Jan. 27

• AR
• final class to work on speech

Speeches due Thursday. Share (enabling edit) with me at afilipovic-bajamic@myndrs.com.

Jan. 19

Speech News:

• 1st draft of speeches due Jan. 29
• 2nd draft of speeches due Feb. 4
• in-class speeches Feb. 19, 23, 25, and possibly 27

Order of speakers (randomly drawn)

1. Jessie
2. Marianna
3. Kelly
4. Danica
5. Alexa
6. Mica
7. Vanessa
8. Chiara
9. Lily
10. Jennifer
11. Angelica
12. Evelyn
13. Monica

There will be four speeches each day (five on the last day). If any speaker is not present, we will take the next speaker, so be sure to be ready to do your speech as of Feb. 19.

Be relaxed.

Be confident.

Be prepared.

Speakers that we watched exhibited the following attributes:

• made eye contact
• had feet firmly planted
• were prepared
• had appropriate emotions (passionate/calm depending on topic)
• used gestures where appropriate
• were loud and clear
• were focused (not going off topic)
• used pauses and pace effectively
• used repetition well
• varied volume effectively

Jan. 9, 2015

• AR
• impromptu speeches for those wanting to redo them or who had not yet done them
• persuasive speech/essay video and exercises
• topic sentence video and exercises

Homework

• If you don't yet have an approved topic for your persuasive speech, try coming up with one or two potential topics for me to approve.
• If you have an approved topic, come up with your three main points.

Jan. 7, 2015

• AR
• impromptu speeches

• either try coming up with a topic for your persuasive speech or, if you've already had a topic approved, come up with your three main points

Jan. 5, 2015

• AR
• discussion
• impromptu speeches - explanation and practice
• argument video

HW

• read for AR
• start thinking of a topic for your persuasive speech

Wednesday, Dec. 10

We had Kelly and Evelyn's project today and then looked at Tips for Original Composition.

After that, we practised with an old e-exam.

There are links on the side for the e-exam page and the Tips for Original Composition.

Dec. 8

• exam prep
• projects

Next class: one more project and more exam prep