Class Activities and Speeches

Week 1 (8-19-14)

Monday: Review syllabus.

Tuesday: Complete Me Page survey and get to know each other activity. Begin introduction in a bag.

Wednesday: Work on Introduction in a bag. Preform impromptu speeches.

Thursday: Complete impromptu speeches. Play one word alphabet.

Friday: Perform Introduction in a Bag speeches.

Week 2 (8-25-14)

Monday: Choose informative speech topic and make an outline

Tuesday: Fluency activity and work on speech

Wednesday: Work on and practice speech

Thursday: Practice speech

Friday: Present informative speeches

Week 3 (9-1-14)

Monday: Labor Day--No school

Tuesday: Continue informative speeches

Wednesday: Listening questionnaire

Thursday: Review interview process

Friday: Practice interview questions and answers

Week 4 (9-8-14)

Monday: Impromptu speeches

Tuesday: Nonverbal communication test

Wednesday: Interviews

Thursday: Interviews continued

Friday: Fluency exercise (Just Three Minutes)

Begin Storytelling

Week 5 (9-15-14)

Monday: Work on Storytelling

Tuesday: Work on Storytelling

Wednesday: Practice Storytelling

Thursday: Practice Storytelling

Friday: Present stories

Week 6 (9-22-14)

Monday: Storytelling

Tuesday: Storytelling and fluency activity

Wednesday: Begin persuasive speeches (PowerPoint) and topic

Thursday: Pick persuasive speech topic

Friday: Work on persuasive speech outline and techniques

Week 7 (9-29-14)

Monday: Continue drafting persuasive speech

Tuesday: Continue drafting persuasive speech and begin practicing

Wednesday: Practice persuasive speech

Thursday: Practice persuasive speech

Friday: Homecoming...

Week 8 (10-6-14)

Monday: Practice persuasive speech

Tuesday: Present persuasive speech

Wednesday: Present Persuasive speech

Thursday: Begin demonstrative speech

Friday: Speech activity

Week 9 (10-13-14)

Monday: Go over outlines

Tuesday: Practice demonstrative speech

Wednesday: Present demonstrative speech

Thursday: Present demonstrative speech

Friday: Present demonstrative speech

Begin Eulogies

Week 10 (10-20-14)

Practice Eulogies

Thursday: short day

no school on Friday

Week 11 (10-27-14)

Present Eulogies

Begin monologues (Thursday)

Week 12 (11-3-14)

Monday-Friday: Practice monologues--Present on Thursday

Week 13 (11-10-14)

Wednesday--Biography due

Thursday--Poster and monologue due

Week 14 (11-17-14)

Living Wax Museum

Pet Peeve

Week 16 (12-1-14)

Special Occasion Speech