak with appropriate speed, neither too fast nor too slow.

22 Recite a poem.

Nursery rhymes and song lyrics work well.

Recitation: Classic Poetry about America Memorize and recite a classic poem about America. Enhance your recitation with expression and gestures.

Skill: Review: Confidence, Eye Contact, Volume, Articulation, Poise, Expression, Gestures,

Tempo.

23 Show-n-tell: Tiny Treasure

Bring something small enough to fit in your pocket. Describe your tiny treasure. WHO gave it to you? WHAT does it look like? WHERE /WHEN did you get it? WHY do you like it?

Persuasion: Commercial Create a commercial that “persuades” your audience to buy your real or imaginary product. Enhance your presentation with props, gestures, and expression.

Skill: Keyword Outline: Speak clearly so your audience can understand you.

24 Tell a story.

Tell the story while showing the pictures.

Narration: Children’s Picture Book Narrate your favorite children’s picture book while showing the pictures.

Skill: Behavior: Pinpoint specific distracting behavior and eliminate it.

PRESENTATION RESOURCES FOR PARENTS

Week 2: Bible Story Resources

http://www.biblestudygames.com/biblestudies/biblestories.htm (list of Bible stories)

The Child’s Story Bible by Catherine Vos

Week 4: Bible Verses and Passages

Choose your child’s favorite verse/passage or select one of these:

Verses Passages

Romans 3:23 John 3:16 Romans 6:23 Romans 5:8 Romans 10:9-10 Ephesians 2:8-9 Isaiah 43:5 Colossians 3:23

Deuteronomy 6:5 Psalm 139:14 Proverbs 1:8 Proverbs 3:5-6 Galatians 6:9 Ephesians 4:29-32 Ephesians 6:1 I Timothy 4:12

I Corinthians 13 Ephesians 6:10-18 John 1:1-12 Matthew 6:9-13 Psalm 23 Psalm 100 Psalm 103 Isaiah 58:1-14

Roman Road

- Romans 3:23 - Romans 6:23 - Romans 5:8 - Romans 10:9-10 Philippians 2:1-11 James 1:19-27 I Timothy 4:11-16

Week 5/6: American Patriot Biography & Famous Speech Resources

This does not need to be an original composition. Feel free to use a pre-written biography and give credit to the author. Our focus is on presentation skills. Choose your favorite American Patriot/Speech or select from one of these:

Words Aptly Spoken: American Documents, compiled and edited by Jen Greenholt (Used in Challenge I.)

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbanka-f.htm

Abraham Lincoln A House Divided, Gettysburg Address

Benjamin Franklin Prayer Speech at the 1787 Constitutional Convention, 1789 Address to the Public

Booker T. Washington Democracy and Education

Daniel Webster On the Clay Compromise

Douglas MacArthur The Noblest Development of Mankind; I Shall Return; Old Soldiers Never Die; The Corps,

and The Corps, and The Corps (Duty, Honor Country)

Dwight D. Eisenhower Farewell Address

Frederick Douglas What to the Slave is the 4th of July? , The Hypocrisy of American Slavery

John C. Calhoun The Clay Compromise Measures

Martin Luther King, Jr. I Have a Dream

Patrick Henry Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death

Ronald Reagan A Time for Choosing

Theodore Roosevelt Right of the People to Rule; Citizenship in a Republic; The Man with the Muck-rake

http://www.federalobserver.com/words.php

Samuel Adams “We have no other alternative than independence.”

Benjamin Franklin “The older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment of others.”

Alexander Hamilton “The states can never lose their powers until the whole people of the United States are

robbed of their liberties.”

John Quincy Adams “Think of your forefathers and of your posterity.”

Andrew Jackson “Without union, our independence and liberty would never have been achieved; without

union, they can never be maintained.”

John C. Calhoun “The greatest and gravest question that ever can come under your consideration: How

can the Union be preserved?”

Henry Clay “Let us look to our country and our cause, elevate ourselves to the dignity of pure and

disinterested patriots.”

Abraham Lincoln “I believe this government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half free.”

http://www.greatamericandocuments.com/speeches/

Patrick Henry Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death

George Washington Farewell Address

Frederick Douglass The Church and Prejudice

Elizabeth Cady Stanton Seneca Falls Keynote Address

Abraham Lincoln Gettysburg Address

William Jennings Bryan Imperialism

Theodore Roosevelt The Man With the Muck-Rake

Woodrow Wilson War Message

Franklin D. Roosevelt First Inaugural Address

Harry S. Truman The Truman Doctrine

Douglas MacArthur Farewell Address

Dwight D. Eisenhower Farewell Adddress

John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address

Martin Luther King Jr I Have a Dream

Lyndon B. Johnson Voting Rights Act Address

Ronald Reagan Brandenburg Gate Speech

Week 7: Humorous Interpretation Resources

Choose your content wisely. An offended audience will not be delighted. Aim for a narrative, not a knock-knock.

http://www.christianstories.com/categories/funnychristian.html http://godslittleacre.net/funnies/

http://www.crosswalk.com/culture/humor/religious-jokes/ http://www.christian-jokes.net/ Week 8/9: Demonstration Speech Topics

When possible, engage your audience. For example, pass out paper to each person in the audience when demonstrating how to make a paper airplane.

make a paper airplane make lemonade build a LEGO creation make a pb&j sandwich decorate a cookie sew

dress a baby doll dance throw a ball demonstrate a sport play an instrument make a craft

fly a kite drop kick a soccer ball play a computer game play a game draw a picture tie your shoe

Week 10: Classic Poetry Resources

http://www.rhymes.org.uk/ (Nursery Rhyme lyrics)

http://www.zelo.com/family/nursery/ (Nursery Rhyme lyrics)

http://www.storyit.com/Classics/JustPoems/index.htm (Classic Poems for Children)

Week 11: Persuasion Resources

Use Monroe’s Motivated Sequence to write your speech:

ATTENTION Get the attention of your audience. State the importance the problem.

NEED State the need for change. Explain why it should concern them. Relate the issue or problem to the

values, attitudes, interests and needs of the listeners.

SATISFACTION Satisfy their needs. Provide the details and interesting facts of your plan. Show how your solution

works.

VISUALIZATION Visualize the benefits. That is the heart of your motivational speech topic. Illustrate them with

examples, anecdotes, comparisons, statistics, definitions and visual aids. Share success stories. Tell your audience what's in it for them.

ACTION Call to action. Tell your audience what you want them to do.

Persuade the audience to ___________________________ or select from one of these ideas:

Read the Bible Read a book Give money to a cause Pray for missionaries Reduce, reuse, and recyle Adopt a child Clean their rooms

Obey their parents Help someone in need Eat healthy Go to church Fast Wear a bicycle helmet Become a memory master

Week 12: American Tall Tale Resources

http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312323/

Alfred Stormalong Calamity Jane Casey Jones Cordwood Pete Daniel Boone Davy Crocket Febold Feboldson

John Henry Johnny Appleseed Mike Fink Molly Pitcher Paul Bunyan Pecos Bill Sally Ann Thunder Ann

Week 13: Impromptu Speech Questions

Tell about the best gift you received. Tell about your favorite holiday. Tell about a hobby you enjoy. Tell about your favorite family tradition. Tell about your favorite family activity. Tell about the church you attend. Tell about your favorite summer activity.

Tell about your favorite winter activity. Tell about the best job in the world. Tell about the best dream you’ve ever had. Tell about your favorite game. Tell about your favorite animal. Tell about your favorite book. What are the best parts about being a kid?

Week 14: An American Missionary

This does not need to be an original composition. Feel free to use a pre-written biography and give credit to the author. Our focus is on presentation skills.

Christian Heroes Now & Then by Geoffe and Janet Benge (Biographies of Christian Missionaries)

http://www.missionarybiographies.com/

http://www.wholesomewords.org/children/misscc.html

1718-1747 Brainerd, David American missionary to Native Americans 1788-1850 Judson, Adoniram American Baptist missionary to Burma 1789-1826 Ann Hasseltine Judson “The First Lady of American foreign missions” 1789-1865 Stockton, Betsey African American educator and missionary to Hawaii 1789-1869 Bingham, Hiram I American missionary to Hawaii 1802-1847 Whitman, Marcus American physician and missionary in Oregon County 1804-1888 Parker, Peter American medical missionary to China 1808-1847 Whitman, Narcissa American missionary in Oregon County 1840-1912 Moon, Lottie American missionary to China 1857-1946 Pruitt, C.W. American missionary to Northern China 1865-1912 Hyde, John American missionary to India 1870-1960 Scudder, Dr. Ida American medical missionary to India 1879-1979 Davis-George, Eliza American missionary to Liberia

http://seniormission2.org/mission2/history.htm 1887-1913 Borden, William American missionary to Muslims in China 1887-1961 Trasher, Lillian American missionary who founded Egypt’s first orphanage 1896-1982 Townsend, Cameron American missionary to Guatemala and founder of Wycliffe Bible

Translator 1900-1986 Jones, Clarence American missionary to Ecuador and founder of HCJB and WRMF 1914-2003 Brand, Paul American medical missionary who treated leprosy 1920-1976 Breene, Betty American WWII Aviator and Pilot for Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) 1923-1956 Saint, Nate American pilot, missionary, and martyr to Ecuador 1927-1956 Elliot, Jim American missionary and martyr to Ecuador

Elliot, Elisabeth American missionary to Ecuador 1935- Cunningham, Loren American founder of Loren Cunningham 1862-1948 Pruitt, Anna American missionary to Northern China 1921-2003 Bright, Bill American founder of Campus Crusade for Christ 1918- Graham, Billy American evangelist

Week 15: An American Inventor

This does not need to be an original composition. Feel free to use a pre-written biography and give credit to the author. Our focus is on presentation skills.

http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/i-archive-a.html

1847-1922 Bell, Alexander Graham Telephone 1847-1831 Edison, Thomas Electric Light Bulb, Phonograph 1906-1971 Farnsworth, Philo Vacuum Tube Television 1791-1872 Morse, Samuel Telegraph 1863-1947 Ford, Henry Automobile/Assembly Line 1706-1790 Franklin, Benjamin Lightning Rod, Bifocals 1731-1806 Banneker, Benjamin Wooden pocket watch 1765-1815 Fulton, Robert First Commercially Successful Steamboat 1867-1912 Wright, Wilbur Airplane 1871-1948 Wright, Orville Airplane 1765-1825 Whitney, Eli Cotton Gin 1802-1851 Davenport, Thomas Electric Streetcar 1819-1867 Howe, Elias Sewing Machine 1829-1902 Strauss, Levi Blue Jeans 1844-1909 Whitcomb, Judson Zipper 1865-1943 Carver, George Washington Peanuts 1854-1932 Eastman, George Photography 1849-1921 Beard, Andrew Plow 1843-1929 McCoy, Elijah Automatic lubricator 1878-1946 Johnson, Jack Wrench 1853-1889 Matzeliger, Jan E. Shoe making machine 1858-1931 Williams, Dr. Daniel H. Performed 1st open heart surgery 1886-1956 Birdseye, Clarence Frozen Food 1882-1945 Goddard, Robert Liquid-fueled Rockets 1814-1862 Colt, Samuel Revolver 1891-1976 Crosthwait, David A new thermostat control 1904-1950 Drew, Dr. Richard Techniques to improve blood storage 1910-1985 Thomas, Dr. Vivien T. Research in surgical shock and cardiovascular surgery 1914 Blount, Bessie Feeding tube 1922- Baer, Ralph First Video Game Console 1931 West, Dr. James E. Microphones 1936 Amos Jr., Wallace Famous Amos cookies 1955- Berners-Lee, Tim World Wide Web 1804-1886 Deere, John Steel plow 1809-1884 McCormick, Cyrus Mechanical Reaper 1866-1903 Anderson, Mary Windshield Wiper 1909-1974 Apgar, Virginia Newborn Scoring System 1917-1998 Donovan, Marion Disposable Diaper

Week 16: Bible Verse or Passage

(See Week 4)

Week 17/18: American Artist/Composer

This does not need to be an original composition. Feel free to use a pre-written biography and give credit to the author. Our focus is on presentation skills. Share paintings or samples of music.

American Artists:

Discovering Great Artists, MaryAnn F. Kohl

http://makingartfun.com/htm/printit-artist-worksheets-index.htm

http://gardenofpraise.com/art.htm

1845-1911 Lewis, Edmonia Sculptor 1860-1961 Moses, Grandma Rural home life 1887-1976 O’Keefe, Georgia Flower Paintings 1895-1978 Rockwell, Norman American Life – Saturday Evening Post 1859-1937 Tanner, Henry O. Realist 1917 Wyeth, Andrew Realistic paintings of Pennsylvania farming country 1923 Lichtenstein, Roy Pop Op American Composers:

http://www.dsokids.com/listen/composerlist.aspx

http://www.classicsforkids.com/composers/composers_atoz.asp

1854-1932 Sousa, John Philip American Marches and Operettas: The Stars and Stripes Forever, Semper

Fidelis, El Capitan 1868-1917 Joplin, Scott Ragtime: Maple Leaf Rag, The Entertainer 1874-1954 Ives, Charles The Unanswered Question, Three Places in New England, Variations on America,

Concord Sonata 1898-1937 Gershwin, George Jazz blended into Classical: Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, Porgy and

Bess, and Piano Concerto in F 1900-1990 Copland, Aaron American Legends, Folk music, and jazz rhythms blended into symphonic music: Lincoln Portrait, Fanfare for the Common Man, Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid,

Week 19: Humorous Interpretation

(see Week 7)

Week 20/21: Demonstration

(see Week 8/9)

Week 22: Recitation: Classic Poetry About America

http://www.american-history-fun-facts.com/patriotic-poems.html

http://www.lovetolearnplace.com/Poetry/patrioticpoetry.html

http://www.familiesonlinemagazine.com/4th-of-July-poetry-songs.html Week 23: Persuasion – Commercial

Choose an existing product or create your own. Watch a few commercials. Then create your own.

Week 24: Narration – Children’s Picture Book

Choose your child’s favorite picture book, or select from one of these:

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Corduroy by Don Freeman Duck on a Bike by David Shannon Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura J. Numeroff Lentil by Robert McCloskey Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by John Scieszka The Very Hungry Caterpillar We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen