COURAGE

Monday, 2/14/2011 Bellringer: Take Conell notes on the video below. Make sure you have correct notetaking format and develop at least 3 questions based on your notes.

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 Oral Presentation Rubric:
 * Courage prompt: ** True courage is seen only when a person faces something fearful. Write about a time you, someone you know, someone famous, or someone fictional demonstrated courage. Describe the situation, tell about what the person said and did, and explain the outcome. Finally, infer what would be different now had that person not demonstrated courage at that time.
 * **Component ** ||  **10 **  ||  **8 **  ||  **6 **  ||  **4 **  ||
 * **Volume and Tone ** || Consistently speaks with appropriate volume and tone. || Generally speaks with appropriate volume, tone, and articulation. || Has difficulty speaking with appropriate volume, tone, and articulation.  || Does not speak with appropriate volume, tone, and articulation.  ||
 * **Eye Contact ** || Consistently employs appropriate eye contact and posture. || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Frequently employs appropriate eye contact and posture.  || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Employs infrequent eye contact and/or poor posture.  || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Makes no eye contact.  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Body Language ** || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Consistently employs appropriate nonverbal communication techniques. || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Adequately employs appropriate nonverbal communication techniques.  || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Employs limited nonverbal communication techniques.  || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Does not employ nonverbal communication techniques.  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Standard Grammar ** || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Consistently employs standard grammar. || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Generally employs standard grammar.  || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Infrequently employs standard grammar.  || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Does not employ standard grammar.  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Time ** || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Perfect Length || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Almost Perfect || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Too long or too short || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Way too long or too short. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Introductory Line (topic sentence) ** || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Effectively defines a main || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Adequately defines a main || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Insufficiently defines a main || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Does not define a main ||
 * **<span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Body & Supporting Details ** || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Demonstrates exceptional use of supporting details/ evidence. || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Demonstrates sufficient use of supporting details/ evidence.  || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Demonstrates insufficient supporting details/ evidence.  || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Demonstrates no supporting details/evidence.  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Logical Sequence ** || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Employs a logical and engaging sequence which the audience can follow. || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Employs a logical sequence which the audience can follow.  || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Employs an ineffective sequence confusing to the audience.  || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Lacks an organizational sequence.  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Personal Insights ** || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Provides appropriate commentary or personal insight || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Provides adequate commentary or personal insight || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Provides little commentary or personal insight || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Provides no commentary or personal insight ||
 * **<span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Closing Statement ** || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Makes an original statement that closes the speech. || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Closes the speech with a sentence or statement. || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Closing statement repeats the topic sentence. || <span style="font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Provides no closing statement. ||