Homework Assignments
Week 23
Monday
2/6 Practice delivering your whole speech. Practice delivery techniques like delivery techniques like pausing, emphasizing, gesturing, making eye contact, and varying your intonation and volume. Everyone will deliver their entire speech in class tomorrow.
Tuesday
2/7 Practice delivering your speech. Make sure you know it well enough that you can really focus on a solid delivery.
Wednesday
2/8 This is the last night to practice your speech. Everyone will deliver their speeches to the school tomorrow, Thursday, February 9th.
Thursday
2/9 No homework!
Friday
2/10 Read in your IR book. All 3rd Quarter IR tests must be taken by March 4. AP students must finish reading Night by February 15th.
Week 22
Monday
1/30 Make any final changes to your speech (if you haven’t already done so) and practice delivering the first paragraph of your speech. Everyone will deliver their hooks in class tomorrow.
Tuesday
1/31 Practice delivering your speech. Focus on pausing and emphasis. Be sure that you’ve finished your IR book and signed up for a book test this week if you’re reading more than one book this quarter.
Wednesday
2/1 Practice delivering your speech. Be sure that you practice without looking at your cards (learn a line, flip the card over and say the line, and repeat). Make sure that you learn your speech well enough that you can focus on delivery techniques like pausing, emphasizing, gesturing, and varying your intonation and volume. Be sure to know the first half of your speech by tomorrow (if you’re going to the basketball game on Friday) or Friday.
Thursday
2/2 Practice delivering your speech.
Friday
2/3 Practice delivering your speech. You need to know your entire speech by Tuesday.
Week 21
Monday
1/23 Practice your poem: be prepared to recite your poem in class tomorrow. Work on revising your speech.
Tuesday
1/24 Based on the writing notes, my comments, the grading criteria, and your own ideas, write a final draft of your speech. Be sure that you have a strong thesis statement that addresses and develops the topic.
Wednesday
1/25 As you revise your speech, be sure that you’re directly addressing the prompt in each paragraph and that you’re using power language to emphasize your main points. After you’ve made all the major content changes on your speech, read your speech aloud and make any additional changes. Final drafts are due tomorrow.
Thursday
1/26 Finish the bibliography for your speech. Practice delivering your hook.
Friday
1/27 Read in your IR book. Book tests are due on Thursday February 2 and Friday March 3. Practice delivering your speech.
Week 20
Tuesday
1/17 Work on the first draft of your speech. First drafts are due Thursday. Practice reciting your poem. All students will recite their poems on Friday or Monday.
Wednesday
1/18 Practice your poem: be prepared to recite the first half of your poem in class tomorrow. Finish the first draft of your speech. Make sure you have a strong speech with good evidence to back up your viewpoint. Your speech should be 3 – 5 pages long (double spaced).
Thursday
1/19 Based on peer editing comments, the grading criteria, and your own ideas, write a second draft of your speech. Due tomorrow. Finish memorizing your poem and practicing your delivery. Be ready to recite your poem in class tomorrow (a few people may defer until Monday).
Friday
1/20 Read in your IR book. Book tests are due on Thursday February 2 and Friday March 3. Practice reciting your poem if you’re waiting to present it on Monday.
Week 19
Monday
1/9 Research and print out some articles for your speech. Be sure to annotate your articles. Bring everything to class so I can check your progress. Practice reciting your poem. Half will recite their poems on Friday and the other half on Tuesday of next week.
Tuesday
1/10 Continue researching for your speech and annotating your articles. Bring everything to class so I can check your progress. Practice reciting your poem.
Wednesday
1/11 Snow Day: Find and read articles for your speech.
Thursday
1/12 Find the last few articles that you need and start organizing your ideas. Be sure that you have a good idea for your hook and that you have all the evidence you need to make a strong argument. You can begin on your outline—due at the end of the period tomorrow.
Friday
1/13 Read in your IR book. Book tests are due on Thursday February 2 and Friday March 3. Work on the first draft of your speech. First drafts are due on Wednesday, January 18. Practice reciting your poem, but we'll hold off on presenting them until the end of next week.
Old Assignments
Week 23
Monday
2/8 Practice delivering your speech. Work on speaking slowly, varying your intonation, and pausing effectively. You should already know your entire speech so that you’re ready for the final practice tomorrow and the final performance on Wednesday.
Tuesday
2/9 Finish practicing your speech. Work on pausing, varying your intonation, eye contact, and gestures. The big day is tomorrow! Remember to wear something nice to school tomorrow.
Wednesday
2/10 No homework!
Thursday
2/11 Read in your IR book: the first book tests are due this week by March 11th.
Friday
2/12 Enjoy vacation. Get your IR finished over vacation so you can take a test when you get back to school and avoid the last minute rush before March 11th.
Week 22
Monday
2/1 Practice delivering your speech. Work on speaking slowly, varying your intonation, and pausing effectively. You should know the first half of your speech by tomorrow. Everyone will deliver his speech on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Tuesday
2/2 Continue practicing your speech. Work on pausing, varying your intonation, eye contact, and gestures.
Wednesday
2/3 Read in your IR book: the first book tests are due this week by February 5th. Practice your speech
Thursday
2/4 Practice delivering your speech. You need to know the entire speech by next Tuesday, but you can earn extra credit if you know it by this Friday. Be sure to practice in front of an audience (parent, sibling, or a mirror).
Friday
2/5 Start your second book or continue reading in your long IR book: all third quarter book tests are due by March 11th. Practice the delivery of your speech.
Week 21
Monday
1/25 Based on the writing notes, my comments, the grading criteria, and your own ideas, write a final draft of your speech. Remember to be especially organized, to write persuasively, and to use power language. Read your speech aloud as you revise. Please take full advantage of the writing notes—they should be a big help. Due Wednesday.
Tuesday
1/26 Finish revising your speech. Read your speech aloud and listen for errors, for places to add power language, and for unintended repetition, vague verbs, passive voice, etc. Due tomorrow.
Wednesday
1/27 Read in your IR book: the first book tests are due by February 5th.
Thursday
1/28 Practice delivering the hook of your speech. Be prepared to deliver the first few sentences in class tomorrow.
Friday
1/29 Read in your IR book: the first book tests are due by February 5th. Practice the delivery of your speech. See the schedule on the web page for details about deadlines.
Week 20
Tuesday
1/19 Work on the first draft of your speech. Remember to be especially organized, to write persuasively, and to use power language. Start with a hook and link back to it at the end of your speech. Think about the differences between writing a speech and writing an essay.
Wednesday
1/20 Finish the first draft of your speech.
Thursday
1/21 Based on peer editing comments, the grading criteria, and your own ideas, write a second draft of your speech. Read through it aloud and make corrections and add power language. Due Friday.
Friday
1/22 Read in your IR book: the first book tests are due by February 5th.
Week 19
Monday
1/11 Practice reciting your poem. You will give a practice recitation tomorrow and earn a grade. The final performance will be on Thursday.
Tuesday
1/12 Read and annotate your articles and find a few more. Bring everything to class tomorrow.
Wednesday
1/13 Find some more articles and read and annotate them. Bring everything to class tomorrow. Finish practicing your poem. Final performances are tomorrow.
Thursday
1/14 Write up your topic and angle. If you have any hook ideas, write them down too. You should have about 10 articles by now.
Friday
1/15 Read in your IR book: the first book tests are due by February 5th. If you want, work on your outline or the hook for the first draft of your speech. First drafts will be due on Wednesday.
Week 18
Monday
1/4 Write an introduction and body paragraph for the practice performance task.
Tuesday
1/5 Choose a poem to memorize from the Poetry Out Loud web page and print it out. Bring it to class tomorrow.
Wednesday
1/6 Work on memorizing your poem. We will practice reciting them in class on Friday. The final performance will be next week.
Thursday
1/7 Practice reciting your poem. Be prepared to recite the whole poem in class tomorrow, but it the final graded performance will be next week.
Friday
1/8 Read in your IR book and think about your speech contest topic.
Tuesday Assignment
If you're stuck at home or in Mammoth, please make sure you're reciting your speech. All students will deliver their whole speeches in class tomorrow (Wednesday) for a grade and again on Thursday for the big grade. Be sure to practice your delivery (pause, vary your intonation, add emphasis, gesture, make eye contact). Make sure you're ready to go! Thanks
Due Dates
Speech Outline: Friday 1/13
Poem Recitation: Friday 1/20
Speech (first draft): Thursday 1/19
(I will give some extra credit to any students who finish their first drafts on Wednesday and second drafts on Thursday)
Speech (second draft): Friday 1/20
Speech (final draft): Thursday 1/26
First paragraph/page memorized: Tuesday 1/30
First half memorized: Thursday 2/2 (basketball players) or Friday 2/3
Whole speech memorized: Tuesday 2/7
School Wide Speeches: Thursday 2/9
LVHS Speech Contest: Friday 2/10 (6:30 pm)
MLA Format Guidelines : Try Easy Bib: MLA (8)
Independent Reading: Thursday 2/2
Speech Topics
Does Love Conquer Hate?
The Power of Perseverance
Bibliography: MLA Works Cited