This assignment is designed for you to apply the skills you are learning in COMM161 by analyzing the structure and content of a short essay from your textbook Skill Set.

Group Members: Essay Title and Page Number: COMM161 Presentation of Assigned Essay from the Textbook (10%) Due Date: Week 9 This assignment is designed for you to apply the skills you are learning in COMM161 by analyzing the structure and content of a short essay from your textbook Skill Set. Goals of the Assignment Prepare and present an oral presentation of an assigned essay from your textbook. Identify components of essay structure Demonstrate your speaking skills (volume, pacing, pronunciation, intonation) Demonstrate appropriate eye contact with an audience Demonstrate appropriate verbal and non-verbal cues during a speech Presentation Content and Organization With your partner, give a Pechakucha presentation on the reading you have been assigned from the textbook. Use the following outline as a guide to organize your presentation. I. Introduction a) Introduce the group members b) Introduce the general topic of the essay you are presenting using an attention getter. An attention-getter can be a question, photo, or surprising fact. II. Content of the Assigned Essay from Your Textbook a) In your own words, summarize the content of the essay (tell your audience what it’s about) III. Author’s Writing Style (from the Essay in Your Textbook) a) Tone – academic and/or conversational (see chart on pages 13 and 14 of your can’t textbook ) 26 give Example from Essay to support not can not IV. Your Opinion of the Essay from Your Textbook a) Discuss what you like or dislike about the essay (content and/or organization) b) Relate the general topic of the essay to everyday life V. Conclusion a) Give a concluding statement for your presentation b) Make a recommendation 1

PechaKucha Guidelines Even slide shown for 1. Follow the format of a PechaKucha (20×20) presentation, and make sure the presentation includes all the required components. 2. The length of the presentation is 6 minutes 40 seconds. 3. PowerPoint: Your slides should contain visuals with minimal text. Any visuals that are copyright free can be used. Besides using your own photos, one resource to find copyright-free photos is Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/commons. 4. You must set your PowerPoint presentation to advance automatically: 1) Select all 20 slides. 2) Click the Animation tab. 3) Uncheck On Mouse Click Automatically After. and check 4) Enter 00:20. Advance Slide On Mouse Click Automatically After: 00:20