Materials: 2 chairs in the back of the room, podium in the back of the room, stopwatch
Objective: Introduce themselves to the class and begin the process of becoming comfortable in front of their peers
Opening journal: Why is having a positive attitude crucial for success in life?
Good Things
Go over the procedure of the speech: 3 volunteers will go up first (1 speaker and 2 support people). The speaker will begin when ready and have 1.5 minutes to introduce themselves. They must stay up there the whole time even if they finish early. I will raise two hands when they have 10 seconds and one hand when time is up. After the speech, the audience will applaud and give 2 affirmations and one constructive criticism (the speaker must call them by their name). The speaker will sit down and a support person will step up to the podium. Another student will go the open support chair. We will continue this until all the students have gone.
When the student is done speaking they are to grade themselves with the grading rubric and turn it in to me.
The students will get full credit if they just do the speech. I am not grading them with the rubric.
Was very pleased with the speeches today. The affirmations and criticisms were great and timely. I think we have a great mix of personalities and interests in the class.
ReplyDeleteNeed to finish 2 on Monday. Will begin the class with those two.