So, I’m not there. But I am there in spirit. Not like Hamlet’s ghost (SWEEEEAAAAR! SWEEEEEAAAAAR!),but something more benign.
You’ll watch the 2nd half of Hamlet and then collect a copy of the play from the substitute. For next Tuesday, I want you to prepare for a round table discussion of the play. [...]
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The school year is starting and it’s time to get to work. Go ahead and bookmark this site so that you can get to it quickly. The site will be where I give homework and other info as we go throughout the year. Notice the check your grade link on the right; when [...]
Awesome, we’ll give speeches today. Monday, we have a reading day and we’ll finish speeches next Friday…Whoohooo!
Check out the folks at TED if you get a chance. Some awesome speeches and ideas there.
So, we’ll see a little clip of Bono speaking and decide what he’s good at/not so good at in persuasive speaking.
Then, I’ll give a short presentation (pprules.ppt) on the rules of PowerPoint.
Finally, it’s you. You get to work on outlines and PowerPoints in anticipation of the beginning of speeches. Don’t forget. The Google [...]
We’ll be trying to plow through research on our persuasive speeches today.
First, I want to mention a few argumentation tricks that are helpful to be on the lookout for.
Then, I want to give you a few organizing resources that can help you set up your speeches.
NSVA-style (need, satisfaction, visualization, action) outline example with explantions
A sample [...]
