Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Comparing Speeches

Overall Ithink that i changed a lot in the course of my speeches. In my first speech I was really unorganized and really disfunctional. I think that I have better organized myself and my speeches in general. I would say that my speeches have changed greatly and I have really improved. My speech about whaling was decent. I worked really hard on my powerpoint and making eye contact. I will put all my effort into our exam and I enjoyed working on speeches this year.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Demonstrative Speech

  • I thought that I did a good job describing the steps
  • I thought I did a good job of entertaining the class
  • I thought that my speech was well put together


  • I could have made better eye contact with the audience
  • I laughed during my speech which wasn't a good thing
  • I could have showed the audience more of what I was doing

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Informitive Speech -

This week in English class we gave informitive speeches about a topic we were interested in. I gave my speech on Barbie , I thought that it was a lot easier than my brown bag speech because I was more prepared and less nervous for my second speech. I made more eye contact with the students and looked at my power point and note cards only when it was absolutly needed. I had a lot of imformation and a lot of fun facts that went into this speech , unlike my brown bag speech. I probably could have talked louder and clearer. Also i dont think I should have leaned on the computer cart. I also should have made my hook more noticiable. Overall I thought my speech went well and was entertaining.

Friday, April 9, 2010

Brown Bag Speech

In Humor and Satire we performed Brown Bag Speeches - This is my critique :

- I used a lot of hand motions that probably weren't needed , and I couldn't stand still.

- I could have talked clearer and used the word "like" less.

- I looked at the class during the whole speech and made good eye contact with everyone.

- I also talked loud enough for everyone too hear me.

- Overall I didn't really like my speech.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

The Taming of the Shrew

I chose Bradley Cooper to play Hortensio

I chose Jake Gyllenhaal to play Lucentio

I chose Kevin Federline to play Petruchio

I chose Brad Paisley to play Gremio

I chose Brad Pitt to play Tranio

I chose Roseanne Barr to play Kathrine

I chose Kate Hudson to play Bianca

I chose Clint Eastwood to play Baptista

Monday, January 25, 2010

Vocab Examples -










This is an example of exaggeration because the fish is using his hands to enlarge and overstate the fact that his wife isn't as big as the fisherman said.












This is and example of an oxymoron. This is an example because there is a stop sign with a keep moving sign located behind it , which is the opposite of stopping





“He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.” - Oscar Wilde : This is an example of sarcasm. This is an example because he is saying that the person doesn't have any enemies but none of his friends like him.




http://www.dennismillerradio.com/ - Dennis Miller is a comedian that uses wit on his radio show. He uses wit to show downfalls in politics and anything else with a very educated statement