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Dialogue:

Speaking Notes: Immediately Following Presentation (can be only 1⁄2 page of notes, and must also contain written

notes taken during the dialogue and a works cited list)

Presentation Days: Monday, November 28 Wednesday, November 30

Friday, December 2 Monday, December 5

Time Limit: Every dialogue begins with you taking three (3) minutes to outline your response to a classmate’s presentation from the persuasive performances; There is a thirty (30) second grace period on either end of that time mark within which you will not be penalized. For every thirty (30) second period outside of that grace period you will be penalized five (5) points on your speech grade up to a maximum of thirty (30) points. For example, if your presentation runs 2:29 then you will have your grade for the speech reduced by five (5) points, and if the speech goes 4:01 then you will be penalized ten (10) points, and so on. The only official time is kept by the instructor and it begins the moment you start speaking.

Following your three minute statement by each student in your dialogue group, you will engage in a conversation with that group about the topics presented by each individual. This will last roughly 20 minutes, and will be followed by an opportunity for the rest of the class to engage in the discussion.

Source Requirement: For this speech you are required to use at least three (3) credible sources. These can be sources you previously used in the first two assignments. Additionally, you must reference at least one other position offered by a classmate in the second round of performances, and focus your speech in response to that [those] perspectives. If you fail to use the appropriate number of acceptable sources you may be penalized up to twenty (20) points on your speech grade. Additionally, using websites such as Wikipedia, About.com, AskJeeves, or other such online encyclopedias will result in an automatic zero (0) for the grade. Finally, although encouraged, interviews, personal correspondence, atlases, dictionaries and encyclopedias do not count toward your total number of sources—though they must be listed in the bibliography and properly cited within the outline.

Topic: This is the culminating presentation for the course. In it you must accomplish four things: 1) Demonstrate an understanding of the perspective offered by at least one other classmate in their presentation from the second round of speeches. This means you must accurately summarize their position; 2) Discuss the areas where you
agree, but focus on where you disagree with their position, and explain why you disagree with their position; 3) Re- state your position and explain how it may have changed as a result of the presentations by your classmates; and 4) Engage your fellow classmates regarding their three minute statements. This is civil dialogic response to positions taken by other people demonstrating an understanding, but not necessarily an agreement with their ideas and positions. In the discussion, you also must follow the principles of dialogue when classmates respond to what you said.