Book+Talk


 * Read This Book/Don’t Read This Book—Trust me, I know what I’m talking about. **[[image:543016844_f5c2346fe2_m.jpg align="right" link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/leff/543016844/sizes/s/"]]
 * Points: ** 100 points for speech, 20 final outline + 20 final annotated works cited = 140 points
 * Purpose: **To persuade a selected audience to consider and accept your opinion and ultimately, read the book
 * To use oral interpretation skills to enhance and support your ideas
 * To use outside research to enhance and support your ideas
 * To develop further your extemporaneous speaking skills
 * //Time Limit: 7 minutes (about 5 min. for speech + 2 minutes for question/answer session) //**



Assignment/Steps: 1. Choose an audience to whom you would like to direct your speech. Publishers? Book club? Church group? Etc.

2. Why are you giving your speech?  Are you trying to convince the English department to include your book in the curriculum? Take it out? Ban it? Are you trying to convince Oprah and her producers to select the book for her book club? Into not selecting the book? Are you trying to convince your friends to read the book over the summer? Or not?

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Do <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">research at the library <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">to gather SUPPORT. Find statistics or testimony to prove your point to your selected audience. Ie. If you want your book to be added to the curriculum, find institutions or credible organizations that endorse the book like the librarians’ American Library Association. Find at least 3 different types of sources that are in at least 3 different forms (e.g. your own outside reading book, an interview, online review, and magazine article). See below.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Create a logically organized speech <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">, supported both by book excerpts and convincing research. Final OUTLINE is 20 points. Low outline score = lower speech grade. Follow taught guidelines.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5. Create a Google presentation as a visual aid for your speech. You should have three slides: A. A picture of your book cover and/or author B. A quotation from one of your reviews C. a graph or chart showing some kind of statistic.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">6. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Practice your speech <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> to determine what you need to write on your notecard. 50 words or less. Book excerpts must be in manuscript form.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">7. At the end of your speech, <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">you will professionally field questions from the group. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Anticipate the kinds of questions the audience may ask. Answer rationally and courteously.

Requirements: Your speech should have three distinct sections: Introduction; Body; Conclusion.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">introduction <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> must: 1) Capture the audience's attention and motivate them to listen; 2) Provide clear, yet brief background on your book and author; 3) State a clear thesis of your opinion on your book. This thesis must include the word “should.”
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">body <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> of the speech must: 1) Have three clear main ideas to support your thesis; 2) Offer supporting evidence from the novel and outside sources; 3) Use smooth transitions between main points.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">conclusion <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> of the speech must: 1) Restate the thesis, using new wording; 2) Summarize the main ideas of the speech;
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3) Make a final plea to your audience.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Supports: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Must come from a minimum of <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">three different types of sources <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">. Besides your own outside reading book where you gleaned excerpts* for your presentation, you’ll need other forms of sources such as:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">magazine article <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> on your book. You could find a quotation from the critic/expert and include it as support.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">author's official website <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">that addresses the plot, characters, or composition. You could include a quotation from the author.
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Amazon.com website which includes statistics from other readers. Cite a percentage of readers who have enjoyed the book.
 * Barnes and Noble or Powell's website, both of which have links to interviews, reviews and other excellent information.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">An <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">example/excerpt <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> from the book itself.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">newspaper article <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> that discusses the book and offers an example of some aspect of the plot that is realistic.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">personal experience <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> that discusses how quickly you read the book because of how captivated you were with the characters, plot and ending. (no source for this one)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">An <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">interview with an English teacher familiar with the book <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> (other than your own English teacher) from which you use a quotation about his/her feelings toward the characters, plot, or ending.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Outline: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Follow the guidelines and sample outline you have already used for your information speech. If you did not do that outline correctly, do so this time!

Annotated Works Cited: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> You are expected to complete an annotated works cited for this speech.

**Annotate your bibliography using following guidelines:** Write a thoughtful paragraph for each bibliography entry that includes the following information:


 * Describe the content (focus) of the source
 * Describe the usefulness of the source for your speech
 * Discuss any limitations the source may have (e.g. bias, timeliness, difficulty level)
 * Evaluate the reliability of the source

Indent the entire paragraph five spaces from the left margin, using block style. Single space the paragraph. Use proper grammar and punctuation! Proofread!

SAMPLE ANNOTATED WORK CITED


 * QUALITY SOURCES**

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