Thursday, November 8, 2007 - WELCOME NEW STUDENTS!

Objectives:
After this class, students will be able to:
1. provide a personal introduction to their instructor.
2. understand the importance of public speaking as a life skill.
3. assess their own current public speaking skills and experiences.

Agenda:
1. Welcome to the class: Ms. Kingsbury will introduce herself and give a brief overview of the class.

Introduction: This is Ms. K's fourth year at OHS. Over these years, she's helped almost 200 seniors reach their goal of graduation from high school. This year, she will be responsible for four senior English classes and this Public Speaking class. She lives with her daughter (who is three), her boyfriend, and four cats. Her hobbies include reading, writing, and photography, plus she is learning how to cook.

2. Students will complete the following information sheet and turn in to their instructor. If you are absent on the first day of school, please send an email to ms.kingsbury@verizon.net and request an information sheet.

INFORMATION SHEET FOR MS. KINGSBURY
OVERBROOK HIGH SCHOOL
2007-2008
Public Speaking

YOUR NAME:
ADDRESS:
HOME PHONE #:
CELL PHONE #:
PARENT/GUARDIAN’S NAME:
ACADEMY:
THREE WORDS YOU WOULD USE TO DESCRIBE YOURSELF:
YOUR THREE GREATEST STRENGTHS (what are you good at):
PLANS AFTER OHS (please be specific):

3. Students will read letter from last marking period's students which offer opinions and advice about Public Speaking.

4. Students will answer the following questions on their information sheets:
a. What does public speaking mean to you?
b. In which careers do you speak in front of people? List 3.
c. Who is the best speaker you know? What makes this person a great speaker?
d. What is your opinion about speaking in front of the class?
e. What class did you have first marking period? How did you do?
Ms. Kingsbury will solicit answers from the students.

Homework: There is no homework assigned for this class.