Tuesday September 27th, 2016

Agenda

• Icebreaker
• Daily Activity
• Major Project

Icebreaker 

Short, 15 - 30 minute, activities that get campers ready for our daily activity and major projects. Icebreakers include games like charades, tongue twisters, telephone game, and more.

"My Friend's Fictional Life" - Students drew a classmates name at random, then had a moment to create a fictional story about that classmate including; their name, where they're from, what they do for work, what they do for fun, what they're good at, and what they can improve on. 

Daily Activity 

"Write It Down!" - Students practiced their note taking skills by reading this note taking book in class. Book was projected on screen while instructor read the text aloud. Students took notes on the text using the Cornell note taking format. 

Major Project 

Introduction -  Students took the last 15 minutes of class to focus on their introduction/ opening of their speech. Students were to include an attention grabbing introduction, topic, and main points. 

Tuesday September 13th, 2016

Agenda

• Icebreaker
• Daily Activity
• Major Project

Icebreaker 

Short, 15 - 30 minute, activities that get campers ready for our daily activity and major projects. Icebreakers include games like charades, tongue twisters, telephone game, and more.

"Definitions" - Each student received a made up word from the student to their right. The students then created a definition for the made up word they received. The student then gave the student to their left a new made up word for them to define.

Daily Activity 

Taking Organized Notes

Students received handouts with tips on taking well organized notes for lectures and test, as well as tips on listening in class. Students went over each handout and used highlighters to go over significant text. 

Major Project 

Reviewed students research on their major topic taken with Cornell Notes. Tied in our Daily Activity with our Major Project discussion so students could directly see the importance of good note taking. Reviewed some of the main topics from last week's class, s well as our class print out which outlined important major project items.

Students organized their notes into an outline that included preparation, choosing main points, choosing supporting information, establishing linking statements, developing an opening, developing a conclusion, and reviewing the presentation.

- Organizing Our Presentation Subject

1. Main topic - what are you writing about?
2. Subtopic - topics that elaborate on your main topic
3. Supporting Details - details about your subtopic and main topic

- Planning our Presentation:

• Research your subject thoroughly and record the data you find your information from.
• Structure your presentation in a way that flows, is easy to understand, and gets your message across.
• Organize your presentation and all of your materials ahead of time,
• Plan know when and where you'll be speaking, for how long, and what you are responsible for. and Construct

- When writing the speech keep in mind speech structure:

1. opening
2. body
3. closure

- Include an introduction, main points, transitions, and conclusion:

• – Summarize the main points of your speech
• – Provide some further food for thought for your listeners
• – Leave your audience with positive memories of your speech
• – End with a final thought/emotion 

Homework

Looking Ahead

Practice

• Practice, practice, practice (three times, don’t memorize, speak from the heart)
• Speak in front of others
• Records yourself, listen, and critique
• Repetition - repeat again until you feel confident

Engage with Audience

• Communicate appropriately and clearly, enunciate
• Intrigue your audience
• Use visual aid if necessary
• Look at audience’s body language
• Think positive, smile, and think about your tone and body language

Keep in mind the occasion, theme, and people of the presentation:

• Public speaking occasion - What will you be speaking for? Why are you speaking? 
• The speech theme - What is the topic/subject of the occasion and your speech? How you will present the speech to the audience? Does your speech match the theme?
• The people - Who is your audience? Who are you speaking for? Is the audience supporters of your speech, or are they against your speech or the theme or occasion? Will there be hecklers? 

Tuesday September 6th, 2016

Agenda

• Icebreaker
• Daily Activity
• Major Project

Icebreaker 

Short, 15 - 30 minute, activities that get campers ready for our daily activity and major projects. Icebreakers include games like charades, tongue twisters, telephone game, and more.

"Tongue Twisters"

Daily Activity 

"Eliminating fillers"

Before starting, choose your topic and write a list of common fillers that don’t positively add to spoken communication: um, yeah, like, uh. Students must speak for 30 seconds (vary the time if necessary) and not use any fillers. Students should realize how fillers creep into their speech. Each student will give a short speech for 30 seconds. The topic isn’t too important. You can choose one for the entire class or allow students to choose. I often used this on the first day of class and told students to tell me about themselves.

Major Project 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vXNThjfGMcxJGpBhFwkovDgOc-FriRFLuYUMB0NOwDQ/edit

Last week's homework was to focus on our major project. Students should have; decided a presentation style, selected a main topic, and come up with several subtopics.

Today we went over each of the students ideas, provided feedback about our ideas, and began to build a direction for our project. We also reviewed some of the main topics of last week's class.

Students were given paper to make an outline, write out ideas, and make brainstorming charts to begin organizing their project.

Keys to an AWESOME Presentation

1. Organization

• notes
• research
• words

2. Passion and knowledge of your subject

3. Bravery

4. A Plan

Types of Presentations

• informative
• persuasive
• instructional
• arousing
• decision-making

Organizing Our Presentation Subject

1. Main topic - what are you writing about?
2. Subtopic - topics that elaborate on your main topic
3. Supporting Details - details about your subtopic and main topic

Planning our Presentation:

• Research your subject thoroughly and record the data you find your information from.
• Structure your presentation in a way that flows, is easy to understand, and gets your message across.
• Organize your presentation and all of your materials ahead of time,
• Plan know when and where you'll be speaking, for how long, and what you are responsible for. and Construct

When writing the speech keep in mind speech structure:

1. opening
2. body
3. closure

Include an introduction, main points, transitions, and conclusion:

• – Summarize the main points of your speech
• – Provide some further food for thought for your listeners
• – Leave your audience with positive memories of your speech
• – End with a final thought/emotion 

We'll use the Cornell note-taking approach to collect facts on their topic. Students will organize their notes into an outline that includes preparation, choosing main points, choosing supporting information, establishing linking statements, developing an opening, developing a conclusion, and reviewing the presentation.

Homework

Looking Ahead

Practice

• Practice, practice, practice (three times, don’t memorize, speak from the heart)
• Speak in front of others
• Records yourself, listen, and critique
• Repetition - repeat again until you feel confident

Engage with Audience

• Communicate appropriately and clearly, enunciate
• Intrigue your audience
• Use visual aid if necessary
• Look at audience’s body language
• Think positive, smile, and think about your tone and body language

Keep in mind the occasion, theme, and people of the presentation:

• Public speaking occasion - What will you be speaking for? Why are you speaking? 
• The speech theme - What is the topic/subject of the occasion and your speech? How you will present the speech to the audience? Does your speech match the theme?
• The people - Who is your audience? Who are you speaking for? Is the audience supporters of your speech, or are they against your speech or the theme or occasion? Will there be hecklers?