Reflection on oral due on blogs -- 300-400 words

Overall, my oral presentation was done well. It took around a week in total to do and involved an abundance of editing, revising, and practice. Although I thought I had the criteria met, I was not as prepared as I thought.

I used my notes from class to help me create my presentation. The first step of this project was to create an outline. My outline began with just the title of each subgroup and I added information to each subgroup as I continued to reflect on my work. Generally, I would have one or two words to remind me of a thought or topic to talk about. Then, I would elaborate on this thought in the heat of the moment. I chose not to follow a specific script and to talk based off memory about specific topics. The only lines that I set up in advance were the quotes I had in the presentation.

After writing the script, I learned it. Practice makes perfect. I would practice my script over and over again until I got it right. While doing this I would say it out loud. As I practiced my script I would often come up with a new idea or something to add. Through repetition, I was able to learn my script. Except, when it came down to the actual presentation I was quite nervous.

When I sat at the desk I was nervous that I would forget something. Sadly, my intuition wasn’t wrong. I remembered most of the points but I went too fast to remember all of them. However, this was not the end of the world because I made all of my crucial points. At the end of my presentation, I thought I did an outstanding job until Ms. Guarino told me the news. I had missed a crucial concept.

It was my understanding in the beginning that we were not supposed to summarize the book. This was correct but I interpreted this information the wrong way. I thought we were supposed to talk about the literary features in the play but not the book. This was wrong. I talked about the themes of corruption, oppression, and fear that are found in the book and relate to my adaptation. Additionally, I talked about how foreshadowing in my adaptation relates to the book, except I didn’t add enough information that related to the book. Although for the most part, my presentation was solid and well performed, that criteria could have been improved a great deal more.