10-09-11

Speech Homework For the week of October 09:

Plans are subject to change.

Objectives: Students will be able to identify and analyze the ethical and social responsibilities of communicators, identify the components of the communication process and their functions, explain the importance of effective communication skills in personal, professional, and social contexts, recognize the audience as an important element in building responsible communication skills, and realize the importance and impact of both verbal and nonverbal communication.

Monday:

Activity

• No School

Assignment

Tuesday:

Activity

Assignment

Wednesday:

Activity

• Work on Scary Stories

Assignment

Prepare character analysis of Scary Stories - make a chart and describe each character of your scary story in detail (chart headings: personality, physical appearance, voice, gestures/posture)

Thursday:

Activity

Assignment

Friday:

Activity

• Practice becoming your characters moved to next class
• Become one of your characters and speak to a partner for five minutes without breaking character. moved to next class
• "Walk-about" as one of your characters moved to next class
• Play the video in my desktop folder labeled Scary Stories – students should consider what the storyteller is doing to make the story scary. After each story, have students analyze:
  • Voice
  • Gestures – including Intend, Activate, and Linger
  • Physical body language used to become each character
  • Descriptive words
• Create a main events guide for your story

Assignment

Be prepared to tell your story to a group. We will critique the stories next class. Create a main events guide for your story

Last Class of Last Week:

Activity

• Storytelling to a small group
• critique sheets

Assignment

Be prepared to tell your story in front of the class - video recorded.