FIRC Q4 Week Six Agenda
May 23- 27, 2011
FIRC Public Speaking
Week 6: MLA Documentation & Persuasive Speech Topics
Day 1 (90 mins)
Mon 5/23 & Tues 5/24
 Meet in Lab 210
 Citing Sources & Evidence:
Bring Rules for Writers to class
 Ice Cream – integrating
borrowed info into speeches &
Tech Plots
 Works Cited format
 Parenthetical Citations:
purpose, format, & placement
 Persuasive Topic Selection &
Research Methods w/ Ms.
DeGroat
 Review library wiki on topic
selection & research guides
 Browse Public Agenda Issues
Guide
 Browse Opposing
Viewpoints/locating page #s in
articles
 Browse Polemical/Biased
Publications links: 1 Journal of
Opinion from each side
(Lib/Cons)/ Searching back
issues by key word
 Browse PowerSearch: searching
back issues by key word
HW:
 Review Rules for Writers on in-
text citations and works cited
 pp.426-430; scan samples; read
pp.435-438; scan samples, esp.
online; read p.465 and 474-475
 Visit library webpage wiki for
selecting a Persuasive Speech
topic: for several possible
topics + main reasons for
arguments on either side of
each issue
Day 2 (90 mins.) Day 3 (45 mins.)
Wed 5/25 & Thurs 5/26 Fri 5/27
 Lab 210:  Lab 210: Research
 Research possible topics  Documenting Research w/ Ms.
 Turn in (in Writing) your topic DeGroat
for your speech & write a  Using NoodleTools for Works
preliminary thesis: your angle + Cited page – databases and
3 reasons to promote your other sources
angle by the end of class
 Begin Research Planning Sheet
(p.71-2 +Works Cited)
 Independent research –
identifying 3 reasons to
promote your thesis angle
(body ¶ topics) + 3 supporting
pieces of evidence per
reason/body ¶
 Independent research –
identifying counterarguments &
rebuttals
 Independent research –
identifying hook & background
scope of issue
 Finalize thesis
HW: HW:
 Begin conducting research &  Begin conducting research &
completing Persuasive Speech completing Persuasive Speech
Research Planning Sheet (due Research Planning Sheet (due
Thurs 6/2 or Fri 6/3) Thurs 6/2 or Fri 6/3)