CBSE Class 8 English The Writing Process Presenting Worksheet

When you have completed a piece of writing, you may decide to present your work to others. How you will present your writing depends on the audience you selected during prewriting and the nature of the material.

An outlet for presenting your writing to a specific audience is called a market. Many different markets are available to sixth-grade students. Among these are school newspapers and classroom presentations; community groups, newspapers, and radio stations; local and national contests; and magazines that feature the work of young people. The Market Guide for Young Writers, available in many libraries, can give you some ideas for marketing your work.

To decide how to present your piece, analyze your audience; then search for an outlet that serves that audience. Some outlets, such as radio programs or speech contests, offer a chance for oral presentation. In these cases, visual aids may add to your presentation.
 

Exercise 1 Suggest an outlet or market for each piece of writing described below. 

a poem about school spirit school newspaper

1. a speech about democracy community group meeting, school assembly

2. an opinion piece about the quality of school lunches school paper

3. an essay about how the first day of spring makes you feel magazine contest, the school newspaper

4. words for a song school talent contest, sheet music publishing company

5. a set of ten tongue twisters class presentation, young writers’ magazine

6. a one-page short story school literary magazine, young writers’ magazine

7. a scary story with numerous sound effects campfire presentation, local radio program

8. a book review class presentation, local public television spot

9. an opinion piece about whether community basketball courts should be repaired local newspaper, letter to city council

10. a poem about a historical event school assembly, classroom presentation
 

Exercise 2 Suggest a visual aid that could increase the effectiveness of each presentation below.

1. a speech to a science class about the 1994 flood of the Mississippi River large map showing river before flood and flooded area

2. a profile of your school for new students photographs of different school activities and facilities

3. an original cowboy song presented at a school talent show a cowboy outfit, guitar for accompaniment

4. an oral reading of a poem that has animal characters animal masks

5. a classroom presentation about smoking among teenagers a graph showing the recent trend, illustrations or photographs of lung damage

6. an oral presentation about foods from India samples of food, photographs

7. an original speech by Sir Winston Churchill a suit like that worn by Churchill, an illustration or photograph of him

8. a report on how lawn mowers contribute to air pollution a labeled diagram of a lawn mower engine or chart showing what percentage of pollution comes from lawn mowers
 

Exercise 3 Think of an idea for a piece of writing intended for a specific audience.

Then, in a short paragraph, describe how you would present the piece.

Idea: nursery rhymes rewritten with new, humorous endings

Intended audience: students in grades 2–6

Form of presentation: The rhymes will be presented as short plays. Then the narrator will recite the poem while the actors mime their parts. The characters will carry a simple prop or wear an article of clothing that identifies them. The plays would be presented in individual classrooms at different grade levels.

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