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Awesome, we’ll give speeches today.  Monday, we have a reading day and we’ll finish speeches next Friday…Whoohooo!

Check out the folks at TED if you get a chance.  Some awesome speeches and ideas there.

So, we’ll see a little clip of Bono speaking and decide what he’s good at/not so good at in persuasive speaking.

Then, I’ll give a short presentation (pprules.ppt) on the rules of PowerPoint.

Finally, it’s you. You get to work on outlines and PowerPoints in anticipation of the beginning of speeches. Don’t forget. The Google is not always the way to go; sometimes the database is the better way.

We’ll be trying to plow through research on our persuasive speeches today.

First, I want to mention a few argumentation tricks that are helpful to be on the lookout for.

Then, I want to give you a few organizing resources that can help you set up your speeches.

• NSVA-style (need, satisfaction, visualization, action) outline example with explantions
• A sample persuasion outline 
• Interactive Persuasion Map

Finally, I want to remind you about  the great persuasive resources available out there.

• American Rhetoric Sound Bank
• Speech hints and tips

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Hola, so we’re starting the research week for our persuasive speech. First, let’s talk propositions. Compare them with your table groups and check to see if they are 1) Action-based 2) Controversial enough for there to be two reasonable sides and 3) narrow enough to be appropriate for a 5-7 minute speech.

Next step is to see my Persuasion PowerPoint: Logos, Ethos, Pathos.

Now, it’s your turn to start with this LEP, Pre-write sheet.

Finally, RESEARCH! Here are some resources:

• Controversial Topic Handout
• Google News, Yahoo News (search for recent articles)
• Librarian’s Internet Index
• Noodle Tools
• But, whatever you do, don’t click this

Whoohooo! We start the film festival today! Afterwards, I’d like all fimmakers to upload a web-sized version of your video to my drop box.

Next, we’ll start the Grapes movie. The plan is to take an in-class exam on TH/F, but we might have to make it take home.

Finally, I’m going to ask you to choose your persuasive speech topic this week and begin your research. Look at the Opposing Viewpoints database (library card needed), SIRS knowledge source or the CQ Researcher site.