Assignment Informative Speech

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Informative Speech

Your week 6 assignment is to construct an effective speech based on your new knowledge of all of the components of effective speaking that we covered in the past few weeks. This week, you will construct and delivery an informative speech. The good news? You’ve already got a good start on this process! In weeks 3 and 4, you began working on this—now it’s time to continue building from there to execute an effective informative speech. Your goal is to use principles of effective informative delivery to provide new information and/or clarity about a topic to your audience. Remember—you already chose this topic a few weeks ago and also started gathering sources!

It is critical that you carefully review all course content (lectures, readings, etc.) before completing this task.

Your overall speech should be 4-7 minutes in length and incorporate all of the principles of effective delivery.  You will be expected to cite at least 3 academic articles on your topic. You will also be expected to follow all of the guidelines for effective speech delivery. Remember to utilize the speech evaluation worksheet to evaluate your performance on the first draft. You should never submit your first draft as your final draft. Submit only your best. You will be evaluatedusing the rubric available below.

You must submit an outline along with your speech! Please use the outline template provided to you.

Reading Reflection And Presentation Text

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About the reading reflection part: Address the following questions after read the two articles: (no more than one page for each)

1. What is the author’s main argument?

2. What evidence or other persuasive techniques does the author use to support his/her main argument?

3. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the author’s approach?

4. Do you agree or disagree with the author’s conclusion? Why or why not?

5. What other thoughts do you have on the topic addressed in this reading?

There are two articles, so you need to write two reading reflections. Both of them you need to answer all the questions above, one page for one article.

The articles are:

· Mark Sagoff, “At the Shrine of our Lady Fatima”

· Norman Bowie, “Morality, Money & Motor Cars”

Write something about ethic

About the presentation text part:

I need to do a presentation of Bowie’s article so I need a script presentation so that I can just read it. We are a team of two and I only in charge of the summary part. (just Bowie’s article)The requirements are:

 

Students are responsible for summarizing this article to present to the class, and leading a discussion based on the article. Grading is based on your ability to identify the author’s key arguments, to critique those arguments, and to communicate this information.  For the article summary, you are responsible for summarizing the article including the author’s key points, main conclusion and the arguments s/he makes to lead up to that conclusion. You should also include your analysis/critique of the author’s arguments and conclusion. (E.g., are there any assumptions made? does the author provide solid evidence? Are the analogies or comparisons logical? etc.) This will be written up informally (i.e. bullet points are fine, it doesn’t have to be a formal essay) in about 2 powerpoint slides (or the equivalent amount of text in a Word document), and will be presented to the class (for about 10-15 minutes). You will then lead the class (I will help and participate) in a discussion including different opinions on the article and at least 2 interesting questions you prepare for discussion.

I’m only in charge of the summary part so just focus on the summary part of the requirements. The script presentation text should be 2 pages so that I can present it in 5 minutes. and I only need a one-page powerpoint slide based on that.

The photos I upload are the Bowie’s article, and u can find the other one on Google.

Metacognitive Forum

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This metacognitive forum is intended to help you develop intentional learning practices. It is an opportunity to think about how you processed the learning from the previous week. You are welcome to reference any of the required or supplementary materials, videos, or instructor guidance as well as anything in the text that was not covered in the discussions.

Complete the following sentence starters to create your post:

  • One new or interesting thing I learned last week was… I found it interesting because…
  • One thing that went well for me last week was…
  • Something I could have done differently last week was… This week I will…
  • After reading the materials and completing last week’s assignments, I’d like to learn more about…

How Food can Become Contaminated in the Home Kitchen

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Assignment Instructions

Instructions

Throughout the course, we have been covering topics surrounding course learning objective 3, but for this final assignment, you will be applying that knowledge to create a home food safety manual.

As you know, foodborne illness is a widespread problem, not only in the United States, but around the world.  Prior to beginning this course, you may have thought that foodborne illnesses were only caused by restaurants or food manufacturers.  However you have learned that what you do (or do not do) in your own home can also cause foodborne illnesses.  Whether it is letting the kids sample the raw cookie dough, washing your raw chicken in the kitchen sink, letting your meat thaw at room temperature all day, or judging a burger by the way it looks, there are many ways that we can unintentionally cause harm to ourselves and our families through improper food safety practices.

For this final assignment, you will be creating a food safety manual to be used in your own home.  There is a suggested table of contents listed below, but it is up to you to fully address each section.  You may add to the table of contents, but you may not delete anything.  Remember, this is for use in your own home, so it should be specific to your home.  So if you are a parent of small children, you may be including different information than a single retired adult.  Take into account the structure of your family, and who typically shops for, stores, prepares, serves, and consumes food in your home.

Do NOT include the explanations in parentheses that follow the table of contents elements – these are to help clarify what should be included – but DO include page numbers for reference.

Please do NOT copy and paste charts from various websites.  Anyone can copy and paste.  That does not show that you understand the concepts.  Visuals are encouraged – either create your own or if you must use an existing visual, be sure to give credit to the creator of the image.  You should cite your sources using APA format for in-text citations.  So if you have a list of internal cooking temperatures (hint, hint), cite the source that you used to find those temperatures.

This is for you to demonstrate what you have learned and how you would share your food safety knowledge with your family and friends.  Have fun with this.

Table of Contents (this is a minimum to include)

Introduction to Food Safety

How Food can Become Contaminated in the Home Kitchen

Safe Purchasing Practices (where do you shop, what do you look for, how do you transport your groceries home)

Safe Storage Practices (how and where is your food stored, do you rotate, check expiration dates)

Safe Preparation Practices (who cooks, what are they wearing, what do they do – include at least 4 internal cooking temperatures and explain how to check, handwashing)

Safe Serving Practices (family style, who plates the food, parties and buffets)

Household Food Safety (here you can include extra tips that you want to cover – think about things like if you have children, how you will instill good food safety and hygiene practices, consider listing some “training” resources, the poison control line, what to do if you suspect a foodborne illness, where to report unsafe food that you have purchased, etc.)

??anything else you would like to include??

References (formatted in APA format)

There is no set minimum page count, but be sure that you are fully explaining each content area.  At least 1 – 2 pages written for each topic is the recommendation.  Refer to the iRubric for details on how the assignment will be evaluated.  Please ask for any necessary clarifications prior to submitting your assignment.

Have fun!  The more relevant you make this for your own household, the more fun you will have with it.