Week 2B2: Delivering a Presentation

Activity 1 :: Activity 2 :: Activity 3 :: Activity 4 :: Activity 5 :: Activity 6 :: Activity 7

Activity 2: Readings and Resources

Please read the chapters and sections mentioned below to prepare for the assessment.

E-text Readings:

• Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond
• Give a Memorable Presentation, Chapter 27, p. 685 has some tips about speaking, gesturing, and stance for a presentation.
• Pay Attention to Details Last, Chapter 4, p. 32 reminds speakers and writers about how to use detail to enhance their main points.
• Understand the Rhetorical Situation, Chapter 6, p. 43 reminds speakers and writers of how to reflect and think about the audience.
• Think About Your Credibility, Chapter 6, pp. 46-47 asks you reflect on how your audience might see you as you deliver your presentation.
• Start Fast and Conclude with Strength, Chapter 29, pp. 698-700 gives you tips for how to manage and elaborate on your introduction as well as your conclusion.
• Stay Active, Chapter 30, p. 706 gives you tips on speaking in active voice.
• SF Writer
• Writing with Style, Chapter 11, pp. 85-100 introduces you to using language that has texture, is parallel and balanced. This chapter might give you a good idea of how you come across--as an interesting presenter or a boring, stilted presenter.
• Treat Your Presentation as a Performance, Chapter 15, pp. 147-148 gives you more tips for the actual presentation, and how to enjoy the experience.

If you feel you need additional help in preparing and delivering an oral presentation, ask your mentor to give you access to Thinkwell Public Speaking, a multimedia resource that includes video tutorials with online interactive exercises designed to help you learn public speaking. Relevant topics include: speaker anxiety, audience analysis, preparing the speech, presenting the speech, speaking to inform, and speaking to persuade.

Please click the links below for helpful slide shows regarding the LUT1 assessment:

• Getting Started in LUT1 and Task 1 directions and samples: http://wgu.connectpro.acrobat.com/lut1gettingstartedtask1/.
• Picking a Topic (slides with audio—NEW!): http://wgu.connectpro.acrobat.com/lut1thesis/.
• APA Format for LUT1 students: http://wgu.connectpro.acrobat.com/lutapa/.
• LUT1 Task 2 and Video Instructions: http://wgu.connectpro.acrobat.com/lutivideoslides/.