Wednesday 22 February 2012

Commedia dell'arte presentations

Today you presented your posters to the class.  You had approximately 20 minutes at the beginning of class to prepare for this portion of the task.

Some of you did very well in picking out the most important information about the characters, while others included more details than needed.  It's good to get a lot of information, but it meant that the poster was less effective--smaller pictures, smaller print....

Here are some tips for the next time you make a presentation: 

1.  Stand up.  Speak loudly and enunciate.  Command our 
     attention!

2.  Hold up the poster so people can see it. 

3.  Know what you are going to say instead of just reading off the
     poster.  If you are nervous and unsure of the information, then
     have a cheat-sheet on the back of the poster!

4.  Use the time you are given to prepare to actually prepare!  With
     20 minutes today on top of last week's time, you shouldn't be
     stumbling over the sentences you and/or your partner put down
     on the paper!

5.  Physically showing the stance of the character and the typical
     facial expression really added to one of the presentations: 
     remember to have fun and add these touches! 

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