SophomoreSpeech2016

EachsophomorestudentwillsoonembarkonawonderfulNovatoHightradition.Each
studentwillbepresentingawellplannedandresearchedthreetofiveminutepersuasive
speech.Thespeechwillbeonacurrentsocialpolicyofthestudent'schoosing.The
threemostpersuasivestudentsfromeachclass,asdeterminedbytheclassandthe
teacher,willmoveontotheschoolwidesemifinalcompetition.Fromthesemifinal
speeches,sixfinalistswillbechosenandcompetetobethewinner.

DrivingQuestion:HowdoweenactpositivesocialpolicyCHANGE?

Dates:
January4:Introduceproject,discusstopics
January8:ProposalDue

25points
January15:OnlineResearch
100points
January19/20:Createoutlineforessay 50points
January20/21:Writefirstdraftinclass
January22:TypedWorksCitedPageDue
50points
January28:TypedDraftDue
100points
January29:Peerreview
January29:IntroparagraphinMLAformat 25points
February1:PresentIntroduction
25points
February2:Pickdayforyourspeech
February12:FinalDraftofEssayDue
200points
February221:Speeches 500points
March3:SemiFinals
March7:Finals

TheSpeechRules:
1.Forthespeech,youmayuseonlyTHREE3x5cards(nolarger),bothsides.DoNOT
writeoutyourentirespeechoncardsusethemforbriefreferenceonly.

2.Youmayuseavisualaide,ifappropriate.Pleasedonotaskforaudienceparticipation.

3.Yourentirespeechtheresearch,theorganization,thewriting,andthedeliverymust
beyourownoriginal,currentwork.

4.Ifyouarenotreadyonthedateyouchoose,youwillgetan"F",whichwillseverely
impairyourgrade.Ifyouareabsent(excused)onyourassignedday,youMUSTbringa
signednotefromyourparentorguardianuponyourreturn,andyouwillspeakfirston
thatday.

PickingaTopic:
Yourspeechandpersuasivepaperneedtobeacontroversialsocialpolicy.You
arefreetopickANYTHINGyoufeelpassionatelyabout,aslongastheyfollowthese
fourrules:

Fourrulesgovernyourchoiceoftopic:
1. Mustbedebatable
2. Mustberesearchable
3. Mustnotbeoffensive
4. Onlyonestudentfromeachclasscanhavethetopic

ActionProject:
ThisActionItemprovidescontextbeyondjustwritingaresearchpaperandgivesyoutheability
totrulyengagewithyourresearchinameaningfulway.Yourtaskistocreativelyaddressyour
counterargumentandpersuadetheopposingviewpointtoenactchange.Forexample,ifyou
arguedforstricterguncontrolyoumightwritealettertotheNRAhighlightingelementsfrom
yourspeech.

Requirements:
Proofofactionitemcompletion(i.e.letter,pictures,video)
PresentationtotheclasstoshowcaseyourActionItem,whichmustincludethefollowing
areas:
DiscussionofwhyyouparticipatedinthisActionItem
Explanationofyourprocess
Reflection

Dates:
ConferencewithyourteacherregardingactionportionTuesday,March1stor
Wednesday,March2nd.

PresentationsbegintheweekofMarch14th

CommonCoreStandardsAddressed:
ReadingInformational
Texts

RI.910.1
Citestrongandthorough
textualevidenceto
supportanalysisofwhat
thetextsaysexplicitlyas
wellasinferencesdrawn
fromthetext.

RI.910.6

Writing

W.910.1:
Writeargumentstosupportclaimsinananalysisofsubstantivetopics
ortexts,usingvalidreasoningandrelevantandsufficientevidence.

W.910.2:
Writeinformative/explanatorytextstoexamineandconveycomplex
ideas,concepts,andinformationclearlyandaccuratelythroughthe
effectiveselection,organization,andanalysisofcontent.

W.910.5:

SpeakingandListening

SL.910.2
Integratemultiplesourcesof
informationpresentedin
diversemediaorformats
(e.g.,visually,quantitatively,
orally)evaluatingthe
credibilityandaccuracyof
eachsource.

SL.910.4

Determineanauthors
pointofvieworpurpose
inatextandanalyzehow
anauthorusesrhetoricto
advancethatpointof
vieworpurpose.

RI.910.7
Analyzevariousaccounts
ofasubjecttoldin
differentmediums(e.g.,a
personslifestoryinboth
printandmultimedia),
determiningwhichdetails
areemphasizedineach
account.

Developandstrengthenwritingasneededbyplanning,revising,
editing,rewriting,ortryinganewapproach,focusingonaddressing
whatismostsignificantforaspecificpurposeandaudience.

W.910.6
Usetechnology,includingtheInternet,toproduce,publish,and
updateindividualorsharedwritingproducts,takingadvantageof
technologyscapacitytolinktootherinformationandtodisplay
informationflexiblyanddynamically.

W.910.7:
Conductshortaswellasmoresustainedresearchprojectstoanswera
question(includingaselfgeneratedquestion)orsolveaproblem
narroworbroadentheinquirywhenappropriatesynthesizemultiple
sourcesonthesubject,demonstratingunderstandingofthesubject
underinvestigation.

W.910.8:
Gatherrelevantinformationfrommultipleauthoritativeprintand
digitalsources,usingadvancedsearcheseffectivelyassessthe
usefulnessofeachsourceinansweringtheresearchquestionintegrate
informationintothetextselectivelytomaintaintheflowofideas,
avoidingplagiarismandfollowingastandardformat.

Presentinformation,findings,
andsupportingevidence
clearly,concisely,and
logicallysuchthatlisteners
canfollowthelineof
reasoningandthe
organization,development,
substance,andstyleare
appropriatetopurpose,
audience,andtask.

SL.910.6
Adaptspeechtoavarietyof
contextsandtasks,
demonstratingcommandof
formalEnglishwhen
indicatedorappropriate.