Reluctantly, Stefan dragged himself to Carl’s house on Saturday morning. From opposite sides of the kitchen table, they glared at each other. Then Carl’s dad sat down between them. “If you co-operate, you will get this presentation done quickly and maybe you will even enjoy doing it.” “I’ve got a suggestion,” Dad continued. “Instead of each of you telling the other what he is bad at, why don’t you tell the other what he excels at?” he suggested. “Carl, you start. Tell Stefan something good about himself.”
Carl looked down at his feet. Begrudgingly, he mumbled, “When you talk, everyone listens.” “Your turn, Stefan,” said Dad. It wasn’t easy for Stefan to say but he got the words out somehow. “ I’ve… heard you rap, you’re good!” Carl smiled. “Thanks. You come up with ideas no one else has thought of.” Stefan’s face was getting hot and his hands were clammy. Hesitantly, he said, “And you’re really good at drawing.” Dad gave them each a high five. “Well done both of you! Now, let’s talk about how you can work together to produce a really good presentation.” There was a lot of shuffling and muttering. At last, Carl said, “Well, we can do some research online – find out what to put on a poster. Can we use your laptop, Dad?” Stefan added, “Then you can draw a picture. And your handwriting is better than mine so you can do the lettering.” Carl was getting excited and chipped in, “Then we can make up a rap together – I can teach you how to rap!” On Monday morning the two boys walked to the front of the class. They propped up their poster where it could be easily seen and signalled for the class to be quiet. Then they began:
• Point out the ellipsis (…) and ask if students know what it indicates ( a pause ). At the end of this page, ask students to predict if the presentation will go well or not and why they think that.
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