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6/2/22 Objective: Work on visual aids Our goal today is to make significant progress on our visual aids. We have a shortened class because of end-of-year schedules, so we'll just have about 40 minutes to chip away at this.
5/31/22 Objective: Final presentations from seniors + Work on visual aids First, we'll hear the presentations from our seniors. Then, we'll have time to work on our visual aids. If you happen to finish your visual aid today, make final adjustments to your speech draft and have me print it out for you. Before you print, please check: transitions between paragraphs, properly introduced evidence, and make sure your speech has been run through Grammarly. We can start working on getting our flash cards together after you're sure your speech is polished and ready to go.
5/27/22 Objective: Make edits to our rough drafts + Start working on our visual aids. First, a brief announcement. Then, if you haven't run your rough draft through Grammarly, do that before you do anything else today. Then, let me know when you're done and I'll print your rough draft. After you print, I'll pass out someone else's draft to you. Read over it. Mark 5 moments in the speech that are strong/working well and explain how/why (number them), and then mark 3 areas where the author could make an improvement/change and explain how/why (number them). Things to look for: road maps, topic sentences, evidence use, explanation of evidence, concluding thoughts, introduction hooks. Once you get your draft back, make any edits you need to based on the feedback you receive. If there is time remaining today, we'll start working on our visual aids.
5/26/22 Objective: Finish writing the rough draft. We'll start first with a sample speech "Spoken Differences" by Patrick Kelly. What is this speaker doing positively here in terms of both content and delivery? Then, we'll head to the library with Chromebooks. 9th, 10th, and 11th graders: we'll finish writing our rough drafts today. Once we finish, we'll run the speeches through Grammarly and print two copies of our speech. SENIORS: Print one copy of the speech. In pairs, as the writer reads the speech out loud, check for transition language and clearly cited evidence. Make any edits you need to. Then, spend the second half of the block on the visual component of the speech. Seniors, after today you have 0 class periods left before you present your speeches to us. This weekend, read through the speech three or four times and practice engaging with the visual aid. All seniors will present their speeches on TUESDAY.
5/24/22 Objective: Make progress drafting. We have a shortened class because of SBAC testing again. We'll spend today's class on adding to our draft. Task for today: Write the next paragraph of the speech. Note: I'll do a progress check at the start of Thursday's block for four paragraphs. To get full credit, you'll need four paragraphs done by then. SENIORS: Finish the draft for Thursday's block (this is the benchmark I'll use for the progress check). Seniors will revise rough drafts on Thursday and spend the second half of the block on the visual component of the speech. Seniors, after today you have 1 class period left before you present your speeches to us.
5/23/22 Objective: Make progress drafting. We'll start with looking at a sample expository speech on the role women played in World War II. As we read, pay close attention to the speech's structure and transition language. What is the author doing here that you can emulate. After this, we'll continue drafting. Task for today: Write the next paragraph of the speech. SENIORS: If time, write another paragraph of the speech tonight (so ideally you'll have 4-5 paragraphs of the speech done for tomorrow's class). Seniors, after today you have 2 class periods left before you present your speeches to us.
5/20/22 Objective: Make progress drafting. We'll spend today making significant progress on our expository speech rough drafts. Task for today: Write the next paragraph of the speech. SENIORS: If time, write another paragraph of the speech this weekend (so ideally you'll have 3-4 paragraphs of the speech done for Monday's class). Seniors, after today you have 3 class periods left before you present your speeches to us.
5/19/22 Objective: Do more preliminary research for our speech topic + Begin drafting. We'll continue researching our expository speech topic. After about half of the block, I'd like folks to transition into drafting. Start writing out some of the initial sections of the speech. Task for today: Complete preliminary research + Write the first paragraph of the speech. SENIORS: If time, write a paragraph of the speech tonight (so you'll have two paragraphs of the draft done for tomorrow's class). 5 class periods left before you present your speeches to us.
5/17/22 Objective: Map out the basic sections of our speech after doing preliminary research. We'll continue researching our expository speech topic. Our goal today is to finish mapping out the main parts of the speech and start collecting research that we can incorporate into our body paragraphs. Don't forget: for each fact/statistic/quote you find, make sure to save the link where you obtained that information. Task for today: Settle on our topic and map out the major sections of the speech. I'll ask you about this at the end of class.
5/16/22 Objective: Go over the foundation of our next speech mode---expository speeches. We will start with hearing the last few speeches from our speech mini-project. Then, we'll dive into expository speech basics, we'll go over a sample outline, and we'll watch a sample expository speech by student Serena Wang called "Superheroes." What is she doing well in this speech? After we watch this, we'll begin researching our expository speech topic.
5/13/22 Objective: Present our final performances of our spoken word and after dinner speeches. Today is the last day of our final performances!
5/12/22 Objective: Present our final performances of our spoken word and after dinner speeches. Today is the first day of our final performances! All students who don't perform today will perform tomorrow.
5/4-10/22 Sub. in the room while Mr. M is in NJ.
5/3/22 Objective: Complete tone/structure questions for our speech and get feedback on whether or not the speech has the impact we're seeking + Make flash cards We'll be in the library today. Complete the tone/structure question sheet. When you finish, you'll give this to your revision partner before you present. Explain what tone you're going for and what you hope the audience pulls from the speech. Then, read your speech to them and check-in after you finish: did the speech have the impact you're trying to create? If we have time at the end of class, we'll make our performance flash cards for this speech. Task for Thursday: Finish flash cards. Add any delivery notes you need to remind yourself of tone changes, pauses, volume/speed changes, etc.
5/2/22 Objective: Run completed rough drafts through Grammarly + Complete tone/structure questions for our speech and get feedback on whether or not the speech has the impact we're seeking. Step 1: Run the rough draft through Grammarly. Make edits/changes based on Grammarly's feedback and put the revised content back in the Google Doc. We'll print out two copies of this---one for you, and one for a partner. Step 2: Complete the tone/structure question sheet. When you finish, you'll give this to your revision partner before you present. Explain what tone you're going for and what you hope the audience pulls from the speech. Then, read your speech to them and check-in after you finish: did the speech have the impact you're trying to create? Task for Tuesday: Make any final edits to the speech and have a final draft uploaded in Google Classroom.
4/29/22 Objective: Start making edits to our drafts (if finished) + Get closer to finishing the draft (if not finished). We'll head to the library today and split into two groups. All of those who are finished the rough draft or nearly finished will print two copies of your draft. On the one that you'll read with your revision partner today, I want you to mark the lines that should get laughs (if working on ADS). You can also mark lines that should be delivered slowly, or with more emotions, or more loudly etc. If you're working on spoken word, mark the lines that deserve more emotional intensity. Then, slowly read through your piece with your revision partner. Have them mark up their version of the draft with comments/questions as you read. After you finish, verbally debrief with them about areas for improvement/revision. Students who are not done the draft yet will *hopefully* finish the draft today. Task for Monday: Finish the draft of the piece. Have it in Google Classroom. (I'll do a progress check for this on Monday and give you credit for finishing things up on time.)
4/26/22 Objective: Analyze the structural elements of the beginning of an ADS + Make progress on drafting your spoken word/ADS piece. We'll start first with watching the intro (stop at 2:11) of this after dinner speech called "The Martin Jetpack" by Zachary Seals. As we watch, fill out answers to these questions. After we chat about the speech, we'll have time to draft.
4/25/22 Objective: Make progress on drafting your spoken word/ADS piece. We'll start to move from our freewriting to something more structured today. Look back at some of the writing you did last week. From this writing we'll draw ideas/written lines/images for our pieces. Before you start working today, make sure you figure out what your central theme/message is going to be. Think: what key concept do you want readers to take from your piece?
Once we know this central idea, start to think about how we want to structure the piece to communicate that idea. If you're doing spoken word, think about what stanzas you want to include: what major moments/ideas should get their own section of your piece? If you're doing after dinner speaking, what scenarios/moments can be used to both communicate your larger message but also contain humorous lines?
4/22/22 Objective: We'll watch and analyze one more spoken word piece. Watch how the tone shifts throughout the piece, how its structured, and how specific details help capture the essence of the narrator's relationship. We'll start with "OCD" by Neil Hilborn (transcript and analysis questions here). After this, we'll begin free writing on our ADS/spoken word pieces. From this writing we'll draw ideas/written lines/images for our pieces. Before you start, make sure you figure out what your central theme/message is going to be. Think: what key concept do you want readers to take from your piece?
4/21/22 Objective: We'll watch and analyze three sample speeches and focus on how author's use structure to allow a central message to emerge. We'll watch and discuss three separate pieces today: "Reasons Why I Hate Student Loans" by Brian Yu, "Narcissism" by Basil Hawley (starts at 53:48), and "Touchscreen" by Marshall Davis Jones. As we watch, we'll record our analysis of these pieces on this question sheet. We'll discuss what you and partner come up with for each of these sets of analysis questions. Then, in the second half of the block, we'll start brainstorming and freewriting for our own speeches. For both of these speeches, I recommend writing freely first about your general topic. Then, from the content you come up with, focus in on lines and ideas that you can expand on.
4/19/22 Objective: We'll explore a variety of sample speeches in the genre we're most interested in (ADS or Spoken Word) and try to find one that is really exemplary. We'll spend today doing a survey of multiple pieces in the genre we're most interested in. I want you to find either an after dinner speech that you connect with OR a spoken word piece that you connect with (here is the list of classroom friendly slam poems, for after dinner speeches search for "after dinner speech state champion" on YouTube). Pick a speech/poem that you connect with. Then, send me a link to the video in an email and write me a brief description about why you connect with it. What about it is powerful? What is the speaker doing that is compelling? We'll share out what we found at the end of class.
4/18/22 Objective: We'll go over the basics of our next speech unit: After Dinner Speaking / Spoken Word Poetry. We'll start with our remaining performances of our famous speech excerpts. Then, we'll dive into the details of our next unit: After Dinner Speaking / Spoken Word Poetry. Here is a description of after dinner speeches. Here is the OSAA ballot cover that describes this event in detail. Sample speech "The Vampire Speech" by George Alexander Charalambous. What about this speech is working well? What could be improved upon? Then, we'll chat a little about the other part of our final unit: spoken word / slam poetry. On Friday we watched a sample poem "Totally, Like, Whatever. You know?" by Taylor Mali (transcript here). Here is another sample poem: "Rubik's Cube" by Ben Barker (transcript here).
4/15/22 Objective: Share out our famous speech excerpts with the class and give context for what we present. We'll hear the last of our famous speech excerpts today! We have about half the class that we still need to hear from. Remember: this is a chance to navigate nervousness in a low-stakes environment. If you feel your breathing start to get shallow or your voice waver or your chest start to tighten, the first step is to identify that you're feeling some nervousness. Then, let that pass through you. Breathe. And then try to return to yourself. If we have time at the end of class, we can get a preview of our next speech mode(s) and take a look at a sample ADS/slam poetry video. We'll dive into this unit in more detail on Monday.
4/14/22 Objective: Share out our famous speech excerpts with the class and give context for what we present. We'll divide our class time today into two parts. Part 1: We'll head to the commons and get into small groups to read through our famous speech excerpts. As you read, have a notebook out and jot down a strengths/weaknesses T-chart for each performance. Give verbal feedback at the end of each speech. Part 2: We'll head back to the classroom and hear the speech excerpts all together as a class. Reminder: If your famous speech analysis questions aren't submitted in Google Classroom yet, please finish those for tomorrow. Make sure all answers are polished and thorough. Feel free to run your mini-paragraph answers through Grammarly to get editing support.
4/12/22 Objective: Practice delivering our famous speech excerpt. We will work delivering our Speech Mini-Project on Famous Speeches today. Note: at this point the speech mini-project analysis sheet should be complete. If yours isn't done yet, please make sure you finish this as soon as possible. We'll print our excerpts at the start of class and then convert them to presentation flash cards. After we do this, we'll start a round of practice performances. Task for tomorrow: make sure your flash cards are finished and run through the speech once. Apply the same movement/delivery standards we used in our oratory speeches. The expectation on this is that we improve on our oratory delivery and step up our game with each speech we give throughout the semester.
4/11/22 Objective: Make significant progress on our famous speech analysis project. We will work on our Speech Mini-Project on Famous Speeches today. Now that you have selected the speech you're going to work with, I'd like you to focus on your excerpt today. What makes it stand out? What speech techniques are being used in the speech? We'll work today on filling out the speech mini-project analysis sheet for your excerpt. Give thorough, multi-sentence answers for each. (Essentially, these should get a mini-paragraph for each answer.) Task for tomorrow: finish the analysis questions for your speech excerpt.
4/7/22 Objective: Finish final performances for this unit! + Start our famous speech analysis project. We will hear the last round of final performances today for our oratory speech! We will start our Speech Mini-Project on Famous Speeches today. Click the link for details. Task for Monday: Pick your speech and the section of it that you want to work with.
4/1-5/22 Objective: Final performances for this unit! We will hear a round of final performances today for our oratory speech! All students who don't manage to perform today should be ready to perform on Monday.
3/31/22 Objective: Finish practicing the delivery of our oratory speeches + Start our final performances for this unit! We'll start today with looking at the oratory rubric I'll use to score these performances. Then, we'll head to the Commons to do a bit more practice on our delivery. Work on making eye contact, varying your tone for lines that deserve emphasis, and using movement to help mark the start of new speech sections or shifts in the speech. In the last 30 minutes of class, we'll hear our few couple of final performances for this speech. REMINDER: Read through your speech a few times tonight to practice. All students need to be ready to perform tomorrow. If you're not ready to perform and ask to perform next week, I will apply a late penalty to the grade.
3/29/22 Objective: Practice weaving movement into our delivery of our speeches. We'll be back in the commons today. We'll start with every student slowly reading his her speech to themselves, facing the wall. As you read, practice moving beyond simply reading your speech and focus on how you use your body to help accentuate the ideas you're communicating. We'll time these practice run-throughs (ideally these speeches will be in the 5-10 min range.). After this, we'll break into small groups and continue our workshopping process. Please record the same type of feedback you were focusing on yesterday. Note: We'll hear a few final performances in the second half of the block on Thursday (I'll approach a few of you and ask if you'd be willing to perform) Everyone else: be ready to perform on Friday. 2nd Note: All links used in the creation of your speech should be listed in the bottom of your speech Google Doc. I'll take a few points off the speech if these are not included.
3/28/22 Objective: Practice weaving movement into our delivery of our speeches. We'll be in the commons today to practice delivery strategies. We'll be in groups of three. In each group, students will make T charts in their notebooks and write down positive and constructive feedback based on the speeches they hear. Focus on using movement to signal the starts of new sections of the speech. Our goal today is to read through our speech at least twice but ideally three times. We'll mix up our groups as we finish each round of speeches. Homework: read through your speech twice tonight.
3/18/22 Objective: Make flash cards and color code lines + Continue workshopping our speeches today with peers. We'll start by making our cards. We'll color code lines and make sure the speech is in a font that is easy to read. Then, in pairs, we'll practice reading through the speech. We'll try to get into two separate pairs to read the speech at least twice today. Task for spring break: Read through the speech 3 or 4 times on 3 or 4 different days (so one time a day X 4). Practice looking up and away from your cards. We want to get familiar with the content and make it so we don't let things slip over the break and can hit the ground running when we return.
3/17/22 Objective: Begin workshopping our speeches today with peers. We will start workshopping and practicing presenting our speeches today. In groups of three, we'll read our speech, get written/verbal feedback, and time our speech. If your peers let you know that the speech is missing key components, you'll have time today to make revisions. As you read, think: what parts of this speech deserve extra attention or emphasis in terms of tone/vocal delivery? (We'll focus on physical movements later in the process) Task for Friday: Come in with a more polished draft on Friday to use for your presentation practice.
3/14/22 Objective: Discuss strategies for conclusions + Make significant progress on our drafts. We'll touch base on a few things today before we start working. First, we want to try to have body paragraphs supported by research or anecdotes or other outside information. When we include this info., but sure to clearly cite it (so: According to _____________, most teenagers...). Next, start each new section with a clear topic sentence with a larger claim, then move into the finer details. Finally, we'll look at a sample conclusion paragraph, and then we'll make a list of potential ways to close a speech like this. We'll have time to draft after we done this. Goal for today: Make it up to the conclusion of the speech (so finish intro + body paragraphs).
3/11/22 Objective: Make significant progress drafting. (Sub in room) We'll work on our drafts today. At this stage of the process, you should be in the second half of your speech. Spend today working on the final body paragraphs. Progress check that Mr. M will do today: First three paragraphs of the rough draft of the speech.
3/10/22 Objective: Make significant progress drafting. We'll work on our drafts today. First, though, we'll look at a sample introduction and a sample body paragraph. Then, we'll get Chromebooks and get to it! Task for today (due by the start of Friday's class): Finish the first three paragraphs of the rough draft of the speech. I'll do a progress check for this on Friday.
3/8/22 Objective: Start to map out key sections that the speech could focus on + Begin drafting. We'll work on finishing filling in sections of our speech outline (see Google Classroom). Here is the outline we'll use to map out our speeches. Note: for each aspect (basically each part of the body of the speech), I want you to briefly describe some key ideas you'll touch on in that section. Task for today by the end of class: the outline should be filled out with key ideas by the end of today's class. I'll do a progress check for this. We will begin drafting once this outline is finished.
3/7/22 Objective: Continue researching for our oratory speech. Start to map out key sections that the speech could focus on. First: Sample speech "American Minus the Dream" by Andrea Ambam. Why is this speech an award-winning speech? What about it is strong? After this, we'll work on filling in sections of our speech outline (see Google Classroom). Here is the outline we'll use to map out our speeches. Note: for each aspect (basically each part of the body of the speech), I want you to briefly describe some key ideas you'll touch on in that section. Task for Tuesday by the end of class: the outline should be filled out with key ideas by the end of Tuesday's class. I'll do a progress check for this. We will begin drafting on Thursday's block.
3/4/22 Objective: Continue researching for our oratory speech. Start to map out key sections that the speech could focus on. We'll continue doing preliminary research. Look for studies, articles, and surveys that could be used to support your cause. Put information / links / ideas in the document I created in Google Classroom. Remember: save all relevant links at the bottom of the document. Goal for this class: continue to identify the key elements/concepts the speech will focus on. Think: source of issue? Impact? Multiple sides to it? Solutions? Here is the outline we'll fill out on Monday. Feel free to research today with these speech elements in mind.
3/3/22 Objective: Begin research for our oratory speech. Start to map out key sections that the speech could focus on. We will start by talking about a few more topics that folks have in mind. I want to ask if it fits into the problem/solution structure that many oratories have. We'll jot down a few initial ideas on this reflection sheet. After this, we'll start doing preliminary research. Look for studies, articles, and surveys that could be used to support your cause. Put information / links / ideas in the document I created in Google Classroom. Remember: save all relevant links at the bottom of the document. We'll do another touch base at the end of the class to see where you're at, and you'll turn in your completed reflection sheet. Goal for this class: start to identify the key elements/concepts the speech will focus on. Think: source of issue? Impact? Multiple sides to it? Solutions? Some of these types of ideas will be what paragraphs in this speech revolve around.
3/1/22 Objective: Analyze how the subject matter of a persuasive speech and influence the vocal and physical delivery of the speech. We'll start by watching a few minutes of a sample oratory speech (you're welcome to watch the entire speech on your own). This speech is called "Compromise: The Foundation of Freedom - The Imperative of Citizenship" by Solomon Brown. As we watch, what do you notice about his vocal changes, his movement, and his facial expressions? So how can a speaker get to this point, to this style? To help answer this question, we'll look at a TED talk by Amy Cuddy called "Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are." What would you say is her main claim in this speech? What evidence does she provide? After this, we'll spend some time beginning to brainstorm potential oratory topics for our speeches. Task for next class: Pick a topic that you'd like to work with. Can you frame it in a problem/solution format? We'll start researching next class.
2/28/22 Objective: Start thinking about the details/format of our next speech mode: Oratory Speeches We'll start with a few links that explain more details about how these speeches are designed: Here is a description of original oratory speeches. I'll point out a few relevant ideas here (it's a little dated and not everything here fits our in-class speech format, but some ideas here will help clarify things for us.) Here is the OSAA ballot cover that describes this event in detail. Here is the outline we'll use to map out our speeches. After we go over this, if we have time, we'll each look for one award-winning oratory speech. If we have time, we'll describe these speeches to others in small groups and identify a few positive things that the speaker is doing in the speech.
2/25/22 Objective: Present our radio addresses + Start thinking about the details/format of our next speech mode: Oratory Speeches We'll hear the last few final performances of our radio addresses today! Then, we'll start our oratory unit today! To start, we'll watch a sample oratory speeches: "Tailor-made for the Ages" by Nader Helmy. What do you notice about how this speech is structured? What do you notice about how the speaker moves? How he uses pauses?
2/24/22 Objective: Present our radio addresses + Reflect on the structural strengths/areas to improve in the various speeches we hear today. We'll hear our final performances of our radio addresses today!
2/22/22 Objective: Present our radio addresses + Reflect on the structural strengths/areas to improve in the various speeches we hear today. We'll hear our final performances of our radio addresses today! If you don't speak today, you'll perform on Thursday when I see you for our block period. Thanks!
2/18/22 Objective: Work on the delivery of the speech. We'll head to the library again today to work on practicing the delivery of our speech. We'll have two separate pairings today---you'll work with two separate partners to read through and practice your speech. Before you start reading, tell your partner one or two specific things you want to work on or want them to listen for. Pronunciation? Change in tone at shocking moments? Speed? Pauses? After the speech, discuss whether or not these elements were able to shine through in the delivery. If time today, we'll hear our first final performance. Homework for Tuesday: All students: Be prepared to present on Tuesday. Bring two printed copies of the final draft of the speech to class---one for you, one for me. It's okay if the speech has font and other formatting changes to make it easier to deliver.
2/17/22 Objective: Begin to work on the delivery of the speech. We'll head to the library today to work on practicing the delivery of our speech. First, 10-15 min. to make any last edits/changes to the speech. Then, print three copies of the speech. Next, mark any sections of the speech that deserve extra attention during the delivery---slower pace, more inflection, louder, etc. Feel free to highlight or write comments on the speech. We'll then get into groups of three and start practicing the delivery. Time yourself. Remember: we're shooting for 4:45-5:15. Add extra emphasis to lines that deserve extra attention. Uses pauses intentionally. Go slow enough so you can enunciate. For sources: please have all sources you used at the end of the speech. I'm okay with links being included (no separate Work Cited page needed). But I do want all outside sources included so I can reference any website if I need to. I want to say this clearly: all writing in the speech needs to be your own. There should be no plagiarized material in any speech for this class. Chat with me if you're not sure how to navigate this. Homework for tomorrow: If you are presenting on Friday, bring a final printed copy of your speech and practice your delivery tonight and tomorrow. All students: make sure your speech draft is finished for tomorrow if it's not currently finished. All students need to be prepared to present on Monday.
2/15/22 Objective: Continue workshopping our speeches today and get feedback in small groups on revisions we can make. + Begin to work on the delivery of the speech. We'll start with finishing the checklist revision activity we started yesterday. I'd like to swap speeches at least twice with two other students and use this peer revision checklist to make sure our speech has all of the elements that we need in it. After we get back this feedback, and after we have a chance to with the author of the speech, we'll make some revisions and print out a fresh copy of the speech. Then, we'll take a look at a few minutes of this winning radio speech from the state championships in Illinois. What do you notice about the tone of the speaker? What are they doing with their voice? With pauses? If there is time, we'll get in groups and begin practicing delivery. Time yourself. Remember: we're shooting for 4:45-5:15. Add extra emphasis to lines that deserve extra attention (mark these with notes and/or a highlighter). Uses pauses intentionally. Go slow enough so you can enunciate. Homework for tomorrow: Read through your speech once or twice tonight. We're going to have a few students perform their final performances on Friday. :)
2/14/22 Objective: Start workshopping our speeches today and get feedback in small groups on revisions we can make. We will start workshopping our speeches today! First, run them through Grammarly if you haven't done so already. Next, print them (we'll do this in the library). Print one copy of your speech. Next, we'll swap speeches at least twice with two other students and use this peer revision checklist to make sure our speech has all of the elements that we need in it. After we get back this feedback, we'll try to start making revisions. Homework for tomorrow: Make changes to your draft
2/11/22 Objective: Continue drafting---focus on the body paragraphs and conclusion today. Our goal for today is to try to finish our rough drafts. I'm going to come around and do the progress check for three paragraphs today. All students need completed rough drafts for Monday's class. For students who finish today, we're going to start workshopping our speeches in pairs. I'll walk you through how to do this.
2/10/22 Objective: Continue drafting---focus on the body paragraphs and conclusion today. First, we'll brainstorm a list of ways to close a speech like this. Then, we'll spend much of today's class drafting our speeches. Some students might be able to finish most of their rough drafts today. I'm going to do a progress check for 3 paragraphs today at the end of class (intro + 2 body paragraphs). For students who do happen to finish today, we're going to start workshopping our speeches in pairs. I'll walk you through how to do this. By the start of tomorrow's class: Intro. + body paragraphs should be finished in our rough drafts.
2/8/22 Objective: Continue drafting---move on to the body paragraphs today. We'll spend much of today's class drafting our speeches. I'm going to do a progress check for Introductions today. Goal for today: write two of our body paragraphs.
2/7/22 Objective: Continue doing initial research for our speech + Analyze a second sample speech + Write the intro. We'll start by looking at another sample radio speech. We'll identify key elements of the speech and look at how it's structured. Note: this speech was constructed for the sole purpose of acting as a model for the class. The quotes and facts in the speech are fictionalized. After this, we'll continue researching and working on our draft. By the start of tomorrow's class: students should have intro paragraph of the speech completed
2/4/22 Objective: Continue doing initial research for our speech + Craft the introduction hook idea + Analyze a sample introduction hook and see how it helps the speech springboard into the main idea. We'll start by listening to a radio story on the way soccer impacts the brains of players. What strengths do you hear in this story? How does it start? How are quotes integrated? After this, we'll continue researching and starting to draft our radio speech. Goal for today: finish mapping out the larger key components of your speech and come up with your intro + hook. Use the document I created for you in Google Classroom. Drop all research (and helpful website addresses) there.
2/3/22 Objective: Analyze the structural strengths and weaknesses of a sample radio address + Begin mapping out our radio speech outline. We'll start by dissecting a sample radio speech. We'll identify key elements of the speech and look at how it's structured. Note: there are strengths and weaknesses in this speech. See if you can find them. Then, we'll fill out initial speech summary sheets for our prospective speeches. After this, we'll get Chromebooks and start doing initial research for our speeches. The goal at this stage should be to get a general read on the state of the issue. Where do things stand? Who is really involved in the issue and driving its development? What components of it are most interesting to you and are worth highlighting in your speech in the form of key quotes/facts/statistics? At the end of class, we'll share out something we found in today's research that stuck with us and we found compelling.
2/1/22 Objective: Discuss key characteristics of a radio address. We'll dive into radio addresses today! First, we'll go over the key details of a radio speech by looking at the slideshow here. Here is the OSAA ballot cover that describes this event in detail. Next, we'll listen to and read along with a sample radio speech. Listen to the tone of the speaker. Pay attention to how the speech is structured. We'll talk in pairs about what we notice. After this, we'll start brainstorming on potential radio topics. If time, we'll start trying to map out key components of the speech. Homework: Make sure you have a topic selected for Thursday. Also, begin thinking about how you'd like your speech to open and close. We'll start drafting on Friday.
1/31/22 Objective: Go over class expectations + Discuss what it is about public speaking that leaves so many people feeling nervous about it + Discuss the potential that public speaking offers us. Welcome! To start: how do you think public speaking makes most people feel? What leads to them feeling this way? What value does the act of speaking publicly offer us? Next, chat about the class structure/syllabus. If time remains at the end of class, we'll prep for our first unit by trying to answer this question: what is the function of a radio segment you might hear on a channel like NPR? What type of tone would a segment like this have? What would lead it to having that type of tone?
6/2/22 Objective: Work on visual aids Our goal today is to make significant progress on our visual aids. We have a shortened class because of end-of-year schedules, so we'll just have about 40 minutes to chip away at this.
5/31/22 Objective: Final presentations from seniors + Work on visual aids First, we'll hear the presentations from our seniors. Then, we'll have time to work on our visual aids. If you happen to finish your visual aid today, make final adjustments to your speech draft and have me print it out for you. Before you print, please check: transitions between paragraphs, properly introduced evidence, and make sure your speech has been run through Grammarly. We can start working on getting our flash cards together after you're sure your speech is polished and ready to go.
5/27/22 Objective: Make edits to our rough drafts + Start working on our visual aids. First, a brief announcement. Then, if you haven't run your rough draft through Grammarly, do that before you do anything else today. Then, let me know when you're done and I'll print your rough draft. After you print, I'll pass out someone else's draft to you. Read over it. Mark 5 moments in the speech that are strong/working well and explain how/why (number them), and then mark 3 areas where the author could make an improvement/change and explain how/why (number them). Things to look for: road maps, topic sentences, evidence use, explanation of evidence, concluding thoughts, introduction hooks. Once you get your draft back, make any edits you need to based on the feedback you receive. If there is time remaining today, we'll start working on our visual aids.
5/26/22 Objective: Finish writing the rough draft. We'll start first with a sample speech "Spoken Differences" by Patrick Kelly. What is this speaker doing positively here in terms of both content and delivery? Then, we'll head to the library with Chromebooks. 9th, 10th, and 11th graders: we'll finish writing our rough drafts today. Once we finish, we'll run the speeches through Grammarly and print two copies of our speech. SENIORS: Print one copy of the speech. In pairs, as the writer reads the speech out loud, check for transition language and clearly cited evidence. Make any edits you need to. Then, spend the second half of the block on the visual component of the speech. Seniors, after today you have 0 class periods left before you present your speeches to us. This weekend, read through the speech three or four times and practice engaging with the visual aid. All seniors will present their speeches on TUESDAY.
5/24/22 Objective: Make progress drafting. We have a shortened class because of SBAC testing again. We'll spend today's class on adding to our draft. Task for today: Write the next paragraph of the speech. Note: I'll do a progress check at the start of Thursday's block for four paragraphs. To get full credit, you'll need four paragraphs done by then. SENIORS: Finish the draft for Thursday's block (this is the benchmark I'll use for the progress check). Seniors will revise rough drafts on Thursday and spend the second half of the block on the visual component of the speech. Seniors, after today you have 1 class period left before you present your speeches to us.
5/23/22 Objective: Make progress drafting. We'll start with looking at a sample expository speech on the role women played in World War II. As we read, pay close attention to the speech's structure and transition language. What is the author doing here that you can emulate. After this, we'll continue drafting. Task for today: Write the next paragraph of the speech. SENIORS: If time, write another paragraph of the speech tonight (so ideally you'll have 4-5 paragraphs of the speech done for tomorrow's class). Seniors, after today you have 2 class periods left before you present your speeches to us.
5/20/22 Objective: Make progress drafting. We'll spend today making significant progress on our expository speech rough drafts. Task for today: Write the next paragraph of the speech. SENIORS: If time, write another paragraph of the speech this weekend (so ideally you'll have 3-4 paragraphs of the speech done for Monday's class). Seniors, after today you have 3 class periods left before you present your speeches to us.
5/19/22 Objective: Do more preliminary research for our speech topic + Begin drafting. We'll continue researching our expository speech topic. After about half of the block, I'd like folks to transition into drafting. Start writing out some of the initial sections of the speech. Task for today: Complete preliminary research + Write the first paragraph of the speech. SENIORS: If time, write a paragraph of the speech tonight (so you'll have two paragraphs of the draft done for tomorrow's class). 5 class periods left before you present your speeches to us.
5/17/22 Objective: Map out the basic sections of our speech after doing preliminary research. We'll continue researching our expository speech topic. Our goal today is to finish mapping out the main parts of the speech and start collecting research that we can incorporate into our body paragraphs. Don't forget: for each fact/statistic/quote you find, make sure to save the link where you obtained that information. Task for today: Settle on our topic and map out the major sections of the speech. I'll ask you about this at the end of class.
5/16/22 Objective: Go over the foundation of our next speech mode---expository speeches. We will start with hearing the last few speeches from our speech mini-project. Then, we'll dive into expository speech basics, we'll go over a sample outline, and we'll watch a sample expository speech by student Serena Wang called "Superheroes." What is she doing well in this speech? After we watch this, we'll begin researching our expository speech topic.
5/13/22 Objective: Present our final performances of our spoken word and after dinner speeches. Today is the last day of our final performances!
5/12/22 Objective: Present our final performances of our spoken word and after dinner speeches. Today is the first day of our final performances! All students who don't perform today will perform tomorrow.
5/4-10/22 Sub. in the room while Mr. M is in NJ.
5/3/22 Objective: Complete tone/structure questions for our speech and get feedback on whether or not the speech has the impact we're seeking + Make flash cards We'll be in the library today. Complete the tone/structure question sheet. When you finish, you'll give this to your revision partner before you present. Explain what tone you're going for and what you hope the audience pulls from the speech. Then, read your speech to them and check-in after you finish: did the speech have the impact you're trying to create? If we have time at the end of class, we'll make our performance flash cards for this speech. Task for Thursday: Finish flash cards. Add any delivery notes you need to remind yourself of tone changes, pauses, volume/speed changes, etc.
5/2/22 Objective: Run completed rough drafts through Grammarly + Complete tone/structure questions for our speech and get feedback on whether or not the speech has the impact we're seeking. Step 1: Run the rough draft through Grammarly. Make edits/changes based on Grammarly's feedback and put the revised content back in the Google Doc. We'll print out two copies of this---one for you, and one for a partner. Step 2: Complete the tone/structure question sheet. When you finish, you'll give this to your revision partner before you present. Explain what tone you're going for and what you hope the audience pulls from the speech. Then, read your speech to them and check-in after you finish: did the speech have the impact you're trying to create? Task for Tuesday: Make any final edits to the speech and have a final draft uploaded in Google Classroom.
4/29/22 Objective: Start making edits to our drafts (if finished) + Get closer to finishing the draft (if not finished). We'll head to the library today and split into two groups. All of those who are finished the rough draft or nearly finished will print two copies of your draft. On the one that you'll read with your revision partner today, I want you to mark the lines that should get laughs (if working on ADS). You can also mark lines that should be delivered slowly, or with more emotions, or more loudly etc. If you're working on spoken word, mark the lines that deserve more emotional intensity. Then, slowly read through your piece with your revision partner. Have them mark up their version of the draft with comments/questions as you read. After you finish, verbally debrief with them about areas for improvement/revision. Students who are not done the draft yet will *hopefully* finish the draft today. Task for Monday: Finish the draft of the piece. Have it in Google Classroom. (I'll do a progress check for this on Monday and give you credit for finishing things up on time.)
4/26/22 Objective: Analyze the structural elements of the beginning of an ADS + Make progress on drafting your spoken word/ADS piece. We'll start first with watching the intro (stop at 2:11) of this after dinner speech called "The Martin Jetpack" by Zachary Seals. As we watch, fill out answers to these questions. After we chat about the speech, we'll have time to draft.
4/25/22 Objective: Make progress on drafting your spoken word/ADS piece. We'll start to move from our freewriting to something more structured today. Look back at some of the writing you did last week. From this writing we'll draw ideas/written lines/images for our pieces. Before you start working today, make sure you figure out what your central theme/message is going to be. Think: what key concept do you want readers to take from your piece?
Once we know this central idea, start to think about how we want to structure the piece to communicate that idea. If you're doing spoken word, think about what stanzas you want to include: what major moments/ideas should get their own section of your piece? If you're doing after dinner speaking, what scenarios/moments can be used to both communicate your larger message but also contain humorous lines?
4/22/22 Objective: We'll watch and analyze one more spoken word piece. Watch how the tone shifts throughout the piece, how its structured, and how specific details help capture the essence of the narrator's relationship. We'll start with "OCD" by Neil Hilborn (transcript and analysis questions here). After this, we'll begin free writing on our ADS/spoken word pieces. From this writing we'll draw ideas/written lines/images for our pieces. Before you start, make sure you figure out what your central theme/message is going to be. Think: what key concept do you want readers to take from your piece?
4/21/22 Objective: We'll watch and analyze three sample speeches and focus on how author's use structure to allow a central message to emerge. We'll watch and discuss three separate pieces today: "Reasons Why I Hate Student Loans" by Brian Yu, "Narcissism" by Basil Hawley (starts at 53:48), and "Touchscreen" by Marshall Davis Jones. As we watch, we'll record our analysis of these pieces on this question sheet. We'll discuss what you and partner come up with for each of these sets of analysis questions. Then, in the second half of the block, we'll start brainstorming and freewriting for our own speeches. For both of these speeches, I recommend writing freely first about your general topic. Then, from the content you come up with, focus in on lines and ideas that you can expand on.
4/19/22 Objective: We'll explore a variety of sample speeches in the genre we're most interested in (ADS or Spoken Word) and try to find one that is really exemplary. We'll spend today doing a survey of multiple pieces in the genre we're most interested in. I want you to find either an after dinner speech that you connect with OR a spoken word piece that you connect with (here is the list of classroom friendly slam poems, for after dinner speeches search for "after dinner speech state champion" on YouTube). Pick a speech/poem that you connect with. Then, send me a link to the video in an email and write me a brief description about why you connect with it. What about it is powerful? What is the speaker doing that is compelling? We'll share out what we found at the end of class.
4/18/22 Objective: We'll go over the basics of our next speech unit: After Dinner Speaking / Spoken Word Poetry. We'll start with our remaining performances of our famous speech excerpts. Then, we'll dive into the details of our next unit: After Dinner Speaking / Spoken Word Poetry. Here is a description of after dinner speeches. Here is the OSAA ballot cover that describes this event in detail. Sample speech "The Vampire Speech" by George Alexander Charalambous. What about this speech is working well? What could be improved upon? Then, we'll chat a little about the other part of our final unit: spoken word / slam poetry. On Friday we watched a sample poem "Totally, Like, Whatever. You know?" by Taylor Mali (transcript here). Here is another sample poem: "Rubik's Cube" by Ben Barker (transcript here).
4/15/22 Objective: Share out our famous speech excerpts with the class and give context for what we present. We'll hear the last of our famous speech excerpts today! We have about half the class that we still need to hear from. Remember: this is a chance to navigate nervousness in a low-stakes environment. If you feel your breathing start to get shallow or your voice waver or your chest start to tighten, the first step is to identify that you're feeling some nervousness. Then, let that pass through you. Breathe. And then try to return to yourself. If we have time at the end of class, we can get a preview of our next speech mode(s) and take a look at a sample ADS/slam poetry video. We'll dive into this unit in more detail on Monday.
4/14/22 Objective: Share out our famous speech excerpts with the class and give context for what we present. We'll divide our class time today into two parts. Part 1: We'll head to the commons and get into small groups to read through our famous speech excerpts. As you read, have a notebook out and jot down a strengths/weaknesses T-chart for each performance. Give verbal feedback at the end of each speech. Part 2: We'll head back to the classroom and hear the speech excerpts all together as a class. Reminder: If your famous speech analysis questions aren't submitted in Google Classroom yet, please finish those for tomorrow. Make sure all answers are polished and thorough. Feel free to run your mini-paragraph answers through Grammarly to get editing support.
4/12/22 Objective: Practice delivering our famous speech excerpt. We will work delivering our Speech Mini-Project on Famous Speeches today. Note: at this point the speech mini-project analysis sheet should be complete. If yours isn't done yet, please make sure you finish this as soon as possible. We'll print our excerpts at the start of class and then convert them to presentation flash cards. After we do this, we'll start a round of practice performances. Task for tomorrow: make sure your flash cards are finished and run through the speech once. Apply the same movement/delivery standards we used in our oratory speeches. The expectation on this is that we improve on our oratory delivery and step up our game with each speech we give throughout the semester.
4/11/22 Objective: Make significant progress on our famous speech analysis project. We will work on our Speech Mini-Project on Famous Speeches today. Now that you have selected the speech you're going to work with, I'd like you to focus on your excerpt today. What makes it stand out? What speech techniques are being used in the speech? We'll work today on filling out the speech mini-project analysis sheet for your excerpt. Give thorough, multi-sentence answers for each. (Essentially, these should get a mini-paragraph for each answer.) Task for tomorrow: finish the analysis questions for your speech excerpt.
4/7/22 Objective: Finish final performances for this unit! + Start our famous speech analysis project. We will hear the last round of final performances today for our oratory speech! We will start our Speech Mini-Project on Famous Speeches today. Click the link for details. Task for Monday: Pick your speech and the section of it that you want to work with.
4/1-5/22 Objective: Final performances for this unit! We will hear a round of final performances today for our oratory speech! All students who don't manage to perform today should be ready to perform on Monday.
3/31/22 Objective: Finish practicing the delivery of our oratory speeches + Start our final performances for this unit! We'll start today with looking at the oratory rubric I'll use to score these performances. Then, we'll head to the Commons to do a bit more practice on our delivery. Work on making eye contact, varying your tone for lines that deserve emphasis, and using movement to help mark the start of new speech sections or shifts in the speech. In the last 30 minutes of class, we'll hear our few couple of final performances for this speech. REMINDER: Read through your speech a few times tonight to practice. All students need to be ready to perform tomorrow. If you're not ready to perform and ask to perform next week, I will apply a late penalty to the grade.
3/29/22 Objective: Practice weaving movement into our delivery of our speeches. We'll be back in the commons today. We'll start with every student slowly reading his her speech to themselves, facing the wall. As you read, practice moving beyond simply reading your speech and focus on how you use your body to help accentuate the ideas you're communicating. We'll time these practice run-throughs (ideally these speeches will be in the 5-10 min range.). After this, we'll break into small groups and continue our workshopping process. Please record the same type of feedback you were focusing on yesterday. Note: We'll hear a few final performances in the second half of the block on Thursday (I'll approach a few of you and ask if you'd be willing to perform) Everyone else: be ready to perform on Friday. 2nd Note: All links used in the creation of your speech should be listed in the bottom of your speech Google Doc. I'll take a few points off the speech if these are not included.
3/28/22 Objective: Practice weaving movement into our delivery of our speeches. We'll be in the commons today to practice delivery strategies. We'll be in groups of three. In each group, students will make T charts in their notebooks and write down positive and constructive feedback based on the speeches they hear. Focus on using movement to signal the starts of new sections of the speech. Our goal today is to read through our speech at least twice but ideally three times. We'll mix up our groups as we finish each round of speeches. Homework: read through your speech twice tonight.
3/18/22 Objective: Make flash cards and color code lines + Continue workshopping our speeches today with peers. We'll start by making our cards. We'll color code lines and make sure the speech is in a font that is easy to read. Then, in pairs, we'll practice reading through the speech. We'll try to get into two separate pairs to read the speech at least twice today. Task for spring break: Read through the speech 3 or 4 times on 3 or 4 different days (so one time a day X 4). Practice looking up and away from your cards. We want to get familiar with the content and make it so we don't let things slip over the break and can hit the ground running when we return.
3/17/22 Objective: Begin workshopping our speeches today with peers. We will start workshopping and practicing presenting our speeches today. In groups of three, we'll read our speech, get written/verbal feedback, and time our speech. If your peers let you know that the speech is missing key components, you'll have time today to make revisions. As you read, think: what parts of this speech deserve extra attention or emphasis in terms of tone/vocal delivery? (We'll focus on physical movements later in the process) Task for Friday: Come in with a more polished draft on Friday to use for your presentation practice.
3/14/22 Objective: Discuss strategies for conclusions + Make significant progress on our drafts. We'll touch base on a few things today before we start working. First, we want to try to have body paragraphs supported by research or anecdotes or other outside information. When we include this info., but sure to clearly cite it (so: According to _____________, most teenagers...). Next, start each new section with a clear topic sentence with a larger claim, then move into the finer details. Finally, we'll look at a sample conclusion paragraph, and then we'll make a list of potential ways to close a speech like this. We'll have time to draft after we done this. Goal for today: Make it up to the conclusion of the speech (so finish intro + body paragraphs).
3/11/22 Objective: Make significant progress drafting. (Sub in room) We'll work on our drafts today. At this stage of the process, you should be in the second half of your speech. Spend today working on the final body paragraphs. Progress check that Mr. M will do today: First three paragraphs of the rough draft of the speech.
3/10/22 Objective: Make significant progress drafting. We'll work on our drafts today. First, though, we'll look at a sample introduction and a sample body paragraph. Then, we'll get Chromebooks and get to it! Task for today (due by the start of Friday's class): Finish the first three paragraphs of the rough draft of the speech. I'll do a progress check for this on Friday.
3/8/22 Objective: Start to map out key sections that the speech could focus on + Begin drafting. We'll work on finishing filling in sections of our speech outline (see Google Classroom). Here is the outline we'll use to map out our speeches. Note: for each aspect (basically each part of the body of the speech), I want you to briefly describe some key ideas you'll touch on in that section. Task for today by the end of class: the outline should be filled out with key ideas by the end of today's class. I'll do a progress check for this. We will begin drafting once this outline is finished.
3/7/22 Objective: Continue researching for our oratory speech. Start to map out key sections that the speech could focus on. First: Sample speech "American Minus the Dream" by Andrea Ambam. Why is this speech an award-winning speech? What about it is strong? After this, we'll work on filling in sections of our speech outline (see Google Classroom). Here is the outline we'll use to map out our speeches. Note: for each aspect (basically each part of the body of the speech), I want you to briefly describe some key ideas you'll touch on in that section. Task for Tuesday by the end of class: the outline should be filled out with key ideas by the end of Tuesday's class. I'll do a progress check for this. We will begin drafting on Thursday's block.
3/4/22 Objective: Continue researching for our oratory speech. Start to map out key sections that the speech could focus on. We'll continue doing preliminary research. Look for studies, articles, and surveys that could be used to support your cause. Put information / links / ideas in the document I created in Google Classroom. Remember: save all relevant links at the bottom of the document. Goal for this class: continue to identify the key elements/concepts the speech will focus on. Think: source of issue? Impact? Multiple sides to it? Solutions? Here is the outline we'll fill out on Monday. Feel free to research today with these speech elements in mind.
3/3/22 Objective: Begin research for our oratory speech. Start to map out key sections that the speech could focus on. We will start by talking about a few more topics that folks have in mind. I want to ask if it fits into the problem/solution structure that many oratories have. We'll jot down a few initial ideas on this reflection sheet. After this, we'll start doing preliminary research. Look for studies, articles, and surveys that could be used to support your cause. Put information / links / ideas in the document I created in Google Classroom. Remember: save all relevant links at the bottom of the document. We'll do another touch base at the end of the class to see where you're at, and you'll turn in your completed reflection sheet. Goal for this class: start to identify the key elements/concepts the speech will focus on. Think: source of issue? Impact? Multiple sides to it? Solutions? Some of these types of ideas will be what paragraphs in this speech revolve around.
3/1/22 Objective: Analyze how the subject matter of a persuasive speech and influence the vocal and physical delivery of the speech. We'll start by watching a few minutes of a sample oratory speech (you're welcome to watch the entire speech on your own). This speech is called "Compromise: The Foundation of Freedom - The Imperative of Citizenship" by Solomon Brown. As we watch, what do you notice about his vocal changes, his movement, and his facial expressions? So how can a speaker get to this point, to this style? To help answer this question, we'll look at a TED talk by Amy Cuddy called "Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are." What would you say is her main claim in this speech? What evidence does she provide? After this, we'll spend some time beginning to brainstorm potential oratory topics for our speeches. Task for next class: Pick a topic that you'd like to work with. Can you frame it in a problem/solution format? We'll start researching next class.
2/28/22 Objective: Start thinking about the details/format of our next speech mode: Oratory Speeches We'll start with a few links that explain more details about how these speeches are designed: Here is a description of original oratory speeches. I'll point out a few relevant ideas here (it's a little dated and not everything here fits our in-class speech format, but some ideas here will help clarify things for us.) Here is the OSAA ballot cover that describes this event in detail. Here is the outline we'll use to map out our speeches. After we go over this, if we have time, we'll each look for one award-winning oratory speech. If we have time, we'll describe these speeches to others in small groups and identify a few positive things that the speaker is doing in the speech.
2/25/22 Objective: Present our radio addresses + Start thinking about the details/format of our next speech mode: Oratory Speeches We'll hear the last few final performances of our radio addresses today! Then, we'll start our oratory unit today! To start, we'll watch a sample oratory speeches: "Tailor-made for the Ages" by Nader Helmy. What do you notice about how this speech is structured? What do you notice about how the speaker moves? How he uses pauses?
2/24/22 Objective: Present our radio addresses + Reflect on the structural strengths/areas to improve in the various speeches we hear today. We'll hear our final performances of our radio addresses today!
2/22/22 Objective: Present our radio addresses + Reflect on the structural strengths/areas to improve in the various speeches we hear today. We'll hear our final performances of our radio addresses today! If you don't speak today, you'll perform on Thursday when I see you for our block period. Thanks!
2/18/22 Objective: Work on the delivery of the speech. We'll head to the library again today to work on practicing the delivery of our speech. We'll have two separate pairings today---you'll work with two separate partners to read through and practice your speech. Before you start reading, tell your partner one or two specific things you want to work on or want them to listen for. Pronunciation? Change in tone at shocking moments? Speed? Pauses? After the speech, discuss whether or not these elements were able to shine through in the delivery. If time today, we'll hear our first final performance. Homework for Tuesday: All students: Be prepared to present on Tuesday. Bring two printed copies of the final draft of the speech to class---one for you, one for me. It's okay if the speech has font and other formatting changes to make it easier to deliver.
2/17/22 Objective: Begin to work on the delivery of the speech. We'll head to the library today to work on practicing the delivery of our speech. First, 10-15 min. to make any last edits/changes to the speech. Then, print three copies of the speech. Next, mark any sections of the speech that deserve extra attention during the delivery---slower pace, more inflection, louder, etc. Feel free to highlight or write comments on the speech. We'll then get into groups of three and start practicing the delivery. Time yourself. Remember: we're shooting for 4:45-5:15. Add extra emphasis to lines that deserve extra attention. Uses pauses intentionally. Go slow enough so you can enunciate. For sources: please have all sources you used at the end of the speech. I'm okay with links being included (no separate Work Cited page needed). But I do want all outside sources included so I can reference any website if I need to. I want to say this clearly: all writing in the speech needs to be your own. There should be no plagiarized material in any speech for this class. Chat with me if you're not sure how to navigate this. Homework for tomorrow: If you are presenting on Friday, bring a final printed copy of your speech and practice your delivery tonight and tomorrow. All students: make sure your speech draft is finished for tomorrow if it's not currently finished. All students need to be prepared to present on Monday.
2/15/22 Objective: Continue workshopping our speeches today and get feedback in small groups on revisions we can make. + Begin to work on the delivery of the speech. We'll start with finishing the checklist revision activity we started yesterday. I'd like to swap speeches at least twice with two other students and use this peer revision checklist to make sure our speech has all of the elements that we need in it. After we get back this feedback, and after we have a chance to with the author of the speech, we'll make some revisions and print out a fresh copy of the speech. Then, we'll take a look at a few minutes of this winning radio speech from the state championships in Illinois. What do you notice about the tone of the speaker? What are they doing with their voice? With pauses? If there is time, we'll get in groups and begin practicing delivery. Time yourself. Remember: we're shooting for 4:45-5:15. Add extra emphasis to lines that deserve extra attention (mark these with notes and/or a highlighter). Uses pauses intentionally. Go slow enough so you can enunciate. Homework for tomorrow: Read through your speech once or twice tonight. We're going to have a few students perform their final performances on Friday. :)
2/14/22 Objective: Start workshopping our speeches today and get feedback in small groups on revisions we can make. We will start workshopping our speeches today! First, run them through Grammarly if you haven't done so already. Next, print them (we'll do this in the library). Print one copy of your speech. Next, we'll swap speeches at least twice with two other students and use this peer revision checklist to make sure our speech has all of the elements that we need in it. After we get back this feedback, we'll try to start making revisions. Homework for tomorrow: Make changes to your draft
2/11/22 Objective: Continue drafting---focus on the body paragraphs and conclusion today. Our goal for today is to try to finish our rough drafts. I'm going to come around and do the progress check for three paragraphs today. All students need completed rough drafts for Monday's class. For students who finish today, we're going to start workshopping our speeches in pairs. I'll walk you through how to do this.
2/10/22 Objective: Continue drafting---focus on the body paragraphs and conclusion today. First, we'll brainstorm a list of ways to close a speech like this. Then, we'll spend much of today's class drafting our speeches. Some students might be able to finish most of their rough drafts today. I'm going to do a progress check for 3 paragraphs today at the end of class (intro + 2 body paragraphs). For students who do happen to finish today, we're going to start workshopping our speeches in pairs. I'll walk you through how to do this. By the start of tomorrow's class: Intro. + body paragraphs should be finished in our rough drafts.
2/8/22 Objective: Continue drafting---move on to the body paragraphs today. We'll spend much of today's class drafting our speeches. I'm going to do a progress check for Introductions today. Goal for today: write two of our body paragraphs.
2/7/22 Objective: Continue doing initial research for our speech + Analyze a second sample speech + Write the intro. We'll start by looking at another sample radio speech. We'll identify key elements of the speech and look at how it's structured. Note: this speech was constructed for the sole purpose of acting as a model for the class. The quotes and facts in the speech are fictionalized. After this, we'll continue researching and working on our draft. By the start of tomorrow's class: students should have intro paragraph of the speech completed
2/4/22 Objective: Continue doing initial research for our speech + Craft the introduction hook idea + Analyze a sample introduction hook and see how it helps the speech springboard into the main idea. We'll start by listening to a radio story on the way soccer impacts the brains of players. What strengths do you hear in this story? How does it start? How are quotes integrated? After this, we'll continue researching and starting to draft our radio speech. Goal for today: finish mapping out the larger key components of your speech and come up with your intro + hook. Use the document I created for you in Google Classroom. Drop all research (and helpful website addresses) there.
2/3/22 Objective: Analyze the structural strengths and weaknesses of a sample radio address + Begin mapping out our radio speech outline. We'll start by dissecting a sample radio speech. We'll identify key elements of the speech and look at how it's structured. Note: there are strengths and weaknesses in this speech. See if you can find them. Then, we'll fill out initial speech summary sheets for our prospective speeches. After this, we'll get Chromebooks and start doing initial research for our speeches. The goal at this stage should be to get a general read on the state of the issue. Where do things stand? Who is really involved in the issue and driving its development? What components of it are most interesting to you and are worth highlighting in your speech in the form of key quotes/facts/statistics? At the end of class, we'll share out something we found in today's research that stuck with us and we found compelling.
2/1/22 Objective: Discuss key characteristics of a radio address. We'll dive into radio addresses today! First, we'll go over the key details of a radio speech by looking at the slideshow here. Here is the OSAA ballot cover that describes this event in detail. Next, we'll listen to and read along with a sample radio speech. Listen to the tone of the speaker. Pay attention to how the speech is structured. We'll talk in pairs about what we notice. After this, we'll start brainstorming on potential radio topics. If time, we'll start trying to map out key components of the speech. Homework: Make sure you have a topic selected for Thursday. Also, begin thinking about how you'd like your speech to open and close. We'll start drafting on Friday.
1/31/22 Objective: Go over class expectations + Discuss what it is about public speaking that leaves so many people feeling nervous about it + Discuss the potential that public speaking offers us. Welcome! To start: how do you think public speaking makes most people feel? What leads to them feeling this way? What value does the act of speaking publicly offer us? Next, chat about the class structure/syllabus. If time remains at the end of class, we'll prep for our first unit by trying to answer this question: what is the function of a radio segment you might hear on a channel like NPR? What type of tone would a segment like this have? What would lead it to having that type of tone?