E Block Questioning

Eric Wright--questioned by Trippe Brianna and Matt
Brianna--questioned by Matt Bharti and Stephan
Joe--questioned by Stephan Trippe and Bharti
Bharti--questioned by Trippe, Joe, and Brianna
Trippe--questioned by Brianna and Matt
Stephan--questioned by Eric Joe and Stephan
Matt--questioned by Eric Joe and Bharti

Not that I have received drafts from anyone except Matt.  Please bring in a copy of your speech for each questioner.

Rough drafts

I believe I have reviewed all rough drafts shared with me.  If you did not get an email or receive a comment on your speech, please SHARE it with me (again) at GoogleDocs.  DO NOT send an attachment by email.  Final drafts not SHARED will be penalized. 

The final draft of your speech is due by Friday afternoon.  I will be sharing with your questioners over the weekend.

General comments:

Make sure your speech has a good clear intro--which gets our attention.  It should also have a clear thesis of what you are going to persuade us of.  Every body paragraph should link clearly to that thesis, proving to us that what you are saying is true.  The conclusion should link back to the intro and to the thesis--it's your last shot at persuading your audience.

Wednesday, 15 June

Greetings from Dallas--we're preparing for the downtown chaos tomorrow with the Mavericks victory parade.

For today:

Please make good solid comments on the drafts.  At the end of the block, the authors should share their revised drafts (with comments) with me.

C Block:

Allie, please share your draft with Alden and Kirsten
Margaret, please share your draft with Alden and Andrew
Katarina, please share your draft with Kirsten and Matt
Adrian, please share your draft with Matt and Graham
Katie, please share your draft with Graham and Andrew

E Block

Eric, share with Brianna and Kevin and Stephan
Brianna, share with Bharti and Trippe
Joe, share with Stephan and Matt
Bharti, share with Kevin and Eric
Trippe, share with Eric and Matt
Stephan, share with Joe and Brianna
Matt, share with Bharti and Joe

C and E Blocks

If you have not submitted a rough draft, it is due TODAY, but for a lower grade.

The following people are exempt from the final exam.  You will be doing some peer-editing on Tuesday-Wednesday of this week:

C Block
Alden
Kirsten
Andrew
Graham
Matt
Jared

E Block
Kevin
Max
Jacob

If you think you should be exempt, please email me by MIDNIGHT on Monday, 13 June.

BC

"How to" speech drafts

If you have not sent drafts in, today is the deadline (today being Friday).

I will comment on them tonight/tomorrow.

We will do the speeches in class on Tuesday and Wednesday.

FINAL EXAM

The Final Exam

In the final exam, you will give a speech, and respond to questions from two questioners.  The grade will be based on both the speech, the way you handle questions, and the questions you ask as questioner. 

The Speech.  Please prepare a 5 minute persuasive speech on a current events topic—you may NOT use a topic based on any of this year’s PF topics, nor a Congress speech you’ve delivered.  The Speech should be written out in its entirety—think 800-1000 words as a target.  You should cite sources appropriately, supporting your points.  The speech should contain a minimum of three cards. 

When the speech is completed, two members of the class will have 2 minutes to ask questions about the topic.  The questions are a chance for the questioners to weaken your argument and your chance to strengthen it by developing more full answers.

The Questions.  You will be assigned to question one or two people.  You will be given a copy of the speech (at GoogleDocs) per the timeline below.  Your questions should be designed to find holes/problems/issues with the argument.

Timeline

Thursday, 2 June 2011 -- Topic Selected

Friday, 10 June 2011 -- Draft of speech shared at GoogleDocs

Wednesday, 15 June 2011 -- Final draft of speech shared at GoogleDocs

Saturday, 18 June 2011 -- E Block Questioners appointed and speeches shared

Sunday, 19 June 2011 -- C Block Questioners appointed and speeches shared

Monday, 20 June 2011 -- A Block Questioners appointed and speeches shared

Therefore, the only thing you will have to prepare for the Final itself is your questioning.

Final 4th quarter project (edited)

Last fourth quarter project (no exemptions):

Write a four minute "how-to" speech.

In the speech explain how to do something, without props, visuals, or using your hands.  Your topic should be some common everyday activity.

A draft of the speech is due at the end of the block on Tuesday. By the end of today's block email me your topic and why you picked it. Use block today to work on writing the speech.

A draft of the Speech is due on Thursday at the end of Block.


The speeches will be given in class on Monday/Tuesday of next week.