English

3-2-15 Eng. I – Harris

1. Do Now:  Name 3 expectations that you have for a speaker that’s presenting information to you.

2. Smartboard:  Speaker Etiquette

Note:  Be sure you have a “hook”; maybe tell a joke at the beginning of your speech.

Speaking in public can be scary.  However, it can be a very rewarding experience.  Developing skills and confidence as a speaker requires practice.

SPEAKER DO’S:

1. Stand up straight.  Do not slump or sway

2. Speak slowly and clearly pronouncing words correctly

3. Look at the audience.  Speakers will be viewed as better informed and more sincere if they have eye contact with the audience.

4. Emphasize main points by letting your voice rise and fall.

5. Use gestures and facial expressions to express and to show enthusiasm for your topic.

6. Use note cards to guide you 

7. Practice your speech

8. Be excited and motivated.

9. Dress to compliment your speech.

10. Relax; be proud of what you have to say.

Be sure and involve your audience; you may ask a rhetorical question but you really don’t expect an answer.  This is not a time for Q and A’s.  Walk around, engage your audience, look at them.

If you make a good point in your speech but it’s not in your essay, that’s perfectly fine.

On board:  

HOMEWORK:  Prepare for your speech. Finalize your essay.  Prepare for 13 Reasons Why Test on FRIDAY!!!

 

Quiz:  13 Reasons Why

Go to pg. 156 on “13 Reasons Why” and begin studying that. What did Zach do to Hannah? What positive difference did it make?  What did Zach do?  Did he have good intentions to begin with? No.  What are his motives?  He saw Marcus get rejected, and he made a bet with his friends, and he tried to succeed where his friends did not.  Did Zach have a right to be offended?  Zach took Hannah’s attitude as rejection.  His response to what he perceived as being rejected was a little extreme.  He was taking a peer communication class.  The one thing they could not talk about was suicide.  They wanted to know a name when they talked about that.  What is “one kind thing?” What exercise did they do in that peer communication class? What did Zach do that was so long?  Encouragement notes.  In this class, everybody has a bag, but Zach intercepted all of her positive notes.  For her it was a big deal.  That was a pretty mean thing.  No one has the right to steal your “mail” and that’s what we’re dealing with here.

We’re going to use our positive, vivid expressions and do a “one kind thing” in class on Thursday.  

BE SURE YOU ARE PREPARED FOR YOUR SPEECH!!  If you need any help on your speeches let her know today.  Tomorrow:  speeches are from people with last names are A – K.