Soph Speech Final Version DUE by 2/3/12

Please upload the final version of your sophomore speech to turnitin.com
by Friday, 2/3/12.

Sophomore Speech Order F Block

Monday 1/30
Grace
Ribhi
Jennifer

Wednesday 2/1
Caroline
Tristan
Susanna
James Dean
Brandon
Jenny
Jina
Mackenzie

Thursday 2/2
Grant
Ben
Jason
Alyssa
Mara
Gabe

Friday 2/3
Jacob
Melissa
Maite
Emma
Tim

Strategies to Memorize your Speech

This week, you should be practicing the delivery of your speech, committing it to memory. It is ok to have note cards when you give your speech, but it is not ok to read from your note cards.

Follow the following strategies to practice your speech:

1. Read it aloud from start to beginning
2. Stand up and deliver your speech to a mirror or wall, looking up at a focal point at key moments.
3. Record yourself giving your entire speech and listen to it again and again.
4. Have a pen/pencil handing when you practice, making quick marks in the margin of lines that need attention.
5. Write directions about vocal delivery on your speech text to remind you how to say the line and when to pause.
6. Some people like to write their speech our by hand again and again as a method to memorize. This works well if you are a visual learner.
7. Say your speech to your parents, to a sibling, and/or to a friend. Say it from start to finish without interruption.

Keep track of how many times you say your speech from start to finish. Compete with your friends!

Time yourself giving your speech. It should be 4-7 minutes in length.

Good luck!

Watch these speeches!

if this link doesn't work, cut & paste it into the address bar of your browser:

http://bcove.me/pxoesnmb

You don't have to watch all of them tonight. But they are here as good examples of vocal and physical delivery.

HW for Fire & Ice for Monday 1/23

Bring a print out copy of your speech, whether or not I have graded it yet. I will try to read the rest of the drafts while watching the Pats on Sunday.

Next week, we work on memorizing and delivering your speech. Feel free to keep revising your draft right up to the day you give it.

Any questions, email me at jscozzaro@gmail.com

Have a relaxing weekend.

Books-for term 3

Please buy "The Bastard of Istanbul" by Elif Shafak and "Persepolis" by Marjane Strapani for the week after soph speech.

Also buy "A Thousand Splendid Suns" for late March.


Also, please return your copy of TFA and African Short Stories tomorrow.

Soph Speech: Researching, Organizing, Drafting Week

Monday/Tuesday (1/9-1/10)
1. in library classroom to work on Step 1 of Research Guide (handout)
HW:
Complete Step 2 of Research Guide with Bibliography in MLA style-->bring this to class on Wednesday

Wednesday (1/11)
1. in Goldrick Lab to work on Outline Template (handout)
2. Draft Introduction--USE GOOGLE DOCS
HW:
1. Work on Draft: Introduction and Body Section 1 (Problem)

Thursday (1/12)
1. in Goldrick Lab to work on Body Section 2 (Causes)
HW:
1. Work on Body Section 3 (Solutions)

Friday (1/13)
1. in labs to work on Conclusion of Speech Draft
2. meet with group and begin working on Google Presentation
HW:
1. Finish your draft and share with: jscozzaro@gmail.com

T2 Extra Credit

This assignment is a one-time deal meant to give you a chance to raise your score on your 1984 Test. If your paper is excellent, you will receive no more than 8 points towards your score on that test. If your paper is good, you will receive 6. If it is less than good, or as they would say in Oceania, "ungood", you will receive no more than 3 points.

Watch EITHER of the following two films:

1. "V for Vendetta"
2. "Children of Men"

Write a 1-2 page comparing and contrasting the film's message to Orwell's message in 1984. What similarities do you see in the society depicted in the film to the society in 1984?

This is due by the last day Term 2--Friday January 20, 2012.

New Year Reminder

Looking at the Resistance Unit Calendar, I remind you that you should be finished with TFA and DEJs 1-10 are DUE tomorrow (Wed. 1/4/12).

Also, please have your one page journal entry about your choice of soph speech topic ready to hand in tomorrow too.

Additional Reading for the week for everyone: (due Thursday)
Choose one story (that we haven't read yet from "African Short Stories"), read it, and take some brief notes on it. You will have to talk about this story in your Resistance Essay that is due on Friday of this week. Please share books with those students who don't have a copy. I can also photo copy any story you want.

We will be the Goldrick Lab on Wed. and Thurs. of this week to work on the Resistance Essay.