Week of May 3-9

Hello Class! The semester is quickly winding down, and I'm sure we are all feeling the pressure of final projects, papers, and of course speeches. Please keep an eye out this week for more speech tips that I will put under the label (lower right hand side of my blog) called "Actuative Speech Tips". If you click on that label, you will be able to see each tip that I have included, in date order.

Here is what's on the Schedule and Participation Pages for this week:

1). Your Speech Critique Paper is due this Friday during our meeting. Please do not email me your paper, rather, bring it to class with your for our final meeting on Friday, May 8th.

2). You MUST practice your speech at least 7 times WITH YOUR VISUAL AID prior to our meeting on Friday. This is the culminating project in this course, and should be your best speech presentation. (There should be NO looking at the projection screen when presenting, you should NOT be relying on your notecards much, there should be LOTS of eye contact etc.... I will post more tips this week).

3). Your visual aid is due to me NO LATER than Wednesday, May 6th at 8pm. I will check each presentation to make sure it will work on my computer, and email you back if I cannot open the presentation.

4). You are REQUIRED to attend Friday's meeting. I will not be available to meet with students in person after Friday, May 8th, once our class meeting has adjourned (I will be available online and over the phone though). If you do not attend the meeting on Friday, you are fore fitting your opportunity to present a speech. This speech is approximately 30% of your grade.

I look forward to seeing you all on Friday. Remember to check my blog everyday this week for more speech tips.