• Tutorial grade 10%
• Midterm Exam 1 15%
• Midterm Exam 2 20%
• Debate 10%
• Assignment #1 & 2 (7.5% each) 15%
• Final Exam (cumulative) 30%

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Assignments (two of them)  

Comment on a health/wellness-related article published in a newspaper/internet In length, the article is less than ½ newspaper page  

Assignment Rules  

Word processed. Include your name, BPK 140, and a title at top. Times New Roman font, 12 point font, and 1.5 line spacing. Length is no greater than one page, >24 and < 31 lines, and < 400 words. Article is stapled to top left corner. Put your name on the article and on your comment page. Your health and wellness article will come from a printed newspaper. Include which health/wellness area(s) the article is addressing Your first assignment article must have been printed between the first day of class and the day prior to the hand in time. If you use an internet site, print the web page and do not copy and paste into a Word file. Your second assignment article must be printed (dated) between the first and second hand in times.  

OPTION 1: You can replace the second assignment with either your Terry Fox run experience (fall semester only) OR your vaccination record (any semester; see canvas website for an example and blank form).  

OPTION 2: You can replace the second assignment with a personal weight loss project.  

Debate Instructions  

TEAMS  

Determined a few weeks before the debate. It is expected that all members work as a team in a professional manner. Procrastinating until the last few days when other team members want to get started earlier is unprofessional and will result in a very low mark. All team members must supply each other with their names, email, and phone numbers. The instructor/TA must also receive a sheet with all team member names email and phone numbers on it.  

CONTENT (10)  
The content is determined a few weeks prior to the debate.  

   Debate Summary (5)
   Each student will hand in a word processed account of their team's 5 min presentation. Each student will also hand in the other side of the debate that the team did not present.    Although you worked as a team, this hand portion must be your own words. You only hand in what was (or was going to be) presented. Do not include material that you used in    preparation but did not present in the initial 5 min of PRO or CON. References can be any format and long as it includes enough information to be attained (i.e., journal name,    volume, pages, year as well as authors and title). Put your reference list at the end and order them by the last name of the first author.  

   References (2)
   A list of references must be included in your summary.  

   Balance (3)
   Good arguments should be made for both sides.    

PRESENTATION (10)  

The PRO or CON side that you and your team present will be determined by a coin toss just prior to your presentation. Thus you and your team hand in both sides of the debate but only present one side orally as determined by the coin toss. Do not read your presentation. The presentation should be informative and interesting/entertaining. You have to win the audience over to your point of view. You can do so be delivering your message in a relaxed yet informative manner. Reading from a script insults the audience. You should be able to handle questions well.  

FORMAT  

   Speech
   First affirmative/PRO    4-6 min
   First Negative/CON       4-6 min
   2 min to prepare rebuttal
   Rebuttal
   Negative/CON         4-6 min
   Affirmative/PRO     4-6 min
   Questions                    2 min

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