CFOO!

Félicitations!

We have just finished our first round CFOO presentations and we are already showing that we are a promising group of public speakers!

What is CFOO, you ask?

CFOO (Le Club Fabuleux des Orateurs et Oratrices) is a public speaking "club" (similar to its English friend, TUSC) that will help students improve their oral French skills through short presentations. There are fifteen different presentation options, separated into three categories: Research, Opinion and Creativity. 

Our CFOO preparation and presentation periods alternate on Day 6, period 3.

For the first presentation, we chose one of the five Research options. We prepared a short oral presentation, fulfilling all of the criteria (listed on the page we have in our binder). Our presentations this time were mostly in the form of speeches, but they can also take on various other forms: a poster, a puppet play, a song, a poem, a painting, a PowerPoint, a movie, etc. - the possibilities are endless!

Leading up to the first presentation, we discussed what we should keep in mind while making an oral presentation to the class and Mme Careen wrote all of our ideas down on chart paper. Our list includes: keeping eye contact with the audience, having a confident stance while at the front of the room, projecting our voice and speaking at a good pace with expression.

Now that we have all presented, we will review as a class what went well and what we should work on for our next set of presentations. Our next CFOO work period will be next week - Wednesday, October 25, with the next set of presentations following on Thursday, November 2.

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Agenda Items:
1. Process and Design (Science) project - Monday, October 23.
2. No school Friday.