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Assignment - TT2 Achievements and Experience. Report on and evaluate the contributions that you, your team mates, and your other classmates made to our Team Talk #2 experience. Give your report a title that begins with the author's name and title of the story, and then uses a subtitle that reflects the unifying theme your team presents about visions of war and peace in that story. In your report, include the following parts, organized in 6 or more paragraphs. By Tuesday of Week 15, complete your draft of this paper with all or most of the parts completed; the paper is due on Thursday for my evaluation. Feel free to use the numbers and letters below to mark which part of the assignment you are addressing; if you do not use these labels, be sure your organization clearly shows that you have addressed all parts of the assignment:
(1) Introduce your report with the following: (a) a short summary of your team's talk (2-3 sentences), including the team's unifying theme and (b) a general description of the experience of preparing for and giving this team talk to our class (2-3 sentences).
(2) Describe and evaluate your individual work; that is, answer the question, "What did you do specifically to contribute to the success of this group project?" Include your role in preparation, presentation, and class discussion. (a) Briefly describe what you did as a team member before your presentation date to prepare for your part of the talk (be specific about the time, place, duration of meetings you attended—and the number of emails and phone calls you made and/or responded to). Include your contribution to the team's outline and Works Cited list. (b) Briefly describe what you did as an individual to plan before you gave your talk (e.g., reading, researching, organizing, practicing). (c) Summarize and evaluate your own actual presentation; include a description and evaluation of the research and sensory aid you used. (d) Describe and evaluate your contribution to the class discussion that followed your team's talk. (e) Estimate the number of hours you spent, total, on this project, including time spent preparing for the talk as well as time spent drafting, revising, editing, typing, and proofreading this report; use a specific number please, and figure only the hours you spent outside of class. (f) Sum up and evaluate the overall quality of your teamwork skills during this activity. What improvements in your own performance would you suggest for future reference?
(3) Describe and evaluate the contributions of your teammates. First, for each team member give the following information: (a) her/his full name, (b) his/her specific contributions to the group preparation, presentation, and discussion (for this part, start with the topics already provided in the team outline and move quickly to telling me information NOT already provided. I am especially interested in new information, i.e., contributions made by your team mates other than those I already know about because I have written work or have made observations during class time), (c) your evaluation of that individual group member's contribution to the team not only during the team talk, but also before and after. Second, identify the most helpful, reliable, and productive member of the group; briefly explain. Third, evaluate and discuss the overall quality of the teamwork skills evidenced by your team on this activity; include a comparison with the teamwork exhibited for Team Talk #1.
(4) Evaluate your audience. (a) Comment on the quality of courtesy, attentiveness, liveliness, responsiveness, and respect the other members of the class afforded you during your team talk. (b) Do the same for the other two talks, and include yourself as part of the audience for those talks. (c) During any of the three team talks, who was not paying attention—who was whispering, obviously preparing their own talk or doing other work, or in any way disrespecting the team presenters?
(5) Evaluate the teams, including your own, using these criteria: clarity, completeness, accuracy, substance and depth of development, organization, articulateness, scholarship and professionalism, effective use of APEx, critical and creative thinking, enthusiasm, style and team spirit. First, give all three team talks a grade (1-5 considering all criteria: 5 indicating "excellent" in all or most criteria, 4 indicating "good," 3 indicating "competent/adequate," 2 indicating "inadequate/needs improvement, and 1 indicating "unacceptable"), and explain your grade. Second, tell what you most appreciate having learned from the other two team talks. Third, identify your favorite team talk (other than your own), and explain your choice. (Don't dodge this question by saying "they were both great"; show critical thinking and listening skills by making a choice and explaining your choice.)
(6) In this part you can add other comments you have related to the Team Talk #2 activity and assignment, and the Unit Three readings, including the Molly Ivins and Tidepools stories, to shed light on your learning experience so far in Unit Three. You can also share your thoughts on the relationship between teamwork and peacemaking skills, and/or your thoughts on peace as related to our study of fiction and film. Other comments may involve recommended short stories, novels, and films that would work well for this unit of learning.Minimum Length. 800 words (3 pages minimum, not including Appendix material)
Appendix: After your report, attach three items: (1) your team's outline, including the team's Works Cited list in MLA format (identify or highlight your individual contributions here); (2) a corrected Team Works-Cited list if the team's outline is incomplete or incorrect; (3) your individual notes or outline, the script you used to make your presentation, and/or your individual PP slides on CD; (4) your prepared discussion questions; (5) a documented copy of the research you used for your presentation, pages referred to by quotation, paraphrase, summary, or other extraction of information (highlight or otherwise mark where these passages are found on the document); documented in this context means you have added bibliographical information, including page number, on the copy to show author, title, etc., the information which "documents" your source.
Format, Copies, and Submission Instructions: Turn in this paper in hard copy. Use the standard PAPER GUIDELINES handout for important format and submission information. Use correct format for in-text or set-off quotations (see Barnet Appendix for details). Use the APEx formula consistently when you cite any source. Use this assignment page as a cover sheet, and follow it with your first page of text; staple at the upper left-hand corner and write your full name there and Team # (do not create a separate title page). Give bibliographical information for the sources cited in your report, either as a Works Cited List (the last page of your report) or in footnote form within your report.
Essay Analysis Letter and Peer Review: None required for this report.
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