For your final paper in this course, you must substantially revise your research paper and resubmit it.  A substantial revision means that you must significantly transform the paper -- by adding new material, deleting unnecessary material, reorganizing the remaining material, refining the style, shifting or narrowing the focus, and/or finding additional sources.

I have met with each of you to discuss individually the specific revisions that I recommend for your research paper.  If you have any questions about my suggestions, be sure to ask in class.  I will grade your revision in part according to my usual criteria for grading papers, but in addition, I will also consider how successfully you have approached and attempted the revisions that I suggested.

When you submit your revision to me, you must also include the original version of the paper with my comments.  You need not include your sources for the paper -- only the original version of the paper with my comments.

If you would like your revision back, you should either stop by my office next fall or provide me with a self-addressed, stamped envelope of suitable size for mailing the paper to you this summer.

In your final speech for this course, present the argument from your research paper to your fellow classmates.  Consider your speech an opportunity to try out the revisions that you intend to make to the paper before you resubmit it to me.  Remember, however, that writing and speaking are very different media.  Present your research paper to the class in ways that are most effective for speaking rather than for writing.

Remember also that you are required to make at least one "supported" presentation this semester.  If your first speech was not supported (that is, if it consisted of nothing but your speaking and gestures), you must give a supported presentation for Speech 2.  A supported presentation might use something as high-tech as PowerPoint, or it might simply consist of a handout, visual aid, or overhead.  Keep in mind that whatever tools you use in addition to your voice and gestures should be directly relevant to the content of your speech.  You should not give a PowerPoint presentation or use a handout or visual aid unless these tools are really going to help your audience see and understand your argument better.  A handout or visual aid that is an irrelevant afterthought is never very helpful in persuading your audience.

My criteria for evaluating speeches are available at http://www.tcnj.edu/~gsteinbe/syllabi/speechcriteria.htm.