The keys to a good presentation are preparation and conclusion. I tell my writing students that they must provide a finish for their readers. The audience remembers the beginning and the end of your story and maybe some of the middle.
Unfortunately, as teachers, we are usually in a time crunch, so we skip the planning stage and often cut or rush the conclusion of the presentation. Instead we use what time and energy we have on the content of the presentation.
As I think back over some of my less-than-successful presentations versus my enjoyable ones, I realize that the ones I enjoyed the most were the presentations where I felt most prepared and confident. My audience responded in kind. It’s worth taking the time.
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The last couple years I was in elementary I started trying to get my students to write their endings first (or at least a plan for the end). It was a struggle at first but I (and they) found the stories came out better that way. At least it got rid of the, "and then" stories...
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