This is your opportunity to
select works that reflect who you are. You will be expected to create a read
presentation of poetry, prose, drama, song lyrics or even news clippings that
will help us to understand who you really are. The whole presentation should
last for three [3] to four [4] minutes.
Feel free to mix media. That
is, you may select a portion of a song’s lyrics, a speech from your favorite
play, and a snippet of a poem to create an audio [i.e. you will read the
composition aloud] introduction to the person you want to be in this class. You
might select a portion of a song popular before you were born, a speech from
Shakespeare, and the headlines from the day you came to B.C.C. Or, you could
choose all your materials from the most up-to-date materials out there in cyber
land. Best of all, you can mix and match to your heart’s desire. You can go
with all songs, or all any other medium. What you want to do is use the words
of others to describe how we should see you.
You will be expected to type
out the material, giving credit to the authors of the pieces that you use. You
may use parenthetical citations [this requires a bibliography] or Source
Citations in any form you have learned, and feel comfortable with from your
English classes. I will grade your typed selections for neatness. Please use
Arial 12 font. [if using a different font make sure that it is at least as
large as Arial 12, Times New Roman is at least a third smaller] The oral
portion will be graded on clarity, and on meeting the time requirement. I do
not expect perfection; this is an introductory course, after all. But I do
expect evidence that you worked hard and tried your very best.
I hope that you will use
this chance to present to us a unique and personally informative view of how
you wish to be seen by your classmates. I will expect you to listen carefully
to the presentations of others, to have compliments on what they have to say
and to be an active participant.