As part of the team oral report of 30-45 minutes each team member is required to present a part of the report describing, analyzing, and defending what the team did. During the ninth week of the course, students make a short presentation on their planned research paper. In the final weeks, students make a 15 minute presentation of their research paper. In this course, the students expend a great deal of effort on readying an oral presentation on a daily basis. They render their assigned passages orally, and this evokes comment and adjustment from the other members of the class as well as the instructor.
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Every student must participate every day. The major part of the grade depends normally on the frequency and level of participation. The examination of mayor aspects of Ciceronian thought will be carried out in a modified seminar format. Students will occadonally be assigned short works of scholarship and asked to present these views to their classmates. The instructor will provide a written critique of each student's performance.