Friday, November 18, 2011
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Links for 11/16
Links for 11/16
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiX_WNdJu6w How to Tell a Story (NPR)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_ez_g_VqEE Tell Me a Story (minidocumentary)
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Class 11/16
As we discussed last class, please make sure you bring in at least three ideas for stories from your life to work on in class!
Remember, just because you're absent doesn't mean you're not responsible for making progress! Our story slam is in just one month--be ready!
Remember, just because you're absent doesn't mean you're not responsible for making progress! Our story slam is in just one month--be ready!
Thursday, October 27, 2011
NEXT WEEK!
All right. Next week: no conversation exam; instead, the RECITATIONS WILL HAPPEN FOR REAL. This counts for both the "denunciation speech" and "conversation exam" in your final exam.
You need to have BOTH of your selections ready to go. This means, usually, 1) your selection from the packet 2) the speech or poem you chose yourself.
Memorize it. Say it with feeling and expression.
Be awesome.
You need to have BOTH of your selections ready to go. This means, usually, 1) your selection from the packet 2) the speech or poem you chose yourself.
Memorize it. Say it with feeling and expression.
Be awesome.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Recitations
All right people. This is it. Tonight, you perform one of your selections for recitation. Memorized. And awesomely.
Next week: conversation exam with me! We'll sign up for times tonight!
The week after that (11/9): the stories begin.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Good work last night!
For this week:
Please continue to work on memorizing and performing the selection you brought to class and performed yesterday!
Choose a SECOND selection to memorize and recite. Make sure your second selection is DIFFERENT from your first, in some way. Your second selection may be from the list I gave last week, or it could be a selection that you find on your own. It should be SHORT--approximately the length of one of the selections on my list. It could be a speech, a monologue from a play, an excerpt from a novel, or a poem.
Where could you find other selections?
http://www.poetryoutloud.org/poems-and-performance/find-poems Poetry Out Loud has a great database of short poems that are good for recitation.
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html American Rhetoric is a terrific site--these are its selections for the "top 100 speeches" in American history.
Please COMMENT on this page listing BOTH of your selections (your first selection, which you recited last night, and your second selection, which will be new) by midnight tonight--that is, 11:59 PM on FRIDAY, October 7. Please note that I have extended the deadline. Because I have extended the deadline, I strongly recommend that you post BEFORE the deadline; do not be late.
Next week (October 12) please be ready to perform BOTH of your selections, entirely memorized.
For this week:
Please continue to work on memorizing and performing the selection you brought to class and performed yesterday!
Choose a SECOND selection to memorize and recite. Make sure your second selection is DIFFERENT from your first, in some way. Your second selection may be from the list I gave last week, or it could be a selection that you find on your own. It should be SHORT--approximately the length of one of the selections on my list. It could be a speech, a monologue from a play, an excerpt from a novel, or a poem.
Where could you find other selections?
http://www.poetryoutloud.org/poems-and-performance/find-poems Poetry Out Loud has a great database of short poems that are good for recitation.
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html American Rhetoric is a terrific site--these are its selections for the "top 100 speeches" in American history.
Please COMMENT on this page listing BOTH of your selections (your first selection, which you recited last night, and your second selection, which will be new) by midnight tonight--that is, 11:59 PM on FRIDAY, October 7. Please note that I have extended the deadline. Because I have extended the deadline, I strongly recommend that you post BEFORE the deadline; do not be late.
Next week (October 12) please be ready to perform BOTH of your selections, entirely memorized.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
For next week (October 5):
Find examples of your own of your ten favorite figures of speech in the handout. Find these examples "in the wild"--in speeches, songs, TV, whatever. Post them as comments on here, please, before class on 10/5.
Choose one of the speeches (or poems, etc.) linked HERE. Memorize it. Google about it to find information to make your performance make sense; you'll want to know who is speaking and what the context or rhetorical situation of the speech is. Be ready to recite it in class on October 5!
To think abstractly about what makes an awesome conclusion, think about movie endings:
The Godfather, Part I
Movie Endings playlist
And, of course: Casablanca.
The Godfather, Part I
Movie Endings playlist
And, of course: Casablanca.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Good work last night!
In preparation for next week's class (September 28) please:
Have three or more conversations with total strangers. These conversations should last at least a minute or two.
Be ready to tell, in ONE MINUTE, no more, a story of one of the conversations you had. Make it interesting, funny, or otherwise good. Make sure your story lasts no longer than one minute! (As a result, at least one of your conversations with a stranger needs to be interesting enough to make a good story!)
Bring in a revised, polished, good introduction (beginning of a speech). Remember, make sure the introduction gets your audience's attention! Use a story, a proverb, a quotation, a question, something to make us interested to hear more!
Reread the conclusions from the "Few Good Speeches" handout from last week (Macarthur, Mark Twain, etc.). Be ready to identify QUICKLY some of the strategies that work to make the conclusions successful. We'll talk about some of the vocabulary to use!
If Dan S. and Sean are in your coaching group: call or text them and find out why they were missing last week--get them caught up!
In preparation for next week's class (September 28) please:
Have three or more conversations with total strangers. These conversations should last at least a minute or two.
Be ready to tell, in ONE MINUTE, no more, a story of one of the conversations you had. Make it interesting, funny, or otherwise good. Make sure your story lasts no longer than one minute! (As a result, at least one of your conversations with a stranger needs to be interesting enough to make a good story!)
Bring in a revised, polished, good introduction (beginning of a speech). Remember, make sure the introduction gets your audience's attention! Use a story, a proverb, a quotation, a question, something to make us interested to hear more!
Reread the conclusions from the "Few Good Speeches" handout from last week (Macarthur, Mark Twain, etc.). Be ready to identify QUICKLY some of the strategies that work to make the conclusions successful. We'll talk about some of the vocabulary to use!
If Dan S. and Sean are in your coaching group: call or text them and find out why they were missing last week--get them caught up!
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Thanks for some awesome speeches introducing yourselves last night! If you were among the last ten to speak, you, too, have comment cards from me--please make sure you get them from me next class!
Before we meet again, please:
Watch the first two minutes of ANY FOUR "TED talks" on www.ted.com. Be prepared to explain which of the four you MOST wanted to hear more of, and why. What made the introduction effective?
Read the conclusions of the speeches in the "A Few Good Speeches" handout. To do this you will need to identify the conclusions--where do you think the conclusions begin? What makes these conclusions effective? Can you identify some of the strategies these speakers use to make their conclusions more effective? If you can identify the strategies of strong speakers, you can imitate them and expand your own toolbox!
Read the handouts on introductions and conclusions. We'll talk about them next week--just skim them before our conversation
Bring to class a draft idea of an introduction--that is, the beginning of a speech. This doesn't have to be written or otherwise represented on paper (though you can--many of you thought Dan's choice to write out his speech was very effective!), but you need to give it some serious thought (whether you write it out or not!) Expect to spend at least an hour or two strategizing about your introduction. Try to use a story, a saying, a quotation, a question, or some other strategy to get your audience's attention. Your first idea probably won't be the one you ultimately use. Keep in mind the strategies you saw in the TED talks. Remember, introductions always introduce something, so you want to imagine what the rest of the speech might look like. You can try redoing the introduction to your speech introducing yourself, if you like, or try beginning another speech you might like. A toast, a work presentation, a presentation for one of your other classes, it doesn't matter--every speech has to begin somewhere! We will work on your introductions in class.
Before we meet again, please:
Watch the first two minutes of ANY FOUR "TED talks" on www.ted.com. Be prepared to explain which of the four you MOST wanted to hear more of, and why. What made the introduction effective?
Read the conclusions of the speeches in the "A Few Good Speeches" handout. To do this you will need to identify the conclusions--where do you think the conclusions begin? What makes these conclusions effective? Can you identify some of the strategies these speakers use to make their conclusions more effective? If you can identify the strategies of strong speakers, you can imitate them and expand your own toolbox!
Read the handouts on introductions and conclusions. We'll talk about them next week--just skim them before our conversation
Bring to class a draft idea of an introduction--that is, the beginning of a speech. This doesn't have to be written or otherwise represented on paper (though you can--many of you thought Dan's choice to write out his speech was very effective!), but you need to give it some serious thought (whether you write it out or not!) Expect to spend at least an hour or two strategizing about your introduction. Try to use a story, a saying, a quotation, a question, or some other strategy to get your audience's attention. Your first idea probably won't be the one you ultimately use. Keep in mind the strategies you saw in the TED talks. Remember, introductions always introduce something, so you want to imagine what the rest of the speech might look like. You can try redoing the introduction to your speech introducing yourself, if you like, or try beginning another speech you might like. A toast, a work presentation, a presentation for one of your other classes, it doesn't matter--every speech has to begin somewhere! We will work on your introductions in class.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Welcome!
This is the website for Prof. Monica Poole's Oral Communication (AKA Speech) class at Bunker Hill Community College.
You can view the syllabus here.
Readings, cool stuff to watch, etc. will be posted here too!
For Wednesday, 9/14, please make sure you are ready to deliver your speech of introduction!
This is the website for Prof. Monica Poole's Oral Communication (AKA Speech) class at Bunker Hill Community College.
You can view the syllabus here.
Readings, cool stuff to watch, etc. will be posted here too!
For Wednesday, 9/14, please make sure you are ready to deliver your speech of introduction!
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