Fall Semester

We are set to begin meeting for the fall semester on Tuesday, September 1! Westwood Baptist Church in Alabaster has graciously opened there doors once again for us.

Here is some feedback from Denise Casadaban, who's daughter, Giselle took this class last year:

"I would like to recommend Jamie Boemer’s class 'Public Speaking: Find Your Voice.' My daughter took this class last year and loved it. As the semester went by, I saw how my daughter became more and more confident in her speaking. She also appreciated Jamie’s kind, non-intimidating approach to teaching. This class provided an opportunity for my daughter to develop different types of speeches and deliver them in various settings. Being a homeschooler, she would not have had this opportunity. Therefore, I highly recommend this class."

If you have any questions or are interested in how this class could benefit your child, please feel free to contact me!

Final Oral Presentation!

Remember that you have your final speech, Ladies Choice, on December 2nd.

Parents and friends are invited to attend!!

Please make sure that you have your outline ready.

Your speech should be a minumum of 7 minutes long.

If you have not done so, please email your speech topic to me at jamleah@yahoo.com.

Can't wait to hear you all!

Future Newscasters of America!

What a successful trip to ABC 33/40! Everything from the tour to your own stories went very well. I couldn't have been prouder of you all!

A HUGE thank you to ABC 33/40 weekend anchor, Roy Hobbs, for speaking to us about a career in the public eye and utilizing his public speaking skills on a day to day basis!

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.