For anyone preparing for their speech this week (which is everyone I teach)

As we said, everyone gets nervous preparing to speak in front of others—it's part of being human:)

However, as you continue down the 'road of life' it will hopefully get easier. Unfortunately, it's a fact of life that you will be called to speak in front of others in one time or another.  Let's face the fear now:)  Each time it gets a little bit easier.

Here is a helpful article about helping prepare yourself for public speaking.

7 Strategies To Become a Better Public Speaker

Wednesday Feb 24

ENG 2D1

-analyzed 3 news articles for style and conventions
-wrote news article in groups

Homework
-keep working on speech
-finish news article analysis if you didn't finish in class

Thursday

-read news articles to the class and correction
-final speech reminders
-rhetorical devices/Lou Gehrig Speech

Homework

-speeches start Monday - be ready!
-review and begin to memorize your rhetorical devices list

EMS 3O1

-apply the media triangle to a favorite movie
-review of technical terms (check your list)

Thursday
-final speech reminders
-book work questions and take up
-media facts over the last 20 years

Homework
-speeches start Monday - be prepared!

Movie Trailers

The Social Network

Dodgeball

The Conjuring

Shrek

Sleeping Beauty

The Shining

Wolf of Wall Street

The Great Gatsby

Anchorman 2

Gravity

Man of Steel

Monday Feb 22

2D1

-final lesson on homophones (that was a lot of time on them - I really hope you now can recognize the importance of them!)
-how to write note cards

Tuesday
-news articles

Wednesday
-news articles/rhetorical devices

Thursday
-rhetorical devices in famous speeches

**homework this week is mostly crafting and practicing your speech

Monday - Wednesday
-speeches

EMS

-correct scene analysis
-codes and conventions of movie trailers

Tuesday
-analyzing the codes and conventions of movie trailers

Personal Impression Writing

Personal Impression writing can be characterized by the following: It goes a little something like this

2D1 Presentation Dates

Monday Feb 29

1. Black Plague - Ariana - Chantel
2. MLK Jr - Lucas - Jacob
3. Guy Fawkes - Christian - Josh
4. FDR - Serena - Michael
5. James 6 - Marisa - Daniela
6. Great Depression - Bryan  - Daniel
7. Liz I - Mary  - Lexie
8. Harper Lee - Hope - Erika
9. Globe Theater - Jennie - Daniel H
10. Scottsboro Trials - Sofia Rose - Claudio

Tuesday March 1

11. Christopher Marlowe - Xinran - Maya
12. Rosa Parks - Claudia - May
13. Macbeth - Brayden - Josh
14. Alabama - Yasar - Sabrina
15. Wallace - Vanessa - Evan
16. Rosetta Stone - Andrena - Makayla
17. Stone of Scone - Alyssa - Chris
18. Ivanhoe            - Sam
19. Scotland - Mahadissa - Razan
20. Dracula - Ryan - Malachi

Wednesday March 2

21. Edinburgh Castle- Sophia - Keely
22. 30s Movies - David - Nick
23. Drake - Fatima - Adam
24. Baptist Religion - Daniel - Tim
25. Shakespeare - Isabella - Ali
26. Presbyterian Religion - Alyssa - Liam
27. Tragic Hero - Laura - Mobey
28. Stonewall Jackson - Marva - Brandon
29. Tower of London - Alex - Peter
30. Battle of Hastings - Hailey - Arnel

EMS

Wednesday

Now re-watch the techniques and define them.  Be accurate.  These will be some of the building blocks we use to deconstruct how and why filmmakers makes the choices they do and the effects they have on the audience.  It is your job to begin to memorize them and start to apply them (try to identify some of the techniques as you are sitting at home and watching tv—even just for fun).

Techniques


Railway Scene

Thursday Feb 11 - Friday Feb 26 - An Outline

2D1
-final 'soul mate' check of understanding regarding information text/feature article 
-speech outline and topics assigned

Friday
-video on Writing and Delivering Effective Speeches followed by a listening test

Enjoy your Family Day Weekend - No Formal Homework

Tuesday and Wednesday
-research period on speeches, due dates assigned, how to write note cards

Thursday and Friday
-personal impression writing
-grammar Friday!

Monday and Tuesday
-newspaper articles

Wednesday and Thursday
-rhetorical devices and speeches

Friday
-PD day!

Speeches begin on Monday!


EMS 301
-speech research

Friday
-the Keys to Effective Speeches video

Enjoy your Family Day Weekend - No Formal Homework

Tuesday
-research period on speeches - starting to frame it in the 'storytelling style', due dates assigned, how to write note cards

Wednesday
-Codes and Conventions, Focus on Technical Codes (filming)

-Thursday
-Scene analysis
-textbook work (chapter 1)

Friday
-Codes and Conventions of Movie Trailers

Monday
-textbook work (chapter 1)

Tuesday
-review and catch up

Wednesday and Thursday
-in class speeches (randomly drawn so you have to be ready any of the days)

Friday
-PD Day

Monday
-test

Wed Feb 10

ENG 2D1
-corrected "Eye Spy"

Homework
-complete Feature Article chart on an article of your own choosing

Thursday
-correct chart, introduction to speech

Friday
-video on How to Write and Deliver Effective Speeches and a Listening Test to Follow

EMS 3O1

-corrected Media and Image questions
-introduced Pop Icon topics, chose topics

Thursday
-research time

Friday
-video on The Keys to Effective Public Speaking

Tuesday Feb 9

2D1

-finish handout on "Eye Spy" for homework if you didn't finish it in class
-bring in your magazine (for feature article analysis)

EMS

-finished ppt on mass media and pop culture (make sure cloze activity is complete)
-began working on questions from pages 7-8

Weekend Homework

2D1
-get two signatures for Monday
-bring a magazine for Tuesday

EMS
-be sure in class questions are complete
-get 2 signatures for Monday 

honeymooners

annie

kelly gang
2015
pong

ted talks
johnny carson

Semester 2 in the House

Welcome to Semester 2 and to D'Angela's Blog.  On this blog, you will find many useful links along the sides of it.  These include etexts of the the novels, plays and stories we will be reading as well as helpful hints—including essay writing guides, research reminders and works cited information.

Each day (I try my best)  I will post what we did in class, what is for homework and a 'heads up' of any upcoming due dates.

This will be useful if:

1.  You are away and wonder what we did
2.  Get home from school and forgot what we did and what you have to do
3.  If you forget your textbooks at school and need to get the work done (use the etexts)

Occasionally I post homework hints as well.

We will also be using the 'Remind App' to communicate as well.

Look at the blog numbers—30,000 people can't be wrong!  Use the blog—it is there for you.