We will work on getting back on schedule once the Call for Action speeches are completed.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
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Due to an illness in my family, I will not be on campus tomorrow. Therefore, we will not have class. We will hold the first set of Call for Action speeches on Monday, Oct. 6 and the second set will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 8. Blog Post #10 is still due by 8 am tomorrow, Oct. 1. However, you will not have a blog post due next Monday. Your Informative Speech ePortfolio page, including the self-assessment, are still due by 1:45 p.m. tomorrow.
We will work on getting back on schedule once the Call for Action speeches are completed. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
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Compose a well-developed 1-2 paragraph blog post in which you address the following questions:
1) What has been the most difficult aspect of creating a Pecha Kucha presentation? 2) How have you tried to overcome these challenges? 3) Which techniques have you found to be the most successful? Read and respond to at least 3 peers' posts. Your post and comments are due by 8 a.m. Oct. 1. Review the checklist of criteria for a great speech that the class created. Select one item from the list that you need/want to master. Compose a well-developed 1-2 paragraph post in which you discuss which item you selected as your personal learning goal and why, as well as methods that you plan to use to achieve your goal and how you will know when you have achieved it. Read and comment substantively on at least 3 peers' posts. Your post and comments are due by 8 a.m. Sept. 29. Select one speech given in class today (other than your own) that you really enjoyed and/or learned something from and explain why you enjoyed it and/or what you learned from it in a well-developed 1-2 paragraph blog post. If you did not find any of the speeches particularly enjoyable and/or informational, explain why. Read and substantively comment on at least 3 peers' posts. Your post and comments are due by 8 a.m. Sept. 24.
Select one speech given in class today (other than your own) that you really enjoyed and/or learned something from and explain why you enjoyed it and/or what you learned from it in a well-developed 1-2 paragraph blog post. If you did not find any of the speeches particularly enjoyable and/or informational, explain why. Read and substantively comment on at least 3 peers' posts. Your post and comments are due by 8 a.m. Sept. 22.
Read the article "The Basic Building Blocks of a Great Speech--Part 4." Go back and review the Informative TED Talk that you focused on in your last blog post and answer the following questions about it in 1-2 well-developed paragraphs:
Select one informative TED Talk. After watching and taking notes on the talk, write a well-developed 1-2 paragraph blog post in which you discuss the following:
1) What was the talk topic? Summarize it briefly. 2) What techniques did the speaker use to explain their topic? 3) Which techniques were effective and why? 4) Which were ineffective and why? Be sure to hyperlink to the TED Talk you are reviewing or embed it in your post so that those who wish to watch it can locate it easily. Read and comment on at least 3 peers' posts. Your post and comments are due by 8 a.m. Sept. 15. I have laryngitis, so we will not have class today. We will make up today's session on Monday, so bring in your attention grabber as well as the draft of your informative speech on Monday. If you do not have an approved informative speech topic, you should email it to me ASAP so that I can approve it and you can begin researching and drafting it.
I will post the blog post prompt for Monday's blog post later this afternoon. The novelist Stephen King claims that when he writes, he writes for his Ideal Reader, who happens to be his wife. As he's writing, he imagines what his Ideal Reader's reaction will be to what he's writing-will they laugh at the parts that are supposed to be funny, will they be frightened when they're supposed to be, etc. He images his Ideal Reader reading over his shoulder and that makes him write better and for a specific audience whose opinion he values.
If you had to select someone to be your Ideal Audience Member during your speeches this semester, who would it be and why? Select someone whose opinion you value and whose presence in the audience would make you want to develop and deliver the best speech you possibly can. Explain your ideal audience member in a well-developed 1-2 paragraph blog post. You should also read and comment substantively on at least 3 peers' posts. Your post and comments are due by 8 a.m. Sept. 10. Complete a blog post that assesses your impromptu speech by answering the following questions in paragraph form:
1. What are your feelings about yourself as a speaker after giving an impromptu speech? 2. What do you think was most effective about your speech? 3. What do you think was least effective about your speech? 4. After giving an impromptu speech, what do you see as the most important criteria for effective speeches from the speaker’s point of view? 5. After listening to others’ impromptu speeches, what do you see as the most important criteria for effective speeches from the audience’s point of view? Read and comment substantively on at least 3 peers' posts. Your post and comments are due by 8 a.m. Sept. 8. |