Public+Speaking+Unit


 * OH YA, we ARE starting our public speaking unit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!** What's that? Am I sensing fear in some of you? Really? Most of you never fail to speak in class (whether I ask for your opinions or not :) ), so why the fear now?

The video below takes a humorous look at the "fear of public speaking". I will also share with you my first time speaking to an auditorium full of fellow students at UNB... and the guy who //thought// he would heckle me!


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WARM UP ACTIVITY__

Ok...you were supposed to have a minimum of 3 potential speech topics set for today. Now, in your notebooks or on your laptop, I would like you to web these topics. Flush out as many possible ideas as you can for these topics. You may be surprised how this works out for you. You have about 15 minutes.

When the warm-up activity is finished, you may finish up your cover letter assignments and place them in the "GOOD COPY of cover letter" drop box. Please name the file cover letter good copy "first" "last name".

When the cover letter assignment is in the drop box you may take a look at the public speaking powerpoint below. Then you may look over the other documents below. Please do not start filling in any of the charts. We will focus on these documents as a class tomorrow.

- public speaking... what is it and WHY must we do it??????????????


 * DO NOT BEGIN THE SHEETS BELOW UNTIL THEY ARE EXPLAINED TO YOU.

We'll start by webbing each topic. Try to develop ideas based on research possibilities, your opinions, possible __interesting__ topics, how many steps are involved in your topic...anything that you feel will help you in working through a potential speech. You have 12 minutes.

DO NOT MOVE ONTO THE NEXT STEP UNTIL WE ARE READY...I WANT TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOU. You will decide on your topic only after you have completed the fiollowing.





- here you will find some background info on what a demonstration speech consists of.//**