Good morning!

You should continue working on your Vacation Group Project. Click here to see the assignment description. If you were absent on Friday, see me about your group assignment.

Good morning/afternoon.

We will begin presenting Persuasive Speeches TOMORROW, Tuesday, May 7th. 

BE SURE TO PRINT OUT YOUR OUTLINE/DRAFT TODAY! YOU WILL NOT HAVE TIME TO PRINT BEFORE SPEECHES BEGIN TOMORROW.

Also, EVERYONE should be prepared to give your speech tomorrow. If people are absent, we will just keep going down the list.

Reminder: You MUST make an attempt at your speech on the day you are scheduled (starting tomorrow) in order to be able to redo the speech. If you are Truant on that day, that is a zero, and you may not make up your speech. 

Below is the order of speakers:

Period 5
Adonai
Amyia
Angelica
Araya
Asad
Camille
David
Hieu
Journee
Lilliana
Lual
Maddie
Mustafa
Nyabuoy
Shaimaa
Shelby
Shkur

Period 8
Mona
Alena
Arya
Asher
Bwee
Doh
Ghadah
Hattie
Jaxson
Jordan
Joselin
Kenneth
Kyla
Miriam
Nay
Nu
Sha
Walter

Final Drafts are Due TODAY at the end of the period. 

Please upload them to Turnitin.com when you are finished.

Good morning/afternoon!

Now that you have finished your first drafts (be sure to submit them to Turnitin.com if you have not already) I’d like you to practice with a partner.

Today I’d like you to pair up with a partner and deliver your speech to them. You can do this in the room, out in the hall, or in the back room. Please be respectful of other classes near you in the hall.

When you are the listener, you will give your partner some feedback and suggestions using the handout I will give you. Then trade off, and you give your speech while your partner listens.

I want you to really pay specific attention to the Introduction because of its importance in the speech. Get our attention first and make us interested in your topic from the beginning.

Then evaluate the rest of the speech as indicated on the handout. You will rate your partner 1-5 in the following categories:

Delivery
Eye Contact
Volume
Speed/Pace
Body Language
Content
Introduction
Body/Evidence
Conclusion

Good morning!

Today I’d like you to Submit your Persuasive First Draft to Turnitin.com

Continue working on your draft to finalize it. Practice for Time.

Today you should be working on your Persuasive Outlines. These are Due Tomorrow. 

Persuasive Speech Dates: 

Outlines Due: Tuesday, April 23rd
First Drafts Due: Monday, April 29th
Final Drafts Due: Friday, May 3rd
Presentations Begin: Wednesday, May 8-10th

Final Group Project/Presentation: 
Work on Presentation (with slides): May 13-20
Presentations: Final Exam Period
(Per 5: Wednesday, May 22nd 10:30 – 12:00)
(Per 8: Tuesday, May 21st  12:45 – 2:15)

Good morning. I’m at a workshop today. Email me if you have any questions.

You should work on finishing up any details for your Informative Speech. We begin speeches tomorrow in the Ted Sorensen Theatre. Remember to go straight to the theatre tomorrow. We need to get started quickly to get through speeches. 

You should also be PRACTICING your speech for time to make sure it’s long enough.

Be sure to get your Visual/Slide Shows finished as well and make sure it’s in the Google Classroom folder.

I have put the order of speakers below. on the blog page. Check it to see when you present.

Period 5
Asad
Shaimaa
Mustafa
Journee
Nyabuoy
Hieu
David
Angelica
Shkur
Lilliana
Adonai
Shelby
Camille
 Lual
Araya
Maddie
Amyia

Period 8
Jaxson
Alena
Miriam
Joselin
Kenneth
Nu
Hattie
Sha
Mona
Doh
Ghadah
Kyla
Nay
Walter
Bwee
Arya
Asher
Jordan

Good morning!

Reminder that FIRST DRAFTS OF YOUR INFORMATIVE SPEECH ARE DUE TODAY by the end of the period. **

Please be sure you have the draft placed and saved using the template for it in Google Classroom. 

You should also upload it to Turnitin.com – under the Informative First Draft assignment. See the previous post about how to submit your draft.

**Your draft will not be counted as turned in unless it it submitted to Turnitin.com

Today I’d like you to upload your Outline to Turnitin.com (instructions below).

You will need to create an account before you can submit your paper. To do this, go to: Turnitin.com

Here is a step by step slide show with instructions. 

Screenshot instructions are below.

Click Create Account in the upper right corner of the screen. 

Next, click Student under Create New Account.

Enter the Class ID and Password AND YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME:
Period 5: 
Class ID: 20351438
Password: oralcom

Period 8: 
Class ID: 20808968
Password: oralcomm

Continue adding your personal information.

Click I Agree — Create Profile at the bottom of the page.

To Submit a paper to Turnitin:

Good morning/afternoon.

Today I’d like you to read this chapter from the textbook on Organizing Your Speech. This will help you put together your Informative Speech. Please take notes. There is a document in Google Classroom for this.

Tomorrow we will cover the specifics of the Outline.

Also, be sure you have told me your topic.