Great Conversation!

I feel like I have a lot of great conversations because I have a lot of conversations in general.  I enjoy talking and talking to strangers.  I have had one conversation that stuck out more than others though.  This conversation was with my good friend Chelsea about how I think that nice guys always finish last.  The conversation just flowed and was very natural.

Quote #2

If you wait by the river long enough, your enemies will float on by. - Rob Larson - Confucius

Rob quoted this quote in class on Friday 3/23/12 and I thought that it was worthy of going on to my blog because people were asking him to give them a straight answer and that was his answer. It was pretty funny in my opinion because he just blatantly disregarded their request.

So I have to pick my ten favorite things to do.... Hmm... well this is going to be pretty tough because I love to do a lot of things!! The list underneath is in no specific order other than what just pops into my head while thinking of what I love to do.

1. Climbing

2. Hanging out with friends

3. Kayaking

4. Biking

5. Watersports

6. Volleyball

7. Camping

8. Softball

9. Spending time with family

10. Anything to do with music

We Are Young cover by Clinton Cave Music

Outline:

1. What the video is of

2. Where I found it

3. PLAY VIDEO

4. Share why this video describes me

5. After watching this video I hope you can better see my personality and whatnot!

Euripides Iph....

       So everyone knows that photo booth takes pictures in a mirrored image so thats why everything is backwards haha. But anyway I went to the school play "Iph...." I found it pretty interesting even though I didn't know much about the background of the story.  The main characters are all strong actors and the chorus is also entertaining. The set was also very interesting and I could easily see that a lot of work had been put into it.  The only part of the show that I didn't thoroughly enjoy was the background music. Some of the time it just didn't seem fitting what so ever. Other than that it was a great play and I am glad I went.

Assignment About That Stuff...

Read Units 15 &16: “Support, Style, Organization, and Presentation” (pages 326-388).

Define the following terms in your own words. Do not use textbook definitions, but imagine how you would describe these terms to other students.

1. Thesis: Your main point or idea

2. Narratives: A story told by someone

3. Analogies: A way to compare things

4. Testimony: A personal story

5. Presentation aids: Things that help you give a presentation such as power point or poster board

6. Models: Type of presentation aid

7. Motivated Sequence: The way to arrange your speech so your audience likes it

8. Orientation: A way to almost persuade the audience in the direction you are thinking at the beginning of your speech so they can follow your speech better 

9. Closure: To make sure in your conclusion  that your audience knows that your speech is over

Name 3 examples of presentation aids.

1.Map
2.Powerpoint
3.Posterboard

Name 6 patterns that are involved with Public Speaking.
1.Temporal 
2.Spatial
3.Topical
4.Problem-Solution
5.Cause-Effect
6.Motivated

What is the difference between a conclusion and closure? Conclusion is an entire part of your speech in which you summarize, motivate, then provide closure. Closure is making sure that your audience knows that your speech is over.

Find an article in a magazine or newspaper and summarize it in 4 sentences below.
1. Article Title: Surfing: A History
2. Summary: Surfing started in Hawaii but when the westerners came disease killed many natives. In the early 1900's surfing again began to flourish.  After the movies "Endless Summer" and "Gidget" surfing became more mainstream. Now surfing is a huge industry now and is still growing.


Based on your own performance, and your observations of others in class, please describe five ways in which you will make a conscious improvement during your final. 
1. Make sure that my speech is not too long
2. Use music in the background
3. Use the space I have up there better
4. Make sure not to let audience get bored
5. Make sure that my conclusion has closure

Quote #1

" It is not my job to remember your name; it is your job to make me never forget it."
 
            -Rob Larson


       This quote stood out to me more so than others because I have a problem with remembering people's name.  If everyone lived their life by this quote then I think that life would be much more exciting because then people would be doing all sorts of strange, cool, exciting, and odd things to get people to remember our names.