A current events presentation is a way for students to practice summarizing information and utilize new vocabulary.
Directions for current events presentation:
- Students find 2 news stories on a topic
- Students give a summary of the news story,
- Main idea
- Three key supporting details.
- Prepare presentation slides as follows:
- Slide #1 Title Slide (What is the news story? What is the source?)
- Slide #2 Hook—picture only
- Slides #3-7 Main idea and key detail slides
- Slide #8 Conclusion—picture + prediction, suggestion, or call to action
- Presenters answer questions
NOTE: Presentations can also be done in pairs.