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July 22 – Independent Work (11 Group 2)

Dear students, this document contains the exercises of our independent session of
July 22. Solve the exercises in your notebook and you will be asked to share them
next class. Your teachers will be available on Microsoft Teams during the time of
class in case you need assistance.
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BACKGROUND
Today we’ll start the last unit of this term, which will be about team-building and
collaboration. You’re going to find a link to watch a TED Talk by Tom Wujec called
Build a tower, build a team. Before you watch the talk, read the text about the
speaker.

Watch the talk Build a tower, build a team by Tom Wujec:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0_yKBitO8M

EXERCISE 1: SUMMARY
Summarize the main ideas from the talk with the words in the box below:
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EXERCISE 2: Critical thinking – main ideas

In general, a talk has a main idea supported by other ideas. Read the comments
about the TED talk below. Which comment describes the main idea of the talk?
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Presentation skills: Using visuals

To conclude, take a look at the tips to use visuals in presentations and then answer
the question below.

From Wujec’s talk, find a slide he uses for each of the cases below (write down the
exact minute when it is shown in the talk):
a. A funny slide that surprises the audience.
b. A slide that helps clarify the significance of data.
c. A slide that repeats and reinforces the speaker’s words.