Thursday, October 18, 2007

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Objectives:
After this class, students will be able to:
1. create a poster about themselves.
2. define vocabulary words related to public speaking.
3. perform a self-assessment on their grade for this class.

Agenda:
1. Warm-up: In their notebooks, students should answer the following question: As we approach the end of the marking period, what grade do you think you deserve in this class? Why? (3 sentences)

2. Today's Vocabulary:
a. Oratory: the art of public speaking
b. Pace: the overall speed of a speech
c. Enunciation: the clearness and crispness of a speaker's voice, the more you enunciate, the better your speaking voice

3. Announcements:
10/31/01 - last official day of work for the marking period - semester test - turn in notebooks.

4. Classwork:
a. finish State of the Union speeches
b. finish prop for the speech

Homework: Bring a book to read for the 25 Book Challenge! Four speakers should be prepared to do their formal speeches tomorrow.

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