Narrative Presentations

There are three narrative presentations, 4-5 minutes each.  You may select one of two themes listed under the assignment heading.  See Grading Criteria below:

 NARRATIVE PRESENTATION #1
ACCIDENTS AND MISHAPS
Objective:  Describe an accident or mishap, involving two or more people.  You can use a true story, (something that happened to you or someone you know), an article from a newspaper describing an accident or fatality, or make one up.  You describe the different roles people have played in the accident.  Examples:  you’re a waitress in a restaurant.  A person sticks his foot out in the aisle and you trip…
Must include:
-Multiple roleshifting during the event of an accident, taking on the role of the different participants.
-5 different classifiers, one of which must demonstrate a trajectory path
-2 different non manual markers (mouth expressions)
-10 words from the Lesson 1 vocabulary list
 
LESSON 2:  EXPLAINING THE RULES
Objective:  Describe an accident or flub up that involves two or more people that happened that a game that you just watched or participated in.    You describe the different roles of the players, and the rules of the game.  Example:  baseball (ump, pitcher, batter, first baseman, outfielder, etc)
Must Include:
- Multiple roleshifting the description of the game, taking on the roles of the different players
-5 different classifiers, one of which must demonstrate a trajectory path
-2 different non manual markers (mouth expressions)
-10 words from the Lesson 2 vocabulary list

Grading Criteria

 The purpose of the narrative presentation is two fold:  1) to present what you've you learned thus far and 2) to demonstrate how well you sign.  You will be graded on the following:

HOW WELL YOU FOLLOWED INSTRUCTIONS
1)  Did you adhere to the objective and stay on topic?
2)  Did you incorporate the list under the must include heading?

HOW WELL YOU SIGNED
1)  Are there any signing errors, such as in the handshape, movement, palm orientation, location, and facial expression (non manual markers)?
2)  How appropriate are the signs being used?  Example:  like versus like/similar to
3)  Are the classifiers being used correctly?
4)  Are you role shifting appropriately?
5)  Do your facial expressions match what you are saying?

HOW WELL YOU ARE PREPARED
1)  Did you come prepared, with an specific agenda in mind?
2)  Have you rehearsed your presentation prior to the day of the assignment?