Wed., Oct. 1:
Students brought in their full-sentence outline and we highlighted key words. The key words are what will be transferred to the index card. After learning that key words are what is needed to remind the speaker of what point is next (usually SV-->O), the students transferred the key words to their index card.
The instructor provided a handout showing an example card that was made using a word processing program. Fifty words per card for the informative speech are allowed as are thirty words per card for the three-minute group symposium speech.
We looked at numerous outlines on the overhead doc cam.
For next week:
In the next class, the instructor will highlight important parts of the current readings. We may also do personality profiles. We will also be checking notebooks and outlines.
Students should be practicing their speeches and getting the DVDs and index cards that are needed for the class.
Monday, Sept. 29:
As was noted in the blog, there was a pop quiz on the research discussion from the last class. We corrected the results in class. The instructor took the quizzes to record the grades and will return them at a future class.
Next the instructor handed back the "I Am" papers that were turned in last week. Students were given time to understand the correction marks and then the instructor went over grammatical, style, and usage errors. Students are expected to master these rules and to turn in future papers free of the errors.
We decided on which symposiums would go on what dates:
Oct. 22: Social Issues and Energy Crisis
Oct. 27: Eating disorders, STDS, Lack of support
Other deadlines we agreed upon were that while students are doing their practice session on October 8, the instructor will check the class notebooks and check the book outlines. Students should be current with their outlines for the readings on the week prior to Oct. 8.
To do for next class: Write the full-sentence outline and submit it to the instructor the night before class (Sept. 30) at the Comcast e-mail address on the syllabus. Copy and paste the outline directly into the e-mail dialogue box. Bring a printed-out copy of the full-sentence outline to class the next day,
Continue with the readings and outlining.
Students are to purchase index cards and the small DVDs for recording their speech on Oct. 15.
