About Presentation

Kids showed up at the meeting. First thing we were going to do is having them tell the story of what happened in their summer camp. While they were preparing it at home. I searched online and borrowed this rubric for kids presentation. It's just the beginning of sharing stories, so I went easy on them. They'll just read the story they wrote. Here is the rubric. 

Everyone talked about their story. Some were longer than others. But they all did a good job! Well, by "good job", I meant they took the time to write a story, and they read it. Three months later, I can't remember any of the details of the story except my own kids' only because I was part of the preparing process not because of the way they told the story. So that's the evidence of not impacting your audience by thrilling them with your enthusiasm and fascinating plot. Or maybe life is just not all that exciting in general. Just kidding! What am I talking about? We should all eat life, AND share it in a killer story telling way! 

Then we looked at the criteria for a good story sharing. They each became a little teacher critiquing others' work. What they lack of include eye contact, voice, and pace. I started to emphasize on engaging audience and helping them hear what the story teller is saying. I'm not worried since we'll have plenty of chance to practice later. Stay positive, captain!