Speech Critical 1402 Tuesday

We met at the library and Librarian Craig Ferguson showed students how to use the databases. There may be a quiz on his presentation and students should check this blog post later, as the questions to the quiz will be posted here.

After Craig's presentation, the instructor showed students how to do APA style. APA is to be used for the persuasive speech.

She showed students a web site called Writer's Help. The web site is free to students through the end of the year but after that, it will charge a fee.  To sign up, students need this activation code and they also need to put in the instructor's Comcast email address.

Students should use the APA links for help with their citation on the persuasive speech.

In addition, the instructor showed students how to build a personal news page using Google.

Finally, students had questions regarding the Monroe Motivated Sequence. She told students to type their outlines with the category headings from the handout above them.

Next class:

Persuasive speeches
Bring printout of your Google news page showing at least five sections that you have entered

Advertising

Thursday

We formed into small groups and each group discussed their commercial.

The instructor provided feedback on student's commercials.

Moo did his question from the text.

To do for next class:

Readings, per the assignment
Work on question
Work on commercial(s)






Tuesday

We chose questions and discussed the advertising assignment.

The instructor took the student's commercial rough draft.

Link for entering your question and proposed presentation date. Many students have already entered theirs.

To do for next class:

The readings as outlined on the assignment sheet.
In class Tuesday, we will do small group brainstorming sessions. Students will outline their idea to the other members of their group, who will give feedback.
Students will also have instructor feedback on their commercials.

Writing 99 Friday

This message was emailed to all students today:

Tonight we may have to do some corrections on the papers, so be sure you have your electronic version with you. Send it by email to yourself, bring it on a USB drive, or save it on the school's computers, but be sure to have that version available. In addition, of course, you should have a hard copy version for me to work with.

For All Students

Please read this article on happiness.

1402 Speech Critical

We discussed the format for the last few sessions of the class and this is how it broke down:

Nov 23: library 4:30-6. Go directly to the library. The room will be posted here later.
6-7 p.m. practicing.

Nov 30: Speeches (see table) and evaluation due from practice

Dec 7: Speeches

Dec  14: Rescheduled speeches and final.



Next we put speech topics on the table.

The instructor distributed a four-page handout on the Monroe Motivated sequence. We started on the body of the speech and did several sections in class.

In the last hour of class we broke into small groups. The instructor handed out a list of questions for group discussion. The questions were about the "I Am" journal exercise and how its findings integrated with the personality profile.

To do for next class:

• Read chapter 10 on anxiety (might be another number in other editions)

• Continue speech research and preparation, filling in sections II 2, 3, and B., Main Point 2 through Steps of Plan. In the preceding, do not do sections on statistics unless they are in research you've turned up. We will be having a reference librarian tell us how dig up statistics in our library work session.  Instructor will give points to students who have done this work.

Remember:  meet at the library

Advertising

Choose a question from any chapter 7- through end of book, with the exception of Ch 8 (layouts) and Ch. 11 (direct mail).

Presenters for Thurs: Ashley, ShaoBo

BRING YOUR TEXT



Ashley: cupcakes retail store
Hannah: radio?  TV Hersheys

Kelli ASpca
Jackie dd
danica starbucks
alexus alcohol
mooevent planning company tv radio?
Melissa petsmart
vrenda?
shaoox radio ipod  tv mac book
chris pabst blue rivvon tv
ciara truth against tobacco
erin?
fiord caggeine pill  radio
francesca anti smoking
lashanna skate 22
jonathan enertgy drink tv

Writing 99 MWF

Wednesday


The instructor picked up the expatriate essays.

We talked about the final essay, #4, and the students were given a choice as to what they wanted to write about. See assignment sheet (same as below. Use assignment sheet for printing).

Urban legend:

Assignment is to write on urban legends using Topic 4 from the book (p. 173, 6th edition). Since some students are using an earlier version, the topic has been written out here:

Use the Internet on your home computer or one in your library or classroom to find examples of urban legends. Analyze at least two or three of the stories you find, and write an essay in which you discuss their origins, why you think people are interested enough to pass them on to their friends, or characteristics that make these tales part of our culture's folklore.

Note to students:  if you wish, you can use the urban legends from the Weird NJ books, Volumes 1 and 2. They will be put on the library effective Monday afternoon. The legends from our area will be posted here and also attached to the book.

Immigrants:

Read "The Immigrants: How They Are Helping to Revitalize the U.S. Economy."  6th edition, p. 183, 5th edition, p. 282.



Choose from the following essay questions at the end of the essay:


6th edition, p. 190, any of the three topics under "Topics for Writing"
5th edition, p 290, any of the three topics under "Topics for Writing"

For next class:


Do exercises at writershelp.com.  Do the tagged exercise, "Commas, first." There are three sets of exercises to do. Print out the last page of each exercise to show your score and turn this in at the next class.

Work on Essay 4. Have something substantial to report that you did on this essay at Monday's class. What you should show is notes from the reading and how you looked up the words in the "Building Your Vocabulary" section for the essay you chose.