We had one speech today. Melissa talked about overpopulation.
We worked on our topics list and also committed to speech dates. The dates are at the link on the right.
The instructor gave students the Monroe Motivated Sequence and went over the major parts of the outline. Students must bring their outline in on Nov. 22. It has to have 8-10 sources, many of which should be from the academic databases. In addition, it must be done APA style.
The instructor showed students a model paper for APA, so they wrote a model for the cover page and headers.
To Do for Next Class:
If you are speaking on Monday, practice your speech.
Tuesday, Nov. 15
We had three speeches: Tessa, Ben, and Andrew delivered informative speeches.
The instructor gave students a handout about the differences between APA and MLA documentation systems. We are going from MLA into APA for our next speech. She used the handout and wrote examples on the board. Students also wrote examples on their handout on how to do in-text citations.
To Do for Next Class:
If you have not yet delivered your speech, practice.
All students should be deciding on a topic for the persuasive speech. There is a sign-up sheet under the Links section of this blog. It is open for all students to put in their topic.
The reading assignment is the second half of Ch. 12 on persuasive speaking.
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In regard to the Krugman column about our antiquated energy infrastructure, please see this picture.
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Thomas gave his informative speech on why the casinos are not doing well at this time.
After the speech, we discussed:
--Thomas' outline, which was put on the overhead projector
--Monroe Motivated Sequence, for which we looked at a screen from a .ppt
--Persuasive topics. We made a chart for the topic selections by the students. It is linked at right under the Links section of this blog. Students may put their own topic up on the list, as it is an open access document. Reminder: all topics must be approved by the instructor. No, you cannot talk about autism or marijuana. Yawn.
To Do for Next Class:
Scheduled speakers should practice.
Students should look for topics (see the last speech post for additional ideas recently posted by the instructor)
