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Essential Guide to Excelling in the EN305 Group Presentation Task

The EN305 Presentation is a crucial component of your final grade, accounting for 30% and requiring group collaboration. Each member must contribute; report any lack of participation early. Choose from topics like the significance of argumentative writing or techniques for effective essay structuring. Your presentation will be assessed on relevance and presentation skills, each worth 15 points. Prepare for a 10-minute time limit, using engaging slides and minimizing text. Practice beforehand to ensure smooth delivery and adherence to time constraints.

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Essential Guide to Excelling in the EN305 Group Presentation Task

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  1. EN305 Presentation Overview

  2. Score The EN305 Presentation will count as 30% towards your final grade. It is group work. Everyone should contribute. If some members of your group are not contributing please tell me as soon as possible.

  3. Topics Please choose one of the following topics: • The importance of argumentative writing • The necessity of mind mapping when writing essays • Argumentative Writing; Step-by-Step • Tips for writing good argumentative essays

  4. Include You can include anything from class or anything based on new information or your own research You can take points from class and expand on them if you wish

  5. Score break down There will be 2 parts to your score of 30: /15 Relevance to the chosen title -How much information relevant to the chosen title is there? -Is there any new information in there? -Does it recap parts of the course? /15 Presentation skills • How professional you are as a group? • How interesting your presentation is? • Do you read like a robot or speak with emphasis? • Did you prepare? • How good is your timekeeping? • How are the slides you prepared (if any)?

  6. Time limit The presentation should last 10 minutes. We have many groups to present, so you must be ready to present at your time slot. When 10 minutes has nearly run out I will warn you that you only gave a minute to finish. You must then conclude.

  7. Failure to present If you fail to present, you will get 0.

  8. Tips • Practice the presentation beforehand • Have one member of the group control the time • Introduce yourselves • Make sure all your slides are on the computer BEFORE the presentations start at 9.30am • Keep any text on the slides to a minimum (just key points) • DO NOT read off paper. That will affect your grade. Key points on paper are acceptable • Prezi.com is a good alternative to PowerPoint that can produce professional looking slides • Keep any videos to a minimum (a couple of minutes maximum) and ask yourself ... are they really necessary?

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