ENG 106: Composition 2

Midterm Presentations
Week: Feb. 24-March 2, 2003

Place: Dial 118

Objectives

Please review the objectives from all of the lessons we have completed thus far. You should be able to achieve all of the objectives listed on these lessons.

Assignment

Deliver your midterm presentation at the time listed below. This presentation should contain all of the components listed on the syllabus.

Activities

We will not meet as a class this week. Instead, each of you will meet with me in my office (Dial 118) and deliver your midterm presentation. Here is a schedule of presentations:

Tuesday, February 25

8 a.m.:

8:10:

8:20:

8:30:

8:40:

8:50:

9 a.m.:

9:10:

9:30:

9:40:

9:50:

10 a.m.:

10:10:

10:20:

10:30:

10:40:

10:50:

Thursday, February 27

8 a.m.:

8:10:

8:20:

8:30:

8:40:

9 a.m.:

9:10:

9:20:

9:30:

9:40:

9:50:

10 a.m.:

10:10:

10:20:

10:30:

10:40:

Terms

Please review the terms from all of the lessons we have completed thus far. You should be able to define each of these terms.

Introduction

Having completed the first half of this course, you now will have the opportunity to show off how much have learned. This week, each of you will meet me in my office to give your midterm presentation. Please come to my office (Dial 118) at the time listed under “Activities” in the box at the left; bring hard copies of all of your assignments, along with rough drafts, notes, and photocopies of sources with quoted or paraphrased passages highlighted. Please note that you have only 10 minutes at the time assigned. If you arrive late or fail to arrive at all without adequate advance notice, your grade may suffer. The material below is designed to help you succeed on this presentation.

Discussion

Midterm Presentation

Drawing on the material in your evaluation, you will make a presentation arguing for the midterm grade you believe your performance thus far in the course merits. Like the written evaluation, this presentation should state a clear claim and support it with evidence drawn from at least five sources, including your written evaluation and proposal, this syllabus, the department guidelines for ENG 106, and at least one of the textbooks for this course. You also must use at least one visual aid to make your case. Because you have only five minutes to make this argument, you will want to be extremely concise. After you make your oral argument, I will ask you a few questions about terms and concepts we have covered in the course. Again, you will have only five minutes; be concise.

Use the following checklist to prepare for this presentation:

__ I have hard copies of all of my assignments, along with rough drafts, notes, and photocopies of sources with quoted or paraphrased passages highlighted. I will bring these materials to my presentation and will be prepared to discuss how I used sources and otherwise wrote my essays.

__ I have a clear idea of the quality of my writing and can make a clear, organized, and engaging presentation in which I orally argue for a specific grade that I believe my work merits.

__ I have a visual aid, such as a handout or a PowerPoint display, to supplement my oral remarks during the presentation.

__ I have achieved all of the objectives listed in the lessons we have completed thus far.

__ I can define all of the terms listed in the lessons we have completed thus far.

__ I have practiced my oral argument, and I believe that it fulfills the requirements and criteria listed on the syllabus.

Conclusion

By the end of this week, you will have completed the first five assignments of the course: your introduction, evaluation, causal argument, definition, and midterm presentation. In our next lesson, we will begin working on your proposal.