Instructions+for+Individual+Speeches

**INDIVIDUAL SPEECHES**
SPECIAL PROJECT: FAMOUS AMERICAN SPEECHES For this project, you will select a famous American speech. You will then: 1) post your choice on this Wiki, 2) make an oral presentation, and 3) complete a written assignment on that speech.

· Begin by accessing the web site for the Port Huron Project (to find information about re-enacting some famous speeches and a list of possible speeches): The project was founded by Professor Mark Tribe and the official website is located at a webpage that he maintains: § [|www.marktribe.net/art/port-huron-project/] The website has links to an official description of the project and to the speeches that were reenacted between 2006 and 2008 (including videos of these reenactments).
 * __Step 1. Selecting a Speech __**

· Links to important speeches may be found on the “American Rhetoric” site, which is maintained by Michael Eidenmueler, professor in the department of communication at the Univeristy of Texas at Tyler. It may be accessed directly or through links on Professor Eidenmuller’s site at the UT-Tyler: § [|www.americanrhetoric.com] § [|www.uttyler.edu/meidenmuller/] It has a speech bank of more than 5000 speeches, with a list of the top 100 speeches of the twentieth century, as well as a list of important speeches (more than 30 now) of the twenty-first century.

If you find the name of a speaker for whom you want to locate a speech, use Google to search with key words like: [name of the speaker] + speech + transcript.

You should post your choice on the “Discussion” section of the Wiki page called "Individual Speeches--Student Selections." · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">When you post your choice, you should identify the speaker, the title of the speech, and the date and place of the original presentation. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">You should include brief information about the speaker and the occasion on which the speech was given; and you should also identify the main topic(s) of the speech. To identify the "topic" of your post, use your name plus the last name of the speaker and the title of the speech.
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Step 2. Posting Your Choice __**

<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">In addition, you should provide a link to an online copy of the speech on the Wiki page called "Individual Speeches--Student Selections." First identify the speaker (begin with the speaker's last name and then his or her first name) and then include the title of the speech (in quotation marks). In the next line, insert the link to an online copy (transcripts) of the speech.

__<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">**Step 3. The Oral Presentation** __<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> Your in-class oral presentation will consist of three parts. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Part One (2-3 minutes): Introduce the Speech. Identify: the title of the speech; the speaker, including the speaker’s name as well as relevant biographical information; the occasion on which the speech was given, including date and place and the nature of the event (including purpose of the event, if relevant); and the topic/principal focus of the speech as well as the central idea of the speech and a very brief overview of what the speech includes (outline of the main parts of the speech). [You must present this part without reading; you must speak with no more than a few notes.]

<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Part Two (6-7 minutes): Read Selected Parts of the Speech. You should read parts of the speech that you think are especially significant and memorable—for example, they include well-known parts of the speech; they include significant images; they include important examples, etc. Before you read each part, you should explain what that part is about and should very briefly identify what was included in the parts in-between that you did not read.

<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Part Three (2-3 minutes): Reflect on/Respond to the Speech. Using specific details and examples, describe the reason you selected the speech and the relevance/meaning that it has for your life and/or for the world you live in now (make specific connections with the present). [You must speak this part.]

Time your presentation carefully. You will not be permitted to take longer than the allowed time for each part (as moderator, I will stop you if you start to go over). If your presentation is too short, however, your grade will be lowered. You will need to speak and read slowly enough, carefully enough, and loudly enough for the entire audience to understand you. The “audience” will take a quiz on your presentation. You may have notes for Parts 1 and 3 on a 4" x 6" index card. You will hand in this index card at the conclusion of your presentation.

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">The written assignment also has three parts: <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">An introduction to the speech that identifies all the kinds of information required in the introduction to your oral presentation. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">A summary of the whole speech that follows the model that you were supposed to use to summarize King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, using summary sentences, paraphrase, and select quotations. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">A personal response to/reflection on the speech that discusses such things as: the reason you selected the speech, and the significance/meaning of the speech for you in your life now/in the world you live in (make specific connections). The written assignment must be typed and double-spaced.
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Step 4. The Written Assignment __**

2 October, Friday**: <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">You must post your choice, together with the required information and link, in the “Discussion” section of this page __no later than 9 am__ on Friday, 2 October. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Oral Presentations will begin. All students must be prepared to present on this date. Students who will present each day will be selected randomly. ALL students must submit a copy (transcript) of the speech they will be presenting at the beginning of class on Wednesday, 7 October; the parts that you expect to read __must be highlighted__. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">The date on which your written assignment is due will be determined at a later date.
 * __DATES/SCHEDULE__:
 * 7 October, Wednesday**:
 * To Be Determined**: