Monthly T.U.S.C. Presentations

Hello!

Welcome to the Totally Unique Speaking Club (T.U.S.C.).  Each month, students will select a job from our T.U.S.C. responsibilities.  They will prepare and present a short presentation (1-2 minutes long).  We will select new jobs at the beginning of the month and students will have the remaining days to prepare and practice.  Many people (myself included) find public speaking to be nerve-wracking and difficult.  It is our hope that these mini-presentations will help our students to become more comfortable speaking in front of a group.  It will also give them the opportunity to practice the elements that make a successful speaker (posture, eye contact, steady speed, hand gestures, volume, etc.).  They will be able to apply these new skills later in the year when we participate in the Concours d'art oratoire, a city-wide oratory competition.

Who: students select a job
What: prepare a mini presentation (1-2 minutes); students must hand in their planning sheet and will be evaluated according to the rubric they have received
Where: prepare when finished an assignment early at school and/or at home
When: monthly (September 29th)
Why: to practice and improve public speaking

Here is the job list for September:

Chairperson	Isis	Secretary	Elijah
Ask an Expert	Josie	Basic Needs	Jolene / George
Citizenship Award		Collector	Marina
Commercial	Jackson	Country Spy	Ella
Croc Hunter	Parker	Demonstration
Environmentalist		Historian	Alex
If you knew me	Aldrin	Brainbreak	Aiden
Impromptu speaker	Carter	Investigative reporter
Joker/Riddler	Renée	Movie/TV/Book critic	Saul
Problem Solver		Photo Analyst	Grace
Poet	Kieryn	Pollster
Scientist	Anthony	Speaker’s Corner
Storyteller		Take the Turtle	Matthew
Tech Reporter	Cayden	Telephone Interview	Jake
Weather person		Website evaluator
International news	Joel	Local News
Massey News		National News	Spiro
Sport’s Report	Malachi	Fashion report	Ksenija