Grade Composition Revisited (1/13/09)

22% In Class Activities (Learning Initiative, "Discover Speech" Activities, Speech Days jobs)
8 % Table Topic Speeches
25% Informative Speech
30% Persuasive Speech
15% Final Speech

The Final Speech

The purposes of this exercise are

1. To allow students to think through comprehensively what they have learned in speech making
2. To have one more opportunity to do an informative/persuasive speech

In this 3-4 minute speech, (if you really have enough meaningful content, 5 minutes is OK, too) students should apply all knowledge and skills they have acquired through lectures/textbooks/ practicing/ observing. You are encouraged to use the professional languages as they appear in our textbook.

You may consider this as the final examination for this class. Previously, the proposed grade for this assignment is 10%. Should we make it more? We will discuss this in our class Wednesday.

HW3 – Thesis Statement and Outline

49582007 陳逸蘭 Stephenie General Goal I want to inform my audience. Specific Goal I would like the audience to understand rabbit's "body languages" when observing a rabbit. Thesis Statement For rabbit-keepers, there are some interesting signs showing their lovely pets' mood and needs—from the movement of or change in its ears, head, legs, and voice. Introduction You know what? Rabbits have so many body languages than you can imagine. They jump swiftly just like little elves, with their small nose jerking. It is so cute that three year ago I asked my father to buy me one. Today, I would like to tell you what interesting body languages that we can catch to know a rabbit's mood and needs. Body I. A rabbit shows its mood by some interesting behaviors. A. Standing up suddenly with two eyes open wide means it is cautious, detecting the environment around them. B. Rabbits, whether cave-dwelling or kept by human beings, stamp their foot on some situations. 1. Stamping foot to inform other companies that the danger is coming. 2. Stamping foot to make threats against enemies. 3. Stamping foot to express their discontent. C. A rabbit likes to lick its companies to express friendship and care. D. When a rabbit jumps actively, lingers around a place, and suddenly topples down in a flash, it means it feels relax and trustworthy about this place. E. Putting its ears low and nearly attaching the ears to the back means it is angry or afraid. F. Different voices it makes indicate its mood. 1. The squeak sound means it's in a painful or frightening situation. 2. The roar sound means it's angry and about to attack something. G. When it's happy and excited, it performs a "jump in the air." H. If a rabbit uses its head to push keepers' hand when the keepers want to touch it, it's telling the keepers to "go away." II. A rabbit shows its needs by some interesting behaviors. A. A rabbit has strong sense of domain over its own territory. 1. Male and female rabbits all have glands in their lower jaws, which can send out a special odor. And they tend to rub against something that belongs to their own territory. 2. Rabbits (male more often than female) spray their urine on something to mark that "this is my place." B. A rabbit licks itself, its companies and human beings. 1. To stay clean. 2. To get the salt it needs. C. A rabbit makes its ears turning to listen to the subtle sounds. D. A rabbit circles keeper's foot. 1. When it is in the oestrus period, it circles around its keeper. Experiments have shown that if you give your hand to a rabbit that is circling you, it will jump to your hand and do something surprises you! 2. When sensing that its keeper has something to eat, it will circle around its keeper. E. A rabbit eats its poo-poo to gain the nutrition it needs. F. A rabbits grinds its teeth in order to keep it at an appropriate length. Conclusion Now, let's watch this clip about a rabbit and test how many body languages you see in this clip. It very cute, so open your eyes as possible as you can. (show the following clip from internet) http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/animals/mammals-animals/rodents-and-rabbits/jackrabbit.html Sources Electronic article retrieved from database Han Han. "Han Han's 寵物窩." January 2008 <http://hanhan.xxking.com/> Book 橘子. 橘子養兔子(A Guidebook to Raise Your Rabbit). Taipei: 晨星出版社(Morning Star), 2005. Personal interview 邱建竹. Doctor at Congo Exotic Animal Hospital. Personal Interview. 18 November 2008.

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General Goal I want to inform my audience. Specific Goal I would like the audience to understand rabbit's "body languages." Thesis Statement There are many ways rabbit can behave to express its mood and needs. Introduction Outline of the Body I. Rabbits show their mood by some interesting behaviors. A. Standing up suddenly with two eyes open wide means they are cautious, detecting the environment around them. B. Rabbits, whether cave-dwelling or kept by human beings, stamp their foot on some situations. 1. Stamping foot to inform other companies that the danger is coming. 2. Stamping foot to make threats against enemies. 3. Stamping foot to express their discontent. C. Rabbits like to lick their companies to express friendship and care. D. When rabbits jump actively and then linger around a place, and suddenly topple down in a flash, it means they feel relax and trustworthy about this place. E. Putting their ears low and nearly attaching the ears to the back means they are angry or afraid. F. Different voices they make indicate their mood. 1. The squeak sound means they are in a painful or frightening situation. 2. The roar sound means they are angry and about to attack something. G. When they are happy and excited, they perform a "jump in the air." H. If rabbits use their head to push keepers' hand, they are telling the keepers to "go away." II. Rabbits show their needs by some interesting behaviors. A. Rabbits have strong sense of the domain over their own territory. 1. Male and female rabbits all have glands in their lower jaws, which can send out a special odor. And they tend to rub against something that belongs to their own territory. 2. Rabbits (male often than female) spray their urine on something to mark that "this is my place." B. Rabbits lick themselves, their companies and human beings. 1. Licking themselves and their companies to stay clean. 2. Licking human beings to get the salt they need. C. Rabbits make their ears turning to listen to the subtle sounds. D. Rabbits circle your foot. 1. When they are in the oestrus period, they circle around their keepers. Experiments have shown that if you give your hand to a rabbit that is circling you, it will jump to your hand and do something surprises you! 2. When they sense that their keepers have something to eat, they will circle around you. E. Rabbits eat their poo-poo to gain the nutrition they need. F. Rabbits grind their teeth in order to keep it at an appropriate length. Conclusion Sources Internet: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/animals/mammals-animals/rodents-and-rabbits/jackrabbit.html http://hanhan.xxking.com/cuni_1intro.html Book: 橘子養兔子

Thesis Statement and Outline

49582015 蔡昆霖 Speech HW3

Topic

The three best way to travel from Taipei to Kaoshiung.

Specific goal

Let people knows that there are three kinds of best way to use, and different approach have different

experiences itself.

Thesis statement

There are three best way to travel from Taipei to Kacshiung. To ride the bicycle, to take the train or to take the High Speed Rail, respectively. For your own different purpose, you can use different ways to travel.

Outline

1. You can choose to ride the bicycle.

A. If you have many times and wants to look the scene or go to the scenery spot.

1. This kind of trip will spend you a lot of times, but on the other hand, it is the most

interesting way to travel.

2. You do not have to by the tickets, but you still have to prepare some money or you want to sleep beside the rode in the night.

B. To ride the bicycle is the slowest way to travel.

1. This trip may takes you one or two weeks.

2. You can take the train.

A. If you do not have many times but you still want to look the scene on the way.

1. To take the train, you don't have to worry about you waste too much of time.

2. On the train, you can just sitting and look the scene outside the window.

3. Don't worry about the money, you only have to pay the tickets, it's not so expensive.

B. The speed of the train is median above these three ways.

1. This trip will takes you 6 hours or a day.

2. If you don't have much money and so many times, you can choose this one.

3. You can take the High Speed Rail.

A. If you have less time and have to got to kaoshiung right away.

1. High Speed Rail is fast and the only thing you don't have to worry about is time.

2. This approach is good for you if you just go to Kaoshiung for bussiness, because times is money, if you save the time, you save the money.

3. The ticket is not so cheap.

B. To take the High Speed Rail is the fast way to Kaoshiung.

1. To take the High Speed Rail only takes you about one hour to two hours.

2. If you don;t have much to to waste, you can shoose this one, it will help you to save your time.

HW3 – Thesis Statement and Outline

49582049 黃奕瓏 Ken Huang

Topic	Wisdom in Baseball
General goal	I want my audience to know that baseball is a game not only of power but full of wisdom as well.
Specific goal	I want my audience to know three main technical terms in the ball games.
Thesis statement	The wisdom in the ball games shows in three main technical terms: type of pitch, batting strategy, and defense.
Outline	I. Type of pitch A. Every great pitcher has more than one master pitch which can almost blind every batter. B. Though pitchers do not have a great slider or sinker, he can easily strike batters out by using good pitching tactics. C. Common pitch types include fastball, slider, sinker, change-up, etc, and each of these has an unique track. II. Batting strategy A. Batting strategy is a trick that the batter received from the couch when man on base situation. The purpose is to increase the opportunity to get runs. B. Common strategy such as hit-and-run, run-and-hit, steal base, and push bunt are frequently used in Asian baseball which is so called"small ball." III. Defense A. Statistics is considered the biggest part of the game. According to the batting statistics, pitchers and fielders can take different strategy against the batter. B. Intentional walk, fielders in or out, and defense shift are common strategies of defense. The purpose is to avoid potential run-batted-in and sometimes to plan a double play.

HW3 – Thesis Statement and Outline

49582020 薛瑋瑩 Ceria

General goal: I want to inform my audience.

Specific goal: I want my audience to understand advantages of online shopping.

Thesis statement: The advantages of online shopping are saving time, convenience, various selections and saving money.

Since the developing of Internet, online shopping is a blossoming activity. There are four main advantages of online shopping.

I. The first advantage of online shopping is saving time.

Compare online shopping with local brick and mortar stores

1. Every local brick and mortar stores have the operating hours; you can't buy whatever you want at any time.

2. Online shopping is accessible round the clock. You can buy whatever you want at any time.

II. The second advantage of online shopping is convenient

A. You can browse through many items and purchase anything without going out.

B. You don't have to worry about how to receive the items because some of the online shopping websites deliver the things to the buyer's home.

C. The search engine provides people a good way to search what they want to buy.

D. There are clear categories for people to search what they want. People can easily search and do shopping on the internet rather than finding things item-by-item.

III. The third advantage of online shopping is various selections.

A. According to the condition of each item on the Internet. There are three types of items.

1. Secondhand items sold at auction.

2. New items sold at auction

3. New items sold at shopping website

B. You can purchase some items that only sold overseas on the Internet.

IV. The final advantage of online hopping is saving money.

A. You can bid for what you want with other people at an auction.

B. Sometimes there are some discounts only for online shopping.