Week of 1/10-1/14

All week, work on your rough draft. Save it to a flashdrive and bring flashdrive to class each day.

Before you begin your draft, you need to identify what your central purpose is. This is slightly different than your topic & call to action. The purpose is why people should pay attention to your speech.

For example from class today: to recognize the unsung heroes, to be nicer, to make you a better person, to save lives, to focus on what makes you happy, not to judge people too hastily, to rediscover the thrill of learning, to not waste your life, etc.

Once you have the central purpose identified, you can think of a good opener to get people interested in this central purpose. From there you can transition into your pros and cons for your argument.

Email me (jscozzaro@gmail.com) any questions.

Also, check out 350.org & worldlearning.org if you enjoyed the co-opera in the auditorium today, or if you were unable to attend and wanted to know what you missed. Click on the links to the left of this posting.