Final Presentation Guidelines

The final two class meetings (11/24 and 11/26) will consist of presentations of your Stage 5 Public Texts. Each of you will be required to showcase your Stage 5 Public texts to the class, as well as discuss its overall rhetorical dimensions. Don’t worry if you’re not done constructing your public text. Your presentation is meant to give the class a good idea of what you are creating, your rhetorical reasoning behind your chosen form for your public text, and how effectively you are communicating with your Stage 4 theory to a public audience.

Here is the presentation schedule:

Monday, 11/24

Acevedo	Chelsea
Barba	Ashley
Cantu	Marcos
Cepeda	Andrea
Chapa	Lesley
Cuellar	Saul
De La Garza	Robert
De Luna	Cesar
Deleon	Kathryn
Delgado	Joseph
Garcia	Yajaira
Garza	Eduardo
Garza	Sebastian

Wednesday, 11/26

Gomez	Kassandra
Gonzalez	Ricardo
Guerra	Cristobal
Kissi	Ashley
Lozano	Angeles
Marin	Cindy
Martinez	Denise
Orriols	Edwin
Puga	Laura
Ramirez	Amanda
Valdez	Marissa
Vazquez	Paula

Presentation times are non-negotiable, so make sure to come prepared on your assigned date. For those of you working with digital picture files, videos, or web sites, you will have the computer in the classroom at your disposal.

Here are the requirements for your presentation:

1. Keep your presentation between 5-6 minutes at the most
2. Start by stating your Stage 4 theory
3. Showcase/describe your Stage 5 Public Text by answering the following questions
• How does your public text connect to your Stage 4 Essay theory?
• What is the purpose of your public text? Who is the primary audience for this public text?
• How easy/difficult was it to construct your public text? What other forms did your public text take before you settled on this final form?
4. Provide one (1) open-ended question for class discussion.
• Don’t ask closed questions like this: Did you like my public text?
• Ask open questions like this: Why/how is my public text rhetorically effective? Why/how is this the best form to communicate my Stage 4 theory? What specific audiences will my public text impact the most/least?

In addition to this, on the days you are not presenting, you will also be required to complete a 1-page, typed summary AND response to your favorite Stage 5 Public Text presentation. This document should 1) state the name of the author of the public text, 2) detail what the presentation covered, and 3) discuss how/why this public text is rhetorically effective/ineffective. Summary/responses will be due at the start of class for credit.

I'm looking forward to all of your Stage 5 Public Text presentations next week!