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SUU ENGL 1010: Introduction to Academic Writing

Guidelines for your presentation (25 points)

last updated 8/10/114

Due date: Sign-up will be Nov. 20 for presentations that will be scheduled for the last two weeks of regular classes. If you can't be in class Nov. 20, the professor will assign you a slot. If you miss your presentation, you won't be able to make it up unless you can document a school-excused absence or illness/emergency.

Length: 7-10 minutes, including a minute or two for questions At the start of your presentation, you will hand a 1- to 2-page outline. See rubric below for more specific requirements for each grade level. Please note that you will receive 15 PZ points a day for evaluating your classmates' arguments.

Purpose/audience: Your goal is to convince the professor and your classmates that your thesis is valid. To improve your grade, support your presentation with PowerPoint slides or visual aids based on photographs you have taken or have found in connection with your particular topic--no clip art, please! In addition, the assignment will allow you to do the following:

to present your research to your peers
to organize an presentation
to refine your literacy skills as a speaker
to give your class members the opportunity to learn from your research and writing

Proposal Rubric

Organization/Clarity	The thesis is crystal clear, the points are easy to follow, and significant opposing viewpoints are addressed thoroughly.	There is a thesis and the argument is mostly easy to follow.	The thesis needed to be clarified. The reasons needed to be more specifically tied to the thesis.
Persuasiveness	Your evidence really convinced me. Your research seemed very thorough and credible.	Your evidence and research was OK, but, to tell the truth, I felt that you could have gone into more depth on the issue.	I needed more credible evidence to be convinced.
Interest level	You personalized your topic instead of falling back on the same old debates that students often write about. Well-edited visual aids and a lively speaker presence added a lot to this presentation.	Everything was OK, but I got the feeling that you didn't spend any extra time on this project.	I would have liked you to have seemed more prepared and more enthusiastic about your point.