Good Morning!Today is Monday, October 5th.

No warm-up today!• Let’s finish looking over our feedback from last week!• Make sure you have your notebook open to your notes

section!

Feedback from Speeches• What were some common issues?

• What advice did you like best?

Good Morning!Today is Tuesday, October 6th.

Warm-up:1. How would you explain what feedback is? 2. How do we make feedback useful for the recipient?3. What do you think appropriate feedback should sound like/look like?4. Why is it important to give someone useful and appropriate feedback?

Get your notes out for presentation skills (voice)!

Presentation Skill: Voice• How should your voice sound during a presentation?

• Why?

Starting and Ending a Speech

• Introductions Opening Hook (What’s in it for me?) Transition to point one

• Types of Speech openings/closings Thought provoking question Surprising fact or statement Use a quote Tell a relevant joke or story

Good Morning!Today is Wednesday, October 7th.

Warm-up:1. In writing, what is a transition?2. What is a signal word (what does it do)?3. How is a signal word different than a transition?4. Is the following sentence academic or personal: “We should avoid eating too much candy because a lot of sugar in your diet can make you sick or can make you gain weight.”

3rd period—let’s finish our notes on starting and ending a speech (we left off at “hook”)!

Compare and Contrast Feedback

• Explaining details• After you make a claim, you need to support it!• They are different colors… So… What colors are they???

• Topic sentences• how to write them• how to make topics clear

• Sentence structure• Using signal words correctly (not transition words)• Paragraph structure• Keep paragraphs academic not personal

Good Morning!Today is Thursday, October 8th.

Warm-up:1. What is a noun?2. Give an example of one!3. What is a verb?4. Give an example of one!

Let’s talk about sentences!

Sentences• What is this thing?

• What’s included?

Compare and Contrast Practice

• How are the two people similar?• How are they different?

Compare and Contrast Practice

• How are the two items similar?• How are they different?

Compare and Contrast Practice

• How are the two creatures similar?• How are they different?

Compare and Contrast Practice

• How are the two dudes similar?• How are they different?