What is "The Pitch?" |
Our goal... |
An "elevator pitch" is when you've got 30 to 60 seconds to convince "the boss" that you are valuable to his business - that he NEEDS you to work for him. We've taken this idea and applied it to Genius Hour. Students will be creating 30-second speeches to pitch their ideas to our classes.
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Here is our rubric that we've used - to help guide the pitches.
Check the second tab on the bottom for the sheet the audience members will receive. Their input should be counted. Be sure to write out your script and practice it many times before you hit that "record" button for a video or stand in front of the class. |
Questions that need to be addressed: |
Examples of ideas... |
1. What's the problem? OR What do I want to know / learn / do?
This will explain the WHY. Why are you choosing this project? What's the point? 2. What will I be doing for the next ___ weeks? (In 2016, our timeline is 8 weeks!) What work will you have to do? How will you get this done? This will help you stay organized, and also realistic. If you won't finish by June, just what exactly WILL you accomplish? *** Create something you won't throw away (or delete) as soon as you're finished presenting. Make something for YOU or others. Make this count for something. *** |
Eighth Grade pitches - a YouTube playlist is here.
Middle-school pitches - scroll down this webpage to see what these students had to say to convince other students to attend their presentation. Not quite the same pitch as we'll be making, but you can see their ideas, no less. High School pitches - Check out a couple here for inspiration. Help is here. The last page of this document has ideas that work really well for ELA class. If you cannot think of any ideas, use one of them! |
Want examples? Our 2015 pitches are below. These were our first attempts!
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The following three projects received very critical feedback, and have since grown in their vision and focus...
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