Watch TV

Yes, that's right!! I want you to watch TV for homework!

Your assignment is to watch ABC 33/40, Fox 6, of NBC 13 news at 6 pm.

Transpose the lead story... that means write down word for word what they say.

Bring it with you to class.

Doing Justice To The Maid Of Honor

Go over your speech outline.

Find any pictures of visual aids you want to include with your speech.

Be sure and practice, practice, practice. Whether you think you can wing it or not... it is always noticeable when you have not practiced enough.

Refine your speech and determine if you have left out anything important or if you have included too much.

Find an impartial audience and try out your speech on them.

Writing for Television

You will need to cover two events for our next speech assignments. They can be concerts, fairs, games, etc... or your story can focus on a feature, or lighter subject... such as a person of interest, someone who does something interesting or incredible.

For example:
A news story would be covering a traffic accident.
A feature story would be a women who cuts her hair and donates it to 'Locks of Love.'

Be sure they interesting and relevant.

Each of your stories need to be 45 seconds to one minute long. You need to make sure you fit all pertinent facts into your story, easier said than done with your time constraint.

Each story needs to be typed and double spaced when you turn in your copy to me.

If you want your stories entered into the teleprompter (which I highly recommend), you must EMAIL THEM TO ME NO LATER THAN THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH. If you do not email them to me, you will be reading your copy from your paper.

Maid Of Honor Speeches

You should have a pretty good idea of what you want to say about your best friend in this speech. Here are a few pointers for you:

- Because this is someone that you obviously know a lot about, be sure you are not overloading your audience with information.

- Be sure your organize your speech in such a way that makes sense and flows. Don't jump around from one thought to the other.

Resume Updates

Remember to make the adjustments that we talked about to your resumes and bring in the revised versions along with your revised references page.

Weekly Assignment: Resume & References

Go over your resume.
Let someone else go over your resume with an objective eye.
Make sure it is typed and that there are no misspellings or typos.

Create a Reference Page:

List one professional contact (employer or co-worker that is significantly older than you) and one personal contact (pastor or family friend).

If you do not have a professional contact, list two personal contacts.

List their name, their position, and a contact phone number.

Type this and bring it with your resume to class on Tuesday.

Weekly Assignment: Resume your Resume

Keeping in mind the points we talked about in class, begin working on your resume.

You need:

Header- Your name (no nicknames), your address, and the best phone number to reach you

Objective- Let the company you are applying know what your goal is.

ex. Objective: To obtain a position in a the field of mass communications and/or journalism, and work my way into management.

Education: Starting with the most recent first. Do not include elementary school.

Experience: Again, start with the most recent job.
Under each one, list your responsibilities.
Avoid cliche termanology such as 'Hard Worker' or 'Able to Juggle Multiple Task.' The trick is to be honest, straight forward, and a little creative with termonology.

Weekly Assignment: Get In The Mirror

You should have your outline complete.

Begin practicing.

I would recommend finding a mirror and watching yourself give your speech.

It might help you to pinpoint some areas you can be stronger in. Review the bad habits of public speaking.

Be sure you speak loudly and project your voice so that your audience hears your clearly.

Weekly Assignment: E-mail Me!

Let me know what you have chosen to speak about.

Use me as a sounding board.

Email me at jamleah@yahoo.com

I will let you know if I have thoughts on the matter.

Sidenote: You are welcome to use visual aids on this speech as well. They are not required, but if you feel it will enhance your topic, go for it.

Weekly Assignment: Cover The Bases

You should have your topic for your persuasive speech researched by now... both sides. You should have your source for each side. Now you need to make sure you have covered all the bases. Make sure when you give your speech on Tuesday, your audience isn't left wondering what your stance is.

Weekly Assignment: Do Ask, Do Tell!

Check your e-mail for a list of questions.

Copy and paste the questions to a blank document and answer them.

Please put some thought into your answers.

Double space and print it out!

Weekly Assignment: Get Up On Your Soapbox!

Develop a 'platform' for our upcoming class.

A platform is a worthwhile cause that participants of pageants support. Clearly state what your platform is and a course of action to help the situation.

You must type up your platform and present it to me before class on Tuesday.

If you have questions, please e-mail me.

Weekly Assignment: Pick it!

Choose a topic for your persuasive speech.

Find a topic that has at least two distinct stances.

Example: participation in beauty pageants

Weekly Assignments: Here We Go Again!

Finalize your outline.

Decide if you will use an outline or note cards during your speech.

Check your materiels again and make sure you have left nothing out.

Practice and time your speech. Go over it alone, and then for a small audience and make sure no step is left out.

At the end of your demonstrative speech, be sure and ask the audience if they have any questions... and be prepared to answer them.

Weekly Assignment: Reach Your Audience

We've been discussing ways to connect with your audience. An easy way to connect to an audience is to make them feel comfortable and familiar. One way to do that is to take a universal story, and give it local details.

Pick a universal story... fairy tale, urban legend, etc. and give it local details.

For example:

Jack and Jill climbed Oak Mountain to fetch a pail of water from Peavine Falls.

It does not have to be a long drawn out story. Keep it simple and remember this will be a tool to help you involve your audience in your speeches.

This exercize will need to be turned in at the beginning of class on September 30th.

See if you can find to include and involve your audience in your upcoming Demonstrative Speech.

Weekly Assignments: Gather Your Materials

Begin getting all of your materials together. This will help you as you run through your speech again. If you have video to supplement your demonstration, today would be a good day to shoot it.

Make sure you practice your speech with a timer.

*If you do have video, let me know so I can bring in a television.

Weekly Assignment: Keep At It

Make sure you are comfortable with the subject of your Demonstrative Speech. If you are not comfortable with it, your audience will pick up on it. If you are not impressed with your speech, no one else will be either! Now is a good time to practice going through the movements of your speech.

Weekly Assignments: Huh?

#1- Make a list of words that are commonly mispronouced in your household. You may not even realize that you have been misprounoucing words that have been taught to you. See if you can recognize some now.

#2- Go over your outline. By now, you should have a 'skeleton' outline of what you are going to present. Begin to add some substance to it. Think of how you will fill your time.

Weekly Assignments: Let Me Know

Send me an email at jamleah@yahoo.com and let me know what you have chosen to do.

I will send you any suggestions I have to help make this speech your best to date.

Weekly Assignment: Outline the steps

Create your outline for your demonstrative speech.

Use your introduction to tell us why you chose the topic, how it relates to your life, and how it could relate to your audience.

Also use your intro to include any background or research on your topic, if it is necassary.

The body of your speech to showcase materials, show steps of how to do your topic, and how to care for the finished product.

When I gave my speech to you on how to make hair bows, I should have shown you the materials I had for the project first. Demonstrated step-by-step how to put them all together. Then told you that I keep up with them by hanging them on a ribbon in the bathroom, and when they get dirty I actually wash them in the washing machine with her clothes.