Thursday, September 10, 2015

1. Go to "35 Greatest Speeches" website.
2. Choose one of the speeches.
3. Read and familiarize yourself with it.
4. Read it for the class.
5. Discuss presenting speeches.

35 Greatest Speeches


You do have an option. You may choose a speech other than those on the list of 35 Greatest Speeches, but it will be up to you to cut it down if it is too long, and you will also have to get it approved by me. There are many places to find speeches. The following is a link to one of them, although I will not approve all of the speeches on it.

Top 100 Speeches

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

1. All About Me speeches

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

1. Turn in All About Me posters.
2. All About Me speeches due tomorrow.
3. Begin All About Me speeches (for those who volunteer).
4. Vocabulary Quiz

Friday, September 4, 2015

1. Vocabulary-- Put list in folder.
2. Work on All About Me poster and speech (due Tuesday and Wednesday).

Vocabulary

Thursday, September 3, 2015

1. Quiz on the Communication Process
2. Work on All About Me poster and speech.

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

1. Discuss the need for good communication.
2. Communication videos.
3. The Communication Process notes

The Communication Process


Communication Video #1

Communication Video #2

Communication Video #3

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

1. Personality color chart
2. Assign All About Me poster and speech

PERSONALITY COLOR CHART

COLOR POSITIVE NEGATIVE

RED exciting  aggressive
energetic bad temper
passionate serious

desirous  powerful
speedy
strong 
intense

YELLOW joyful dishonest
happy cowardly
optimistic jealous,

idealistic covetous

philosophical deceitful
imaginative
hopeful

BLUE peaceful cold
tranquil depressing
calm mean
stable uptight 

harmonious  perfectionist
trustworthy,  

confident
clean
loyal

ORANGE energetic always right
balanced craves attention 
warm demanding

enthusiastic
vibrant

flamboyant
outgoing

GREEN nature-loving inexperienced
environmental jealous

lucky envious
youthful
generous

vigorous

PURPLE royal cruel
spiritual arrogant
noble mysterious
wise

enlightened
embraces change

GRAY secure sedate
reliable old
intelligent boring
practical

modest
dignified
mature,

BROWN earthy lacks creativity
homebody plain
outdoorsy simple
stable

reliable
comforting

WHITE revered sterile
pure cold
innocent clinical
humble uncaring

precise
youthful
good

BLACK powerful unhappy
sophisticated remorseful
formal fearsome

wealthy easily angered

mysterious

ALL ABOUT ME ASSIGNMENT

YOUR FIRST MAJOR SPEECH OF THE YEAR IS ABOUT YOUR FAVORITE SUBJECT... YOU! YOU WILL CREATE A POSTER ALL ABOUT YOU FOLLOWING GUIDELINES BELOW AND DEVELOP A SPEECH ABOUT EACH SECTION OF THE POSTER.

GUIDELINES

1. You have two options for the poster. 

         If on poster board, the poster must be at least 1/2 a poster board in size.

         You may do a poster online, if you have the know-how. We will show it on the overhead, and you may turn it in to the "All About Me Poster" folder in Google Classroom.

2. In the center of the poster will be your name spelled out in adjectives that describe you. This website might be helpful to you: http://adjectivesthatstart.com

3. Divide the poster into four sections:

     Section one: the two colors that best describe your personality (color chart on the blog),

     Section two: a quote, motto, or poem that you love and describes you,

     Section three: at least three things you love and enjoy (pictures must be included),

     Section four: at least two memories from your life (pictures must be included).

4. Presentation (speech)

     Discuss why you chose the adjectives for your name.

     Discuss each section of your ME poster.

     The speech will be approximately 2:00 in length.

5. The poster is one TEST GRADE, and the speech is one TEST GRADE.

6. The poster is due on Tuesday, September 8.

7. The speech is due on Wednesday, September 9.

You will have some class time to work on this, but this will not be the only assignment you will have during this time period. There may be other daily work to do, including small speeches.

Monday, August 31, 2015

1. Jokes warmup
2. Introductions

Introductions

You will introduce the person you interviewed.
You will have two daily grades given for this assignment.
     One will be for the interview and note card (50 points each).
     The second will be for the introduction.
          50 points for doing the introduction
          10 points for each true interesting thing you say about the other person (up to 30 points)
          Up to 20 points for making me want to hear what the other person has to say
          
1A, 1B, 1F, 2A, 2B, 2D, 2G, 10B, 10Bii, 10Biii, 10Bvi, 10Bvii, 10Cii, 10Dv, 10F, 10G, 10H, 10K

Thursday, August 27, 2015

1. Jokes warmup
2. Finish peer interviews, if necessary.
3. Discuss introductions
4. Introduction assignment.
5. Discuss note cards.


Introduction Assignment

Using what you now know about introductions and the information from your interviews, write an introduction for the person that you interviewed. Try to make us interested in hearing what that person has to say.
Once you have a final draft, transfer it to a note card. 
Do not turn it in today. You will need it for Monday.

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

1. Jokes warmup
     2nd-- Cason, Amy
     3rd-- Reinaldo, Haley
     4th-- Ian, Jacob
     6th-- Breanna, Jarred
     7th-- Kaman, Taiya
2. Peer Interviews

Peer Interviews

Pair up.
Each of you will interview the other using the questions on the sheets you are given.
You may deviate some from the script, but don't go too far.
You may write your answers on the question sheet, on a separate piece of paper, or on your Chromebook.
Try to find out some interesting things about the other person.
Do not turn it in today. You will need it tomorrow.

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

1. Jokes warmup
     2nd-- Shawn, Jordan
     3rd-- Jaedon, Diego
     4th-- Taylor, Nakaiya
     6th-- Mia, Morgan
     7th-- Laura, Hailey
2. Discuss phobias.
3. Public Speaking Fear Scale

Fear of Public Speaking Scale

                                                                                         1         2         3         4         5

1. A tense and quivering voice
2. Accelerated heart rate
3. An overwhelming urge to flee the situation
4. Cold hands
5. Dizziness
6. Dry mouth and/or throat
7. Excessive blushing
8. Feelings of self-doubt
9. Feelings of uncertainty
10. Thoughts like ‘I’m embarrassing myself’
11. Nervousness
12. Rapid heart beat
13. Negative thoughts of things going badly
14. Shaky knees
15. Sickness in the stomach
16. Stammering
17. Stuttering
18. Sweaty hands
19. Trembling hands
20. Trembling lips
Your total is:

Monday, August 24, 2015

1. Go over rules and expectations.
2. "If Mr. Bone knew this about me..."
2. Assign joke slots.

Rules & Expectations

Major Rules

Follow school rules.
Follow classroom procedures.
Do what you are supposed to do.
Act like you are supposed to act.
Treat others as you would like to be treated.

Minor Rules

No phones unless given permission
No games (or any other non-educational usage) on Chromebooks
I do not want to hear or see gum.

Main Things to Remember

No whining!
Get over it!

1E, 2A, 2B, 2D, 2E, 2G, 3A, 6A, 8A, 10Ei, 10Eii, 10Evi, 10EXI