Advertising Mon.-Wed.

We first discussed contingency plans in case of a snowstorm. The instructor told students they should check the blog before coming to class. In addition, we discussed use of Blackboard or wiziq to replace coming to class under hazardous conditions. In the event of no parking spaces, the instructor took the names of two students and will call them if shut out of a space. These students should have their cell phones on until the instructor arrives.

Next the instructor distributed a handout for The Tower advertising project. The assignment calls for students to call on a potential client until they get an ad. Once they have the commitment for an ad, they can then design their ad and get it placed with the newspaper. They are then finished with this assignment for the semester. Students who do not get an ad will keep trying until they get one or it is the end of the semester.

At this class, the instructor explained the Form A and the coupon layout. At a future class she will show students how to spec out the ad for the graphic designer to complete.

In addition, we went around the room and each student told who their first three advertising choices were. The instructor made a list and it will be linked from this post sometime in the next day or so.

At the end of the class, the instructor outlined an idea for a project involving Superbowl commericals. Different assignments will be available. For example, we need approximately 10 people to locate a Superbowl commercial at youtube and tell the instructor which one they want to work with. Their assignment will be to research the advertising trade journals for how this commercial did for that particular advertiser.  We need a person to tape only the commercials during the Superbowl, and one student volunteered for that part of the assignment.

To Do for Next Class:

Read Ch. 1 if your book has arrived.
Locate Superbowl commercial
Make phone calls to obtain advertising person for potential client

Speech Critical MWF

Check in MLA work. Look at it on the overhead doc cam.


Link to online newspaper and magazine citation.

Discuss group presentation structure and evaluation form.

Discuss Friday and make up class time

To do for next class:

Read other half of group chapter
Find three more sources and add them to Annotated Works Cited.

Writing 102 Saturday morning

Students did a writing sample and then typed it.

Please bookmark the following sites on your home PC:

syllabus
this blog
http://www.poets.org/
http://www.theatreproject.org/
Order Lester book and put in above bookmarks
Go to a search engine and type in "writershelp" and sign up for it by going to the link that says to purchase student access on the lower right

To Do for Next Class:

Assignment:

Complete a Works Cited page with five sources. Use the technique shown to you in class.

1.  textbook (any of your other textbooks for classes this semester)
2.  magazine article (hard copy)
3. newspaper story (hard copy)
4. article from a web site
5. journal article on a poet from LION

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Read Ch. 1 in Lester

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Read first give pages of How to Read a Poem.
This link is also located in the Links section of this blog on the right toward the bottom.

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Go to Drama Glossary and read A-F terms and know them for a class exercise next week.

Public Speaking 129 Friday 6-9

We read the syllabus.

We discussed the book, and the instructor gave students some resources for ordering it.

Students should print out a copy of their order and keep it in their notebook in the event that the book does not arrive on time. The date of order should be circled. The date should be no later than January 23.

The current edition is the eighth. The name of the book is Communications Making Connections by Seiler.

Here are some options for obtaining the book:

Rent 8th edition from Chegg for $36.49; comes with 21-day "any reason" guarantee (full refund minus shipping).

Eighth edition e-textbook (downloadable) for $44.40 at coursesmart.com.

Eighth edition at Amazon for $74.30, used at $57.50

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7th edition at Amazon for $2.50-$49.99. Free two-day shipping for students.

6th edition at Amazon for $.01 to $18. Free two-day shipping for students.

See the link at right "Save $ on Texts" for other options.

Next we worked on MLA citation, which is necessary to know for doing the Works Cited page for the speech. The instructor demonstrated how to write a book citation and also an internet text citation.
Students may use this model.

To Do for Next Class:

Read Ch. 1 (no quiz next week)
Write and practice a 3-5 "how to" speech:
    outline typed out
    convert to keywords
    speak from keywords
    30 words on the card

Write a "Works Cited" MLA style
3-5 sources
Use Hacker guide as a model

Include:

• 1 book citation (textbook)

• 1 magazine citation

• 1 internet citation

Speech Critical 1402 MWF

Each student gave a problem that they thought needed solving and we broke students into groups for the group symposium assignment. For this assignment, each student will deliver a 3-minute speech. 

Alternative fuels for cars

Joey
Gordon
Brandon
John
Dave

Overpopulation

Keith
Jael
Blessy
Jessica
Tina

Economic inequality

Towana
Ashley
Cheryl
Kaina
Marques

No jobs

Stephanie
Naeemah
Shannon
Sean
Joanne

For next class:

Research the school's academic databases for articles to support your topic. By Wednesday, five articles are due but for Monday's class, only two are due. Put the citations in MLA format and write a summary of the article.

Read Ch. 16 of the textbook. Ch. 16 is on groups.

Speech Critical 1402 MWF

Alternative fuels for cars
Joey
Gordon

Brandon
John
Dave
Overpopulation
Keith
Jael
Blessy
Jessica
Tina
Economic inequality
Towana
Ashley
Cheryl
Kaina
Marques

No jobs
Stephanie
Naeemah
Shannon
Sean
Joanne

1402 Speech Critical T-Fri

We finished reading the syllabus.

Each person listed a problem they thought needed solving and we broke into small groups for the group symposium assignment. Each student will deliver a 3-minute speech.  Students exchanged names/emails/phone numbers. Following are the groups/topics:

Student interaction/campus

Rosalena
Niki
Joy
Kevin

Healthcare

Colin
Wilson
Kishal
Shayna
Deneice
Link to NPR story:
http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=132931975

Natural disasters

Frank
Vicki
MJ
Billy

Town budgets

Diana
Nyderia
Karina
Uthman
Here's a link for the town budgets group:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/21/business/economy/21bankruptcy.html?_r=1

To Do for Next Class

• Work on Annotated Works Cited, which will be due next Tuesday. Come to class on Tuesday with at five annotated citations and have them in the format shown to you today in class.

• Read half of Ch. 16, which is on groups