ENG 129 Public Speaking

Wed., Feb. 25

We will listen to demonstration speeches.

Discussion of informative speech topics.

A few:

The Dental Crisis
http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-cummings-propose-bill-on-dental-crisis

Cars that drive themselves (Google car)

The $6800 3-wheel car that seats two and gets 84 mpg (instructor will supply url)

The vaccine controversy

Cybercrime

Identity theft

Emulsifiers (added to processed foods) promote metabolic syndrom, IBS, etc.

ENG 128 Comm. Dynamics

Class Activities for February 24, 2015

1.  Check in workbooks
Review concepts from last week regarding romantic relationships
2.  Work on Ch. 3 concepts regarding perception: worksheet, Powerpoint. Do worksheet about internal and external attributions.
3.  Meetings in small group to determine "teaching" situation and how to go about it

Assignment:  Read Ch. 4 and do workbook.

ENG 101, 11:45-`:50

Wednesday, Feb. 25:

Computer lab:  work on commas for midterm exam




Monday, Feb. 23:

Discussion of criticism in academia.

Small groups, read and critique one page of definition writing.

Go over assignments for week.

If time:  comma exercise.

Assignment Sheet of Febr. 23, 2015

Weekly Assignment Sheet for Week of February 23, 2015

ENG 101, MWF, 11:45-12:50

Revise your definition page, based on group and instructor input from Feb. 23 class.

Read “Breaking Down Borders:  How Technology Transforms the Private and Public Realms,” by Robert Samuels, pages 319-22. This is the model for an “example” or “exemplification” essay. Come to class prepared for group discussions on Feb. 25. We will be doing all of the exercises on p. 322, including the writing suggestion, which will be your assignment for the exemplification essay.

Watch your email for writershelp temporary password.

On the last one, just read both idioms and common prepositions.

ENG 101

Friday, Febr. 20:

Students were given a writing assignment that will extend until Monday. A reading on communication models was done in class; students then went into small groups and discussed their list (what texting is, what texting isn't) and connected it to the communications models.

On Monday, students will bring a one-page definition essay which ties their thoughts about what texting is and what it isn't to the communications models.

Public Speaking 129

We discussed ways to listen. In a future class, we will use these methods as we listen to a speech.

We had three demonstration speeches:  one on how to cut hair, another on woodburning, and a third on how to throw a football in a spiral.

Assignment Sheet for Week of 2/16/2015

Assignment Sheet for Week of 2/16

Comm Dynamics  128

Introductions and name-recall technique
Read “giving feedback” example paper

Teaching as a way of learning

Key concepts (video illustrated):  experimenting; integrating; bonding; differentiating; stagnating.

Addressing relationship strategies:  Voice strategy, loyalty strategy, exit strategy, and neglect strategy.  Videos for voice and neglect.

Public Speaking 129

Demonstration speeches

MLA citations

Listening to speeches

Read Ch. 5

ENG 101
Give your list of what texting is and what it isn’t to the instructor at the beginning of class. She will review while you are engaged in computer lab work.

Computer lab:

Instructions:  Students absent from the last lab class will be paired with a student who was present to learn how post a paper at turnitin.  Ten minutes.

Activity for all students:  learn how to do a writershelp exercise and post results in a Word file (to be posted at turnitin at midterm and final week of class.

Go to Basic Grammar, click nouns. In the center section, scroll to bottom and click “Exercise: Parts of speech: nouns 1.” Do this exercise. After completing the exercise, go the far right column of links and click “scorecard.”  Instructor will show how students show up in “gradebook.”

Assignment for Wed., Feb. 25:  Continue in Writershelp/Basic Grammar, read Adjectives and Articles, Adverts, and Prepositions.  Do the exercises for nouns, pronouns, and verbs (total of 11 exercises). We will check the exercises in class next week.

Rhetorical forms:  Make sure you have uploaded your introduction (classification). On
Friday, you will receive a writing question for definition.

Comm. Dynamics 128, 7:10 p.m.

We checked in workbooks.

We read an example paper for the "giving feedback" paper, which is due Mar. 3.

We discussed concepts from the chapter, such as the  beautiful is good effect (Chinese matchmakers example); the birds-of-a-feather effect (age, class, social background); social exchange theory, and the stages of a romantic relationship (initiating, experimenting, intensifying, etc.).

We viewed example clips from the text's web site.

In the last 20" of class, the instructor showed students an overhead with a triangle showing the most effective learning strategies. Toward that end, we formed small groups to discuss who our educational target will be.  We will continue this small group meeting next week.

Assignment Sheet for w/o Feb. 9

Assignment Sheet for Week of February 9, 2015 

Comm Dynamics  128 

Read Ch. 9 in the orange book and 10 in the green. Do workbook. We will do workbook check for 3 chapters (1,2, and 9).  

If you have not yet opened your account at turnitin.com, please do so. If you have an account, enroll in the class.   

Public Speaking 129 

Discussion of "Giving Feedback" technique. Instructor will explain the steps and students will learn what should be put in the paper. 

The instructor will distribute the evaluation form for the delivery of the demonstration speech. 

Practice session for demonstration speech. Pairs of students will find a place to practice. Recording with the cell phone is encouraged. Review the recording together and discuss what you would like to change before the presentations start on the 17th. 

To Do for Next Class: 

Read Ch. 3, "Listening to Speeches" 

Practice demonstration speech. Observe time. Come to class prepared to deliver the speech. 

Do the Giving Feedback paper and post it at turnitin.com by the 17th of Feb.

ENG 101 

Computer lab work: 

Web sites:  

Turnitin: http://www.turnitin.com (for submission of papers, see comments and grades on papers, get on email list with your preferred e-mail) 

ANGEL: http://ucconline.ucc.edu/default.asp  (to obtain syllabus, online discussions) 

Writershelp: 

http://www.writershelp.com (for assigned exercises, research and reference work, MLA citation guides) 

Instructor’s blog: http://writing101-02.blogspot.com (to see in advance what will be covered in class, if you missed class, see what was covered in class and what the assignments are, in inclimate weather, if instructor will make it to class, for charts on topic selection for writing and public speaking)If you have not yet done so, order the book and writershelp. 

If you have not yet done so, read “I Want a Wife” by Julia Brady (use Google). Come to class prepared for group discussion. 

Go to turnitin  and create an account, or, if you have an account already, join the class using the following:  Class ID: 9478309 and password:  ENG101 

Public Speaking 129

Wed., Feb. 11, 2015

We went over the work that was due this class and the work that will be due next week. This is on the assignment sheet, which is also posted at this site in a separate blog post.

Cecelia gave an introduction speech on herself, as her speech partner was in the wrong class.

We welcomed a new student, Kolby, to the class.

Next we went over the "Giving Feedback" paper, also known as "Confronting an Issue."  Didi volunteered to read her steps so that other students could see how to do the paper.We decided this paper would be due on the 17th.

We looked at turnitin to see how many students were able to submit their assignments. The instructor is going to extend deadlines for those who have not yet submitted the introduction.  For the demonstration, students should just proceed to the final draft. She explained the blue bubble and how to check it for feedback.

We had a break, and when we returned, Patrycia scouted out some empty rooms for students to practice their demonstration speech. Students who did not have their outline ready were given computer time to work on their outlines.

At the conclusion of the practice sessions, we went over how to do a citation for an MLA book and an online book.

For assignments, see the assignment sheet, posted elsewhere on this thread.

Communication Dynamics 128, 7:10

We talked about the class web sites and uploading. The instructor urged everyone to get experience uploading at turnitin.

--Learned how to convert manuscript to key words
--How to remember names
--Had four introductions: Joanna, Zaney, Didi, Luz Angela


To Do for Next Class:


--Giving Feedback to Help Others paper assignment has a March 3 due date. For feedback, students can bring in a hard copy to the instructor.



Assignment is to read Ch. 9 in the orange book and 10 in the green. Do workbook.
We will do workbook check in for 3 chapters (1,2, and 9).

ENG 101 11:45 a.m.

Fri., Feb. 13, 2015

"I Want a Wife" discussion.  In the first part of class, we will re-read the essay in preparation for answering questions in a group. The essay should be annotated.

We will then answer the questions and in the last 20" of class, break into small groups to compare answers.

Assignment for Monday:  "As a form of communication, what is texting?  What is it not?"  Making this list is a tool for writing the definition section of the essay. Bring the list to class.

Read "Basic Grammar, "Nouns through Verbs" at writershelp.com. Make notes or provide some means of proving you read the assignment.


Wed., Feb. 11, 2015

Computer lab:

--The instructor gave students the weekly assignment sheet. It listed four web sites that the class will be using. It also summarized the readings and other tasks that are necessary for this class.

The first task was to submit a paper at turnitin.com.  Ten of twelve students present in class were successful at uploading a paper today.

Six students were not in attendance and should try this assignment on their own as soon as possible.

Two of the twelve students in class should finish the uploading.


Mon., Feb. 9, 2015

--Learned how to do in-text or parenthetical citations for a hard copy book and an online book

--Call up exercises on writershelp

--Three web sites used in this class