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Good morning. So now I'd like to show you a model on how to plan the book presentation

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podcast. Once I finished reading Matilda, which is the novel that I presented in my

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podcast, I filled in the notes. First, I wrote down the title of the novel, Matilda, the

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author's name, Roald Dahl. I explained the genre, the type of novel that it is, realism

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with a touch of magic, and then I filled in other works by the author, by Roald Dahl,

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and I mentioned some of his famous novels and a little bit of information about the

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fact that he was also a poet, a very famous poet. Secondly, I described how I came across

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the novel, that by reading, seeing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on TV, and that

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I enjoyed that film, and then when I saw Matilda by Roald Dahl in the library, that

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I thought it would be an interesting choice. The third aspect of the plan that I filled

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in was where the novel was set, in a village in England, and the time I thought it was

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set in. Now, if your novel doesn't say where it's set, you can say something a little bit

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vaguer, because mine didn't say the name of the village. You can say that it's a town

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or a city or an urban area or a rural area, and if you're not told when, you can say that

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it's contemporary. It could be nowadays or that it was in the past because of the forms

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of transport. There are little clues to give you more or less a rough idea if it's a story

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set in the past or in the present day. Now, the fourth thing, please remember that you

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mustn't spoil the novel that you're recommending to the audience, to the listener. So, I then

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explained that it was a third-person omniscient narrator, just as if it were Roald Dahl telling

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us the story. In this section, I also explained who the main character is and the conflict,

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and I had to be very careful here not to talk or not to reveal anything that could spoil

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the reading for a potential listener. The fifth section that I filled in was a quote

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in Matilda that I thought was very interesting, and I explained why. Now, remember here that

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you mustn't say something simplistic like, oh, it was really interesting, oh, it's really

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good. Try to think carefully when you're asked questions like explain why. Think very, very

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carefully about the kind of answer that you would like to produce. Number six, then, I

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described one, for me, the most important quality that Matilda had, and again, I explained

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that it was a strong quality and why I thought she had this quality by referring to the novel.

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I then explained who in my notes I would recommend this novel to, and another why question. So,

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you have to think carefully about why you think somebody should take time to sit down

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and read this novel. Now, I actually mentioned that Roald Dahl uses some very interesting

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verbs and adjectives that could help us to improve our vocabulary, so please don't use

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my example because it wouldn't be the first time that I've seen the same thing 20 times.

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It's not very original. And evaluate your novel. Remember to say if you would recommend

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it 10 out of 10 or 5 out of 5, and again, this is another why question, so think carefully

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about why you really would recommend or not this novel. And finally, remember that you

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have to explain, and I explained in my plan what I went away learning from this novel,

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and again, these why questions require you to think very carefully because you don't

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want to repeat yourself two or three times. You really do have to think about different

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things that you want to say as a reason why. And you will then see that you will have a

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template like mine, a planning template, to fill in your own information once you have

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finished reading your novel with all eight items. Please refer back to my plan if you're

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not sure how to fill in each of these eight items. And when you finish planning, it's

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always useful to go to the rubric and check that you're on the right tracks, so please

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remember that the audio file you send me has to have your full name, your first name and

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your true surnames, but the audio that you record can have an avatar name if you would

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like me to publish your work. And remember that I will be looking for an audio that's

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a book presentation, where the information has to be detailed and relevant, where the

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listener is informed and finds it interesting, is entertained. Remember that I will be looking

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for language that is coherent, that you've made your message understood, that your ideas

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are well organised and you use the kind of vocabulary that I've suggested, words like

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author, character, setting, plot. Remember that your oral presentation has to be loud,

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so please check when you record it that it's on full volume, because it's always best for

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me to take the volume down, lower the volume, rather than to get frustrated that I can't

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hear you well, even though I put it up at 100%. And your pronunciation has to be clear

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and fluent, and you will have no problems with this, because you're very good at this.

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And finally, the audio, I'm sorry I have to repeat this so often, but it is so very important,

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the audio must have your real name, your full name, but if you'd like me to publish your

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work then the actual podcast has to have an avatar name, because you're underage, so it's

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best if it's an avatar name. The email that you send me with the audio must tell me if

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you give me permission or not to publish your work, and use the sharer-like Creative Commons

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logo. And remember that you also get points for sending me the task on time.

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And that's it, I hope this template on how to plan your book presentation proves useful.

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The next one will be on the script.