FIRC Q2 Week Seven Agenda
January 3-7, 2011
FIRC Public Speaking
Week 7: MLA Documentation & Persuasive Speech Topics
Day 1 (90 mins)
Mon 1/3 & Tues 1/4
 Speech #3: Informative
Demonstration Speech(Pd.8)
 Complete Peer Review
Evaluations & Peer Delivery
“SS” Evaluations per speaker
per assignment
 Review Persuasive Assignment
 Persuasion
 Cool vs. Hot arguments
 Elements & structure of an
argument
 Review Sample MLA Argument
(Lund)
 Citing Sources & Evidence:
Bring Rules for Writers to class
 Ice Cream – integrating
borrowed info into speeches &
Tech Plots
 Works Cited format
 Parenthetical Citations:
purpose, format, & placement
HW:
 Complete Peer Evaluation
Summary Form due next class
 Read handouts for Persuasive
Speech Assignment, evidence,
& source citation (pp.55-60)
 Read Rules for Writers on in-
text citations and works cited
 pp.426-430; scan samples; read
pp.435-438; scan samples, esp.
online; read p.465 and 474-475
Happy New Year!
Day 2 (90 mins.) Day 2 (45 mins.)
Wed 1/5 & Thurs 1/6 Fri 1/7
 Meet in Lab 210  Meet in Lab 210
 Lab 210 for Self-Evaluations  Research topic & preliminary
Bring a copy of p.30 thesis (angle/call to action + 3
 Research Methods w/ Ms. reasons) due in writing at the
DeGroat end of class
 Review library wiki on topic
selection & research guides
 Browse Public Agenda Issues
Guide
 Browse Opposing
Viewpoints/locating proper key
words for search; page #s in
articles
 Browse Polemical/Biased
Publications links: 1 Journal of
Opinion from each side
(Lib/Cons)/ Searching back
issues by key word
 Browse PowerSearch
 Using NoodleTools for Works
Cited page – databases and
other sources
 Begin topic selection
HW: HW:
 Choose a topic for your speech  Begin conducting research &
& write a preliminary thesis: completing Persuasive Speech
your angle + 3 reasons to Research Planning Sheet (due
promote your angle – due in Tues 1/18 (Pd.7) & Wed 1/19
writing Fri, 1/7 Pd.8)
 ( 5 pt. grade deduction for
change of topic after Fri – 3
reasons may change based
upon research process)