Speech Project - Part I

COM205: Week 6 Assignment Page 1

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Worksheet: Speech Project – Part I

Assignment Overview

In this assignment, you will choose a topic for a persuasive speech that you will deliver in week 12. You will research and write a summary of two sources of information on your chosen topic.

Assignment Details:

Perform the following tasks:

· Complete the reading assignment and the interactive lesson before attempting this assignment

· Complete the worksheet:

· Consider something in which you feel strongly. This could be a political issue, a pet peeve, a social justice issue, or something you can persuade others to believe.

· Compose your topic in five words or less (this becomes the title of your speech).

· Research the topic and find two sources of information you can use in your persuasive speech.

· Write a summary of these sources in less than 200 words and cite them appropriately.

· Spell and grammar check your summary.

· Use the proper naming convention when saving your assignment:

· COM205_wk6_assn_jsmith_mmddyyy

· Submit your assignment for peer review by Sunday.

· Once a peer review has been assigned, you can view a notification in your Dashboard To Do sidebar.

· Conduct peer review and provide constructive feedback. Your peer review is due on Wednesday (in Week 8).

Grading:

Criteria	Possible Points	Points Achieved
Identified the topic of the speech.	20
Cited two resources of information.	20
Composed a summary of information found in the selected resources.	20
Assignment contained no spelling, grammar or mechanical errors.	10
Total Possible Points	70

Assignment Worksheet

Topic (Write out in five words or less.)

List the two resources you will use for your speech.

1.

2.

Write a summary of less than 200 words of information found in the listed resources.