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?