Missed the Lunch with Communications Class series? Enjoy them at your own leisure.

This week, Communications Class did its second third fourth fifth (!) ever Lunch with Communications Class speeches, presenting 8 different Demonstration speeches by 8 different speakers. In case you didn't get a chance to check out these awesome speeches, here they are, for your viewing pleasure:

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Jass	Enoch
Antoine	Judy
Jason	Joyce
Annika	Ivy

From directions to demos: Writing in-depth instructions

Originally posted 1/30/12.

Communication Students: Here's your assignment we talked about today. You are to write specific ingredients, steps, and any alternatives or further customizations for each section. Again, remember—you need every single step and incredibly specific ingredients. No slacking—I'll be grading hard!

Ingredients:

• Sliced bread (2 pieces)
• Peanut butter (2 tablespoons)
• Jelly (1.5 tablespoons)
• Butter Knife (for putting PB onto bread)
• Spoon (for putting Jelly onto bread)

Steps:

1. Put peanut butter onto bread piece #1. Using the knife, smear 2 tablespoons of peanut butter onto one side of the bread. It's best to make sure that it's spread evenly across one side. When you are done, put that piece of bread aside.
2. Put jelly onto bread piece #2. Take a spoon full of jelly (approximately 1 to 1.5 tablespoons) and smear it onto one side of the bread. Again, make sure the jelly is spread evenly.
3. Put 'em together. Pick  up the peanut butter piece and put it, PB-side down, on top of the jelly piece (jelly-side up). At this point, I'd recommend you cut the sandwich in half to make it easier to eat.
4. Enjoy. Goes great with a tall, cold glass of milk.

Alternatives:

• Creamy or crunchy? Either type of peanut butter will work, and either type are delicious.
• Don't like jelly? Use honey or marshmallow fluff instead. 
• Toasting the bread is awesome because the warm bread will melt the peanut butter, but the jelly will stay pretty cool.
• Awesome people cut the bread diagonally; lame-os cut the sandwich in half from a square to two rectangles.
• Secret Webb Family Recipe: use three pieces of bread to make a double sandwich. (1) Smother two pieces of bread with jelly. (2) Fry the third piece of in a little bit of butter until it's really hot. (3) Cover both sides of the hot bread with peanut butter. (4) Arrange the sandwich as:
  
  • cold/regular bread
  • jelly
  • peanut butter (which is starting to melt)
  • hot, gooey bread
  • peanut butter (which is starting to melt)
  • jelly
  • cold/regular bread

Ok, so that's what I'm expecting. Seems a lot more in-depth than just "TEACH-AH, JUST PUT IT TOGETHA!" Now YOU make a blog post, just like I did, with all the information for your speech.

What are you going to present? Check out these Demo topics, Comm students!

Today in class, I asked Communications students to look over the following list of Demonstration speech topics and pick 5 that they would be the most interested in presenting.

Select 5 possible speech ideas you'd be interested in presenting and blog them (one short paragraph each). Of the 5 you select, only three of them may be from my list here, so make your own ideas! Go.

Missed the Lunch with Communications Class series? Enjoy them at your own leisure.

Last week, Communications Class did its second third fourth (!) ever Lunch with Communications Class speeches, presenting 6 different Demonstration speeches by 6 different speakers. In case you didn't get a chance to check out these awesome speeches, here they are, for your viewing pleasure:

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James	Jessica L.
Mark	Gabriella
Jessica G.	Lillian

You didn't think I'd let Communications class go without homework, did you?

In Communications class today, we watched a  talk by Jon Ronson about psychopaths. Here it is again, for your viewing pleasure:



Your assignments for the weekend are to:

• Write your in-depth instructions. (Should be done)
• Outline your speech.
• Practice for Tuesday's speeches.
• Make your 3  speeches.
• Write 3 (short) paragraphs about 3 things you learned from the Jon Ronson video. (Please embed the video by putting the following code into your post:
  

  <iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xYemnKEKx0c" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

  and then write the paragraphs.

Demo topics, Demo topics, hot, fresh, and off the press!

Communications students got lucky that I forgot to post a list of possible Demonstration Speech topics after asking you to look at my list last class, but hey, better late than never. Here are some options for your speeches:



So, right off the bat, your first assignment is to select 5 possible speech ideas you'd be interested in presenting and blog them (one short paragraph each). Of the 5 you select, only three of them may be from my list here, so make your own ideas! Go.

Missed the Lunch with Communications Class series? Enjoy them at your own leisure.

Last week, Communications Class did its second third ever Lunch with Communications Class speeches, presenting 10 different Demonstration speeches by 10 different speakers. In case you didn't get a chance to check out these awesome speeches, here they are, for your viewing pleasure:

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Jessica	Angela T.
Betty V.	Tristan
Tiffany	Mandy
Krikki	Thomas
Rachel	Janelle

A weekend reminder for those Communications class fools...

Let me guess: you're in Communications class, and you forgot what was due by next class. Don't worry--you stink. Here it is again:

1. Video Self-Evaluations: By Monday, have a Video Self-Evaluation completed. You can either post them to your blog (through Scribd), or you can hand it in on paper (but you've got to print it out yourself).
   
   
2. 2-3¶s about Demo(s) #1, #2, and #2.5: So you've done 2 Demo speeches, and now, you're going to do a 3rd 2.5th Demo in the cafeteria, next week, in front of everyone^*. Now, like I said, you can choose to do a 3rd, different Demo topic, or you can just redo one of the first 2 you've already done. No matter what you decide, I would like you to write 2-3 solid paragraphs about:
   
   
1. how you did on both your Demo #1 and Demo #2.
2. how you have improved in this class so far.
3. which speech you plan on doing in front of everyone (and why).
4. what changes you must make to amaze your new audience.

Remember, you are to post these to your blog, and the sooner you post them, the happier I'll feel as I grade them.


3. Bring an ouline: Lastly, bring the outline of whatever speech you plan on redoing (or, if you're going to do a new speech, bring the completed new outline) on your iPad, preferably on QuickOffice (or some type of editing program). You'll be work-shopping the outline with some partners, and they'll be trying to make your speech something that won't embarrass me in front of the whole cafeteria even better.

Done and done. Now, if you'll excuse me, Mrs. Webb and I are about to partake in the annual "For Both of Our Birthdays, Why Don't We Go To A Concert"Concert. This year, the band will be the great Death Cab for Cutie. What a kick-butt Saturday night!



^*Everyone that stays in the cafeteria for lunch, that is.

"I'm not sure what to do with my hands..."

2 things today for Communications class, before you head out on break:

1. This:
   
   
   
   
2. Look at this list of Demonstration speech topics:
   
   
   
   Remember, what you're supposed to do is to pick 5 different Demonstration speech topics (that you can actually do) and write 5¶s—one for each of your 5 picks. Again, write something like this:
   

   1. How to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich^*—It's easy to make a PB&J sandwich, but I would teach not only how to make one, but different things you can do to make it delicious (e.g. different ingredients, tricks with temperature).

   ^*You cannot use that in your own list.

If you could get that done by the Sunday, January 29th before we get back (so I can check it on your blog and have an answer for you), that would be great! Have a wonderful and relaxing break!

Informative Speeches ✓ ; Demonstrative Speeches ✓ ; Persuasive Speeches yet to come!

Last Friday, my Communication Class presented their 3rd (and final) Demonstrative speeches in front of their fellow students in the cafeteria. These were "how-to" speeches, and I've got to say, I'm pretty proud of them. Here, for your viewing pleasure, they are:

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Belle	Emily
Nicolas	Steven
David

After Thanksgiving Break, we'll start our final speech type: Persuasives!

Demonstrate your skills for Speech class

Glossophobia is the fear of public speaking. The word glossophobia comes from the Greek γλῶσσα glōssa, meaning tongue, and φόβος phobos, fear or dread. [Glossophobia.com]

First off, I've got to commend my Communication class for their amazing speeches this last Friday for assembly! They worked extremely pretty hard, and I think that, for the most part, the audience was pretty impressed with what the saw. They're not perfect speakers yet, but they're getting there, and I want to congratulate them all for stepping up (literally) and talking in front of everyone.

So now, after spending nearly half the semester on the first of 3 types of speeches (informatives), we'll move to my favorite one: DEMONSTRATION SPEECHES! As I've been telling you the last few days, these speeches will require you come up to the front of the room and teach/show us how to do something. Traditionally, these speeches rock because they're the chance for us to justify snacking in class. You can teach us how to cook something, how to do something, or how to make something, but it has to be something you do completely in front of us.

So, what should you be picking as a speech topic? Here are some options!



So, right off the bat, your first assignment is to select 5 possible speech ideas you'd be interested in presenting and blog them (one short paragraph each). Then, you'll fill out the Pre-Planning Process sheet, and start working on an outline! Get started!