Presentation Sequence

Student presenters will use their visual aid and summarize their topic in between 4-5 minutes.

Teachers will ask the students 3 scripted and between 2-3 unscripted questions using 3-4
minutes

Students in the audience will have an opportunity to ask the student presenter questions,
between 2-3 minutes

All students in the audience will have a question sheet to complete, and are responsible to ask a
single question of one of the 4-5 panelists.

Presentation Expectations

Students who are in the audience are expected to act professionally in every way during their
peers presentations, this includes

-Being attentive during student presentations

-Asking relevant and professional questions when students have the opportunity

-Arriving on time before for their peers presentation

Electronic devices: Students should not be on their phone during presentations. If a student is
on their phone they will receive a zero for their audience grade in their class. Feel free to collect
phones at the beginning of the presentation, have students turn them off, or whatever else
works for you while you are evaluating the presentations.

Laptops: Unless a student has a laptop as an accommodation under their ILP, they will not be
permitted for use by the audience during presentations. Students will be provided with paper
versions of their audience worksheet.

For students who are presenting, after and before their presentation their laptop should remain
closed to prevent any distractions.

Use of laptops for non symposium related activities will result in a zero for audience worksheet
grades.
Scripted Questions to Students

1. What is the major argument of your paper? What were three new or surprising facts you
learned about your topic in the process of writing this paper? How did these facts impact your
paper's thesis and main argument?

2. What are three pieces of advice you would give students if they wished to research your
topic further? If you had a chance to do more research on your topic, what parts of your paper
would you want to know more about?

3. Why is the research you conducted important? Why is it important that students today have
an understanding of the research you conducted?

Non Scripted Questions

Please use your discretion to use non scripted questions to allow students to expand or dive
deeper into topics they are strong talking about during the scripted questions. Non scripted
questions are there for the students to show their knowledge and assess their ability to talk
about their topic.

Answers to non scripted questions may be more scattered or unpolished than the answers to
the scripted questions, and that is alright. The key here is whether or not the student shows
some ability to respond to those questions based on their research.
Presentation Rubric

Full Credit Partial Credit No Credit

Content Literacy (10) Student responses to Student responses to Student does not
teacher questions show teacher questions show respond to teacher
extensive knowledge of some knowledge of questions and shows
their topic and ability to their topic and they little to no content
discuss their topic respond to the knowledge
intelligently even when questions intelligently
off of the three question when on script.
script.

Summary (5) Student summarizes Student summarizes Student is obviously

his/her research in an his/her research in a unable to summarize
entertaining and/or manner that is able to his or her research
professional manner be followed

Display (5) Student’s display Student’s display Student’s display does

shows effort and/or shows at least some not exist or shows that
creativity and adds to degree of effort and no effort was put into its
the student’s helps to provide at least creation
presentation. minimal support to
his/her presentation

Decorum (5) Student is respectful of Student requires Student disrupts the

others on the panel redirection once during panel or does not
when not presenting panel participate

Length (5) Student’s presentation Student’s presentation Student’s presentation

meets length guideline is at least 50% of is less than 50% of
set by his/her teacher. his/her teacher’s his/her teacher’s
required length. required length