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The video provides a comprehensive guide to AP Seminar's Performance Task Two, focusing on crafting an individual research-based essay and presentation. Mrs. Malloy outlines the significance of understanding the task's requirements and familiarizing oneself with key terms and the College Board's provided stimulus materials. The process begins with reading these materials to frame a research question and argument, incorporating credible sources from various perspectives to ensure depth and complexity. A detailed explanation of creating a logically organized argument, drafting a 2000-word essay, and delivering a six to eight-minute presentation follows, emphasizing a conversational delivery.
The presentation format includes answering two oral defense questions to gauge the presenter’s engagement with the research process. Scoring criteria are highlighted, stressing the necessity of staying on-topic as per the rubric. An example from the 2019 stimulus material illustrates proper source connection to maintain coherence. The speaker further discusses the rubric's details, focusing on using stimulus materials effectively, evaluating multiple perspectives, presenting well-supported arguments, and maintaining academic standards.
The importance of environmental protection, sustainable energy solutions, and other contemporary themes like social media and esports are used to exemplify how to connect various sources authentically and coherently. The concluding sections focus on identifying sub-themes and narrowing the argument's scope without forcing connections. The video ends with an emphasis on patience and authenticity in handling the sources, ensuring a well-understood and effectively developed argument.
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In this part of the video, Mrs. Malloy introduces AP Seminar students to Performance Task Two, the individual research-based essay and presentation. She emphasizes the significance of understanding the task thoroughly to ensure an effective, on-topic argument. The segment outlines the importance of familiarizing oneself with key terms related to the task instructions and rubric. Mrs. Malloy explains that students will receive a detailed packet with task instructions and highlights the process from reading the stimulus material to delivering the oral defense. Unlike the team-based IRR, the individual task is grounded in stimulus materials provided by the College Board, which helps frame the argument students need to develop.
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In this part of the video, the speaker elaborates on how to effectively use stimulus materials to construct an argument. The stimulus materials provide a foundation and a theme that connects multiple sources. The audience is encouraged to delve deeper into these sources to uncover more significant themes and generate original research questions. They are advised to incorporate credible and relevant academic sources from various perspectives to ensure a well-rounded argument.
After gathering sources, the next step is to outline a logically organized and complex argument. This outline includes the main claim, supporting reasons, evidence, and commentary, all integrated with the stimulus material. The final step in this part is to draft a 2000-word individual written argument, followed by transforming this written piece into a six to eight-minute engaging presentation. This transformation emphasizes being conversational and making the argument compelling within the time limit.
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In this part of the video, the speaker explains the presentation format, highlighting that it should consist of six to eight minutes, similar to team presentations. At the end of the presentation, two oral defense questions will be asked to assess the presenter’s engagement with the process. The speaker then transitions to scoring, emphasizing the importance of staying on topic according to the rubric. They explain that any off-topic response, regardless of its quality, will receive a score of zero on all rows of the rubric, underscoring the need for aligning the paper with the given themes. To illustrate this, the speaker uses an example from the 2019 stimulus material, showing how to appropriately connect two sources.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses the importance of environmental protection, particularly in the context of growing urban populations needing sustainable energy solutions. They draw connections between different sources, such as the significance of renewable energy and wastewater heat energy recovery systems in urban areas. The speaker highlights the importance of maintaining consistency and authenticity when connecting themes from various sources to form a coherent question. They also demonstrate an example involving social media and gaming, connecting these themes to esports and their financial benefits for colleges. Through this, the speaker illustrates the distinction between staying on-topic by using multiple sources and going off-topic by relying on a single source.
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In this segment, the speaker provides an overview of the rubric used for assessment. Each row addresses different aspects: the use of stimulus material, demonstrating the research question’s value in context, evaluating multiple perspectives to construct a nuanced argument, presenting a clear and organized argument with proper evidence, using credible and sufficient sources, correctly attributing and citing references, and maintaining academic writing standards. The segment concludes by emphasizing the importance of understanding the stimulus materials and identifying connections between sources to grasp overarching themes.
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In this part of the video, the speaker explains the process of connecting sources and identifying sub-themes to narrow down the scope of an argument. They emphasize the importance of being patient and authentic to the content of the sources, warning against forcing the stimulus to fit a predetermined argument. The key takeaway is to ensure a clear understanding of the task instructions to develop an effective and relevant argument. The segment concludes with the speaker expressing gratitude and a positive farewell.