CRAZY date updates...

Visual Aid Speech dates are now 11/4 & 11/9. You will NOT, however, be allowed to use note cards. You don't get note cards in a corporate board room. So learn your speech well. It's 6 minutes TOPS. But I am not going to turn you into another legion of people who are going to kill the world by powerpoint, so let's take an extra day to really learn our speeches & work on their presentation using the lessons from Katya. I will join in as time permits and give you a preview of my top points from my dissertation & you can critique my slides too. Please be VERY careful with your time and remember people will be asking you 1 question about your presentation (not part of your time).

Next, some dates and rescheduling and assignment changes.

1. We are NOT doing speeches for the second speech observation assignment. Your writing will just have to carry you through. Thus, since people who didn't go to Obama were going to have to give a speech, you are now responsible for writing an extra 200 words instead of giving a 1-2 minute speech. Students may at random, however, be asked to tell us about their speech observation. This is still due on 11/9 on the blog.

2. We are not having class on 11/11. We ARE having class on 11/16.

I am canceling the class before Thankgsiving on 11/23.

We will have a make-up class, TBA, but shock shock it may be on a Friday. Sorry.

3. Persuasive speech dates: 11/30 & 12/2 - you will have to stay 10 min over or come 10 min early to fill out evaluations. 12/2 is the last day of class. More info on this assignment Thurs.

This was the only way I could think to make all of this fit in & I hate the last day as a speech day but there you have it.

Speech observation sign ups

So.... who did you see? Or who will you see?

Due 11/1 @ 9pm

My Midterm Evaluation

Please complete the survey to help me be a better teacher - please complete by Tuesday, 10/26

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5V3RMHZ

the aftermath of infomercials

upon the insistence of jennah, our kind evaluators captured a shining moment in class history. I will never look at balloons, dog treats, icing, DISH TOWELS, sponges, etc. the same way. I hope you won't either.

photo courtesy of Jennah - click to enlarge

Visual Aid Topics First Round

Just a reminder that your visual aid topic is due on Monday, Oct 18 at 9 PM. Please note that for every hour it is late you will lose one point off your speech. To receive credit, it must include the following.

1. Visual aid speech topics must be sent to instructor via blog by 9 PM on Mon Oct. 18. Late topic proposals will result in points being deducted from your speech grade (1 point per hr late).
2. Topic proposal blog must include all of the following elements:
• Specific topic
• Thesis statement (complete sentence)
• Main points
3. Link to one source
4. Students should expect feedback regarding topic proposals within 24 hours of submission.

Speech Observation evaluations

Post your evaluations here)

• write a 500-750 word blog post critically evaluating (not merely describing) a live speech you attend, and

• on Oct 14, present a 1 minute oral presentation in which you share some of your observations. (CHANGED FROM THE 2 minutes on assignment sheet)

Your analysis is to focus on the content and delivery aspects of the speech. Make sure we know enough about what went on in the speech (context, audience analysis) to be able to understand your comments. See the assignment sheet on blackboard for more detail.