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Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Wednesday

Hey, you'll never guess what we did today, or the day before, of the previous three days. Ayy, wait, it was totes demonstration speeches the entire time. yeah...we know exactly what we're doing. Go figure that speeches that last upwards of 9 (or even ELEVEN minutes), we somehow can't squeeze them all into the same hour. It's a process. I hope you're having a lovely day. No one's reading this. If a speech student reads this, come up to me and say "Labels, Schedule, and Permalink" right in a row then walk away all inconspicuous. Do it. You'll get an extra credit point.

Friday, December 11, 2015

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Twoozdae!

Work day for Demonstration Speeches

Monday, December 7, 2015

Friday, December 4, 2015

get after it!

Computer time

  • Real life comm
  • demonstration speech stuffs

Thursday, December 3, 2015

Demonstration Demonstration

explanation/ grading sheet of Demo Speech revealed -- starts Dec. 9

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

get communicating~

Review of Real-Life Comm sheet; work time in lab; DEADLINES SET!

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Sold!

Commercials finished!

Real-life communication assignments begin!


Thursday, November 19, 2015

Thanksgiving is so close


  • Introduced Savvy Sales Project!
  • Carl Azuz

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Guess what day it is!


  • Group Tribute Speeches and Carl Azuz (one group left for the morrow)

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Tuesday


  • Group Speeches 5 and 6

Friday, November 13, 2015

It's Friday!


  • Group One's Speech
  • Not much else. We watched this really awful Titanic movie clip about a rapping dog. No one's going to read this anyway, so I could really document about anything. Hey-oh, if you want an extra credit point on Monday, tell me about your weekend using the word "vibrant" or try and include #FunkyBusinessMan into a sentence authentically. And hey, if you are reading this, hi! It's snowing out. That's pretty cool, eh? I'm not Canadian. That is saved for Doug Kleyn. I'm not him. I'm Mr. Rasmussen. I am definitely not WK because she wouldn't ramble on this long. Anywho (is that a word?), anywho, have a great weekend, y'all. Stay safe and warm!

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Storm of the Century!


  • Prep for Group Speeches (begin tomorrow!)

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Happy Armistice Day!


  • LMC E for Group Tribute Speeches

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Omg it's almost 11/11


  • LMC East for Research/Group Work for Group Tribute Speeches

Monday, November 9, 2015

New Monday New Week


  • Collected Habit 5
  • Started working on Group Tribute Speeches
  • We committed to topics!

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Thinking Win-Win and all that jazz


  • Convene and present parts of Habit 3+4
Homework: Habit 5 due Monday! SO DO IT NOW.

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

China events, pt 2


  • Chinese One Child Policy article from New Yorker
  • Discussion
  • Get Habit 5 info
  • Get groups and pages for habit 3 and 4 for presenting tomo

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Color me Friendly


  • Debrief on Apples to Apples games
  • Connect to colors, needs, preferences
  • Split into color groups in order to make future groups
no hw


Monday, November 2, 2015

Mondays


  • Paragraphs on whether we agreed with our color or not
  • Apples to Apples

Sunday, November 1, 2015

FullMoonFriday


  • CNN student news; map, journal, discussion ; turn in Map 3
  • True Colors personality test; will discuss colors on Monday

Thursday, October 29, 2015

It's raining. again. Thanks Thursday.


  • Finish News Broadcast Speeches
  • Carl Azuz

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

YAY IT'S RASMUSSEN'S BIRTHDAY!


  • Carl Azuz and puns
  • News broadcast presentations (5 today, 7 tomorrow due to some illness)

Sure, Tuesday is a thing too


  • WE HAVE PREPPED FOR THE NEWS BROADCAST SPEECH/PRESENTATION FOR THREE STRAIGHT DAYS. WE TOTALLY ARE GOING TOMORROW.

Monday, October 26, 2015

Case of the Mondays!


  • Working on news broadcast speeches 
Homework: Habit 4 due Wednesday!

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Rasmussen's Friday (sorry guys)


  • Introduce Newscast Project
  • Group work time (lab the next two days)
Homework: Habit 3 due tomorrow! Think about what you want to present on for the newscast project.

Presenting Wednesday:
Groups 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2

Presenting Thursday:
Groups 11, 9, 7, 5, 3, 1

Wednesday, October 21, 2015


  • Fill out name cards for our support system in the back of the classroom
  • Check in Habit Two baby steps
Homework: Habit Three read and filled out by Friday

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Got the class going up (again) on a Tuesday


  • Carl Azuz News
  • Fill out maps
  • Finished a couple of drifter speeches
  • Finished presenting in groups over Habit One

Monday, October 19, 2015

Post Homecoming Blues (on a Monday)


  • Reconvene. Get our booklets caught up to date.
  • Habit One: Breakdown into 8 different parts, present on the 8 parts
Homework: Habit Two

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Chilly Tuesday


  • Continue Charity Speeches (Feeling repetitive)

Monday, October 12, 2015

Back to Monday


  • Continue Charity Persuasive Speeches

Friday, October 9, 2015

IT'S FINALLY FRIDAY YAY


  • Charity Persuasive Speeches

Thursday, October 8, 2015

Thursday (almost as good as Friday!)


  • More research
  • Old Memes/New Memes 
Speeches begin tomorrow!

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Sunny Wednesday!


  • Research on Charity Persuasive Speeches in the media center
Order of Speeches

Friday:

  1. Josie
  2. Cody M
  3. Kass W
  4. Moogs
  5. Erin WOOten
  6. Kassidi Krzykwa
  7. Mystic Walter
  8. Sarah Dolphin
  9. Nichole Longcore
  10. Rory Barnes
  11. Kailey Spetoskey
Monday:

  1. Emma Lemke
  2. Anna Wheeler
  3. Carley Hume
  4. Allie Marsman
  5. Brie Whalfield
  6. Ryan Wysocki
  7. Aubrieonna Wolcott
  8. Colton Potter
  9. Madi Myers
  10. Bryce OG Osborn
  11. Lizzy Miedzielec
  12. Carley Andrews
Tuesday:

  1. Zach Wiseman
  2. Chris Klein
  3. Ellie Shangle
  4. Renn Schipper
  5. Tori Telfor
  6. Jonathan Tuinstra
  7. Bri Mulder
  8. D-Will
  9. Joe Kerska
  10. Anthony Molina
  11. New Kid
  12. J-Ball 

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Gloomy Tuesday


  • Library Day for Persuasive Speech research on charities
Homework: Independent research and prep

Monday, October 5, 2015

Mon-yuck-day


  • Finished TED Talk
  • Introduction to Persuasive Speech
Homework: What charity do you want to give your persuasive speech on?

Sunday, October 4, 2015

FridayTED

2 TED talks -- take notes

Thursday, October 1, 2015

Thursday: Wednesday's Tomorrow


  • Ethos/Pathos/Logos Presentations
  • Self Review over presentations
  • Booklets Check-in for Habit One completion

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Guess what day it is!


  • Library work day for Ethos, Pathos, Logos groups
Homework: Presentation tomorrow! Habit One due tomorrow

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Tuesdays are better.


  • Handout Habit One cutout -Put into Booklets
  • Ethos, Pathos, Logos introduction (12 groups, 3 students each, 4 groups for each pillar)
Homework: Habit One due Thursday

Monday, September 28, 2015

Boo Mondays


  • Finish Intro/Conclusion speeches
  • Habit One
  • Carl Azuz Newz
Homework: Habit One read by Thursday

Friday, September 25, 2015

Wow. Just wow.


  • Finish Intro conclusion notes
  • 20 plan of intro/conclu speeches
  • Begin to present speeches.

Thursday, September 24, 2015

TGI(almost)F!


  • Circle Game
  • Different types of introductions to speeches
Homework: Look over notes we took today; giving intro/conclusion speeches tomorrow!

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

We are ^ on this side of the hump now!


  • Read intro part 1/part 2 of 7 habits
  • Finish reading for homework

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Got the class goin' up..on a Tuesday


  • Carl Punzzzzz
  • Voice of the class finished up

Monday, September 21, 2015

Less Mondays, please.


  • Carl Azuz apple pie puns.
  • Type of Speaker/Communicator circle share!

Friday, September 18, 2015

Friiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiday

Finish last 2 speeches

Add cover and first page of notes to 7 Habits booklets

HW:  read Pt.1 and fill in notes
Selfies-- watch and evaluate

Thursday, September 17, 2015

It's Thursday, my dudes.


  • Finish speeches, kind of.
  • Seven Habits Booklets.

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Hump Day!

More speeches.

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Monday, September 14, 2015

Spelunking amongst the Speeches!


  • Carl's news and puns.
  • Speeches begin tomorrow!
Tuesday
  1. You know what they say
  2. Moogs
  3. D-Will
  4. Rory
  5. Erin WOOten
  6. Kailey Spetoskey
  7. Carley A
  8. Ellie Shangle
  9. New Kid
  10. J-Ball
  11. Nichole Longcore
Wednesday

  1. Ry Wy
  2. Renn
  3. Cody M.
  4. Anna
  5. Carley
  6. Bri
  7. Madi
  8. Kassidi K
  9. Aubrie
  10. Allie
  11. Colton
  12. Lizzy
  13. Mystic
Thursday

  1. Brie W.
  2. Anthony M.
  3. Zach W.
  4. Jonathan T.
  5. Tori
  6. Sarah
  7. Bryce Osborn
  8. Emma L.
  9. Joe Kerska
  10. José
  11. Just Kass

Friday, September 11, 2015

TGIF

CNN stu news
Introduction speech info -- begin Tuesday!

Thursday, September 10, 2015

At the Trident

CNN Maps/Journal with Carl Azuz, and his puns.
"Type of Communicator Who" Essay
Homework: Finish the essay + Your puzzle piece!

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Two is Better Than One!

* Got 7 Habits from the depository
* "Whatcha got there?" Impromptus
* Reviewed introduction essay
Homework: None!

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Introduce yourself!

Day 1!
Syllabus review
Nicknames -- choose, create tents
Introductions and handshakes
Type of Public Speaker -- brainstorm and write one page letter to us

HW: Get syllabus signed

Friday, May 8, 2015

final speech reveal

News/ map / journal senior/ junior speeches -- prepare and sign up. focus on intro/ conclusions

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Appreciate and Synergize!

Cards for Moms and teachers; Habit 6

Monday, March 23, 2015

practice!

Group practice time -- One team presents tomorrow -- Team Gazelle

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Group work

Keep group speeching

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

True colors

take personality tests -- find group dynamics article, summarize, etc.

Monday, March 9, 2015

Habit one

groups present on PBA and Habit 1 gang up -- Be Proactive Habit 2 -- read and fill in booklet by Thursday

Monday, March 2, 2015

Friday, February 27, 2015

speeches and TED

Give speeches and watch TED

Monday, February 23, 2015

Quick class -- 2hr delay

Parade: good things or whatcha got there Speeches start tomo

Friday, February 20, 2015

Worka worka

Work time in lab -- finish presentations! Be ready for Monday if you signed up! Drop ppts in google doc folder.

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Work on persuasive speeches

lab time sign up for dates

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

ELP and $$$

Monday: Finish ELP presentations give handdout and review requirements for persuasive speech -- charity or foundation focus Tuesday: Media center time

Friday, February 13, 2015

Happy Valentine's Day!

Partayyyyyyyyyyyyyy 3 presentations

Thursday, February 12, 2015

funnybuttmonkeys

Nate's speech group time -- 3 groups tomo

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

EPL

Tuesday: Finish intro/conclusions News, begin journal/map #2 Wed: Ethos Pathos Logos Groups -- 1-6 work together to present the pillar -- Friday presentations

Friday, February 6, 2015

My STARS!

Finish intro conclusions notes Stars -- decorate to agree with class rule Write 3 intro/conclusions for 3 different speeches -- any topics. You will present one. These should only be ~45 seconds!

Thursday, February 5, 2015

Speech; notes on intros and conclusions

Justin's speech Notes on Bookending your speech -- didn't finish

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

finish voice and such

Write about one more "agree" from type of speaker, voice of the class Clock partners -- organize News, journals -- no maps, turn in.

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

voice

News, maps, journals Voice of class, 2 agrees/ 1 disagree; for both -- journal one of each communicator and speaker Does anyone read this? There's five points in it for you if you respond to this... For the love -- get part one done in 7 Habits and booklet

Friday, January 30, 2015

habits!

Carl -- map and journal finish booklet Watch 8 min 7 habit review vid READ part 1 this weekend and fill in booklet

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Monday Tuesday

Begin speeches! 10 a day Get 7 habits books read part 1 and fill in booklet by Thursday

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Welcome to Speech 2015 Days 1-3

Tuesday: Review syllabus hw: 2 essays -- type of public speaker and type of communicator --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wed. Collect hw after highlighting best sentence for voice of class "Whatcha got there?" impromptu speeches Introduction speech directions -- begin planning, first few to go Monday ====================================================================== Thurs: CNN student news, journal, maps Work on speeches in Media Center the next two days. Beginning speeching on Monday