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2023 Senior POLS

12/6/2023

POL Schedule- See this for your final POL and Paneling Schedule!

Research Briefs- ALL the briefs that have been turned in are in this folder. Don't forget to READ and ANNOTATE before you panel!

REMINDERS:

Professional Dress is REQUIRED (no sneakers, no jeans!)
SHARE your POL slides with Grayson and Lori as soon as they are finished
Check and double-check the schedule, set alarms!
Be here 5 minutes before paneling/presenting times
Bring your annotated Research Briefs with you when you come in to panel
Bring a writing utensil

POL Prep - Day 8 - Practice and Critiques

12/6/2023

Day 8 (Wednesday, 12/6)- Practice and Critique
Announcements

POLS Start THURSDAY! Make sure you have reminders in your phone for your presentation and paneling times! There have been a few minor changes- I think I’ve talked to everyone they apply to, but you might check the schedule really quickly to make sure.
Electives- Run through the end of this week- make sure you are at all your elective classes this week!
Research Briefs- You need to have read and annotated the issue briefs for the day you are paneling BEFORE you show up to panel. Make sure you have questions ready to go for their Q&A. We will give you the research briefs right now- it is on you to keep track of them. Show up unprepared, and you will be required to read research briefs and panel an additional time. If your research brief is still not completed, you must digitally share it with your panelists.

Pass Out/Distribute Issue Briefs
Save these! Read them! Don’t lose them!

POL Demo
Maddie Tharp does her full POL. We run it with Q&A, times, etc. Panelists participate.

POL Group Critiques

Get into assigned groups of 4
Review critique protocol
Run presentations and critiques (going to be out of the classroom? Group names on board with location + phones on Lori’s desk)
Show Lori or Grayson the completed critique form on the back of the handout when your group is done with critiques

Revision and Practice Time

Revise your presentation
Practice Q&A with a partner
Read and annotate Research Briefs for paneling
Check and double-check paneling

POL Prep - Day 7 - Q&A + Preparation

12/5/2023

DUE DATES- ON TIME- HUMANITIES

POL Slides. DUE: Wednesday, 12/6, 3:30 PM. SHARE with Lori, Kyle, and Grayson.

DUE DATES- LATE (-10%)

SPAM 1 Meeting and Form. LAST DAY TO TURN IN: Friday, 12/8, 3:30 PM. Hard Copy in Basket.
Final Draft Research Brief. LAST DAY TO TURN IN: Wednesday, 12/6, 3:30 PM. Google Classroom.

Announcements

Wednesday- We are ON CAMPUS this Wednesday for POL critiques and practice. You need to be here for periods 2-4.
POLS Start THURSDAY! Make sure you have reminders in your phone for your presentation and paneling times! There have been a few minor changes- I think I’ve talked to everyone they apply to, but you might check the schedule really quickly to make sure .
Electives- Run through the end of this week- make sure you are at all your elective classes this week!

Starter ∞ + 1
A full 10 minutes of this presentation is Q&A.

What kinds of questions do you think we will ask during this Q&A? Make a list. This could include question categories, or specific questions.
What is the most effective way to prepare for this type of Q&A? What strategies/resources could you use?

Work Time Priorities- This is our LAST DAY of presentation prep! Be ready to do a full practice tomorrow!

Dear lord, get your Research Brief turned in!!!
Finish presentation slides
Make notecards
Practice and TIME YOURSELF- make sure each part is pretty close to the parameters set on the POL Overview document.

POL Prep - Day 6 - Slide Design

12/4/2023

DUE DATES- ON TIME- HUMANITIES

POL Slides. DUE: Wednesday, 12/6, 3:30 PM. SHARE with Lori, Kyle, and Grayson.

DUE DATES- LATE (-10%)

SPAM 1 Meeting and Form. LAST DAY TO TURN IN: Friday, 12/8, 3:30 PM. Hard Copy in Basket.
Final Draft Research Brief. LAST DAY TO TURN IN: Wednesday, 12/6, 3:30 PM. Google Classroom.

Announcements

Wednesday- We are ON CAMPUS this Wednesday for POL critiques and practice. You need to be here for periods 2-4.
POLS Start THURSDAY! Make sure you have reminders in your phone for your presentation and paneling times!
Electives- Run through the end of this week. Please be at your elective classes all week this week!

Erin CR Stressbasket College Deadlines Talk
Listen to what she says!

Starter ∞ + 1
Think back to presentations you’ve given in the past and ones you’ve had to witness

What made those presentations successful? Why?
What makes a presentation boring?
How can you make your slides and presentations interesting? Come up with 3 ways.

Slides that Don’t Suck
Complete this assignment to help you design and brainstorm your slide images. Remember that TITLES are good to keep us oriented- bullet points of text are NOT.

Work Time Priorities

Finish Slides that Don’t Suck assignment
Draft your slides for your POL
Create notecards for your presentation
DONE? Leave your phone in here, and go find a place to practice and time yourself!

POL Prep - Day 5 - Research Brief Finalization

12/1/2023

DUE DATES- ON TIME- HUMANITIES

SPAM 1 Meeting and Form. DUE: Friday, 12/1, 3:30 PM. Hard Copy in Basket.
Final Draft Research Brief. DUE: Monday, 12/3, Start of Class. Google Classroom.

DUE DATES- LATE (-10%)

Deep Reading Assignment. LAST DAY TO TURN IN: Friday, 12/1, 3:30 PM. Hard Copy in Basket.

Grip Tape Presentation
A presentation on a path for Senior Project funding. Get that money!

AM Class- last 20 minutes of class
PM Class- first 20 minutes of class

Starter- Rubric Self-Assessment
Take a minute to look over the rubric for this assignment. Pull up your Research Brief and look it over. Then, answer the questions in your starter document:

For each category of the rubric, assign your current draft a score (see the top of the rubric)
What category of the assignment are you most confident in at your current progress? Why?
What category are you least confident about? Why?=
What do you need to improve today before turning this in?

Work Time Priorities

Finalize your Final Draft Research Brief. Turn that sucker in if you’re done!
1. Please remember, we are looking for a HIGH LEVEL of polish here. These should be darn near perfect, so get at least one other person to read over it for you. Grading will reflect these expectations.
Get your SPAM 1 form turned in!!!
Start creating your POL Slides. Look at the POL Overview for guidelines on what should go in each section of your POL.
Start drafting an outline of your POL presentation. Remember, you need to be engaging and informative at the same time- think about how to walk that line!

2023 Senior POLS

POL Prep - Day 8 - Practice and Critiques

POL Prep - Day 7 - Q&A + Preparation

POL Prep - Day 6 - Slide Design

POL Prep - Day 5 - Research Brief Finalization

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