Senior

Thesis Preliminary Presentation

LT2.1 Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question
LT6.7 Deliver effective and engaging multimedia and/or oral presentations


It is the end of the year and you have been preparing for the senior thesis research paper that you will begin
writing next year by brainstorming and crafting research questions that will guide your research. This preliminary
presentation will require you to narrow the focus of your research, and explain what youve learned so far from the
research youve already done.

DUE DATE: MONDAY, JUNE 6

What do you need to do?
Create a Prezi, PowerPoint, or Keynote presentation

How long does it need to be?
4-8 minutes

What does it need to include? (These are non-negotiable. You will need to re-do your presentation if it is missing any
of the items below.)
q Dress professionally
q At least 5 relevant pictures and/or videos, one per slide (limited to one three-minute video)
q Present text on slides in short phrases NOT paragraphs
o Quotes must be limited to ONE sentence.
o MLA citations needed for quotes AND paraphrasing
q Part 1: Title slide
q Part 2: Explanation of your topic define key terms, provide background information about it, and include
important people/events/places/legislation associated with it
q Part 3: Why this topic is important to you
q Part 4: Main research question(s) (No more than two)
q Part 5: Hypothesis (potential thesis statement)
q Part 6: At least three subtopics that you will need to research
q Part 7: Organization in Los Angeles that is doing work related to your topic
q Part 8: One credible source
o Purpose and summary of the source with specific quotes
o Evaluation of the credibility of the source
o Evaluation of the reliability of the information provided in the source.
o Potential biases or shortcomings of the source (if any)
o Explanation of how the source will be used in your research paper.
q Part 9: At least two questions that youre still wondering about your topic

What programs can you use to do it?
Prezi
PowerPoint
Keynote

Different parts of the presentation and annotated bibliography will have the following due dates:

Complete Parts 1-6 of PPT Due: Tuesday, May 31 (Periods 2, 4, 6) or Wednesday, June 1 (Periods 1, 3)
Complete Parts 7-9 of PPT Due: Thursday, June 2 (Periods 2, 4, 6) or Friday, June 3 (Periods 1,3)
Extra Credit Presentations Due: Monday, June 6 (All periods)
Final Presentations Due: Tuesday, June 7 (Periods 2, 4, 6) or Wednesday, June 8 (Periods 1, 3)

Calendar of Homework (HW) and due dates
Mon

Tues

23
Current Senior Thesis
Presentations

30
No School

6
Presentations
Due: Extra Credit Final
Presentations

24
Senior Panel

31
HW: Finish parts 7-9
of PPT

Wed

Thurs

Fri

25
HW: Finish parts 1-6
of PPT

26
HW: Finish parts 1-6 of
PPT

Earth Carnival

1
HW: Finish parts 7-9
of PPT

7
Presentations
Due: Final
Presentations
Periods 2, 4, 6

Presentation Run-Throughs

Presentation Run-Throughs

HW: Make revisions

based on feedback

HW: Make revisions

based on feedback

8
Presentations
Due: Final
Presentations
Periods 1, 3

27

9
Finish Presentations

10
Finish Presentations
Last Day of School

Presentation Rubric

Delivery

Uses effective, appropriate,

and deliberate gestures,
movement, eye contact,
diction, and vocalization
that creates a specific
mood and tone for
presentation and is
constant throughout
Content
Presentation demonstrates
thorough understanding of
topic and source, and
specific subtopics for
summer research
Presentation In addition to the 3, text
and media connect to and
support understanding of
each other

Uses effective, appropriate, Uses gestures, eye contact,

and deliberate gestures,
diction, and movement
movement, eye contact,
that seem unrehearsed
diction and vocalization

Use of note cards and

unrehearsed lines affect
gestures, eye contact,
diction, and movement.

Presentation demonstrates
understanding of topic and
source, and subtopics for
summer research

Topic is presented with

minimal understanding or
misunderstanding of source
and subtopics.

Uses at least 5
pictures/videos and text is
presented in short phrases

Presentation demonstrates
some understanding of
topic and source, and
vague subtopics for
summer research
Text is presented in
paragraphs and some
media is irrelevant

Text and/or media is

distracting, irrelevant, or
does not meet minimum
requirements