Welcome to Speech Class! Ms. Stotz Room 207 Ms. Stotz, Speech 2010/20111

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Welcome to Speech Class!

Ms. StotzRoom 207

Ms. Stotz, Speech 2010/2011

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Let’s Get Startedunit 1

Step 1:Take a moment to write

down 5 questions/concerns you

have about your transition from middle school to high

school. What are you thinking right now? No

question/concern is silly.Get Started, you have 5

minutes to complete this activity.

Step 2: Think, Pair and Share Turn to your partner

and share your differences and

similarities. Put a star by the ones you

have in common. Get busy, you have about 3 minutes.


Choose 1 person from each pair to write one question from your lists on the board.


“We’re all a little bizarre. It’s just that some of us are better at hiding it, that’s all.” Emilio Estevez in The

Breakfast Club

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fb0pYkqnCM&feature=related

Watch This…





Turn to page 1 of your book, Making the Most of High School…

Read and Discuss with Class:

• Pages 1-3

Homework • Read pages 7-19• Complete the handout

Ms. Stotz gives you on your way out today.

• Due: Next class period

For Days 1,3,5

(Wednesday, September 1, 2010)For Days 2, 4, 6

(Thursday, September 2, 2010)

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Ticket Out the Door

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv1I4q6lOpo&feature=related

Congratulations, you have made it through your first day of Speech Class! In your journal (or on a piece of paper),

write a short paragraph (3 to 5 sentences, 7 to 10 words in length)

comparing your concerns about high school to those concerns of your

classmates. Keep this because we will look at it on your last day of Speech

Class.

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Unit 1: Day 2


Let’s Get Startedunit 1: Day 2

Summarize at least one of the topics you read about on pages 7-19.

Topics include, but are not limited to:Environment

HormonesSelf-Absorption

Academic IssuesSocial IssuesResponsibility


Today’s Activities:

• Think, Pair and Share your summaries.

• Review Homework and Discuss Reading

• Turn to page 20.• Homework: Read Pages 25-35 in Making the Most of High School. Complete the guided learning handout.

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Ticket Out the Door – 3,2,1


In your Journals, list the following:

• 3 Advantages of High School

• 2 Fears Most High School Students Have

• 1 Thing You Liked Most About the Chapter


Let’s Get StartedUnit 1 – Day 3

Define the following addition problem in your own words. Complete this activating strategy in your journal.

Learning + Style________

Learning Style


Learning Style Survey

Please take the next 15-20 minutes to complete the survey. Place the survey in

your notebook when you finish it and open Making the Most of High School to page 35.

Read pages 35 t0 40 and complete the guided worksheet.



Unit 1 – Day 3



Notes, Notes, Notes…

Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences


Video Clip

http://www.wingclips.com/movie-clips/akeelah-and-the-bee/big-words?play=1

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What are the types of learning styles?

• Visual Learners: learn through seeing...

• need to see the teacher's body language and facial expression to fully understand the content of a lesson

• tend to prefer sitting at the front of the classroom to avoid visual obstructions (e.g. people's heads)

• may think in pictures and learn best from visual displays including: diagrams, illustrated text books, overhead transparencies, videos, f lipcharts and hand-outs

• often prefer to take detailed notes to absorb the information.




What Are the Typesof Multiple Intelligences?

• Verbal/Linguistic Intelligence

ability to use words and language

• have highly developed auditory skills

• are generally elegant speakers• think in w ords rather than pictures• Their skills include:

listening, speaking, w riting, story telling, explaining, teaching, using humor, understanding the syntax and meaning of w ords, remembering information, convincing someone of their point of view , analyzing language usage

Possible career interests:

Poet, journalist, w riter, teacher, lawyer, politician, translator


What Are the Types of Multiple Intelligences?

• Visual/Spatial Intelligence

• ability to perceive the visual• tend to think in pictures and need to

create vivid mental images to retain information

• enjoy looking at maps, charts, pictures, videos, and movies.

• Their skills include:puzzle building, reading, w riting, understanding charts and graphs, a good sense of direction, sketching, painting, creating visual metaphors and analogies (perhaps through the visual arts), manipulating images, constructing, f ixing, designing practical objects, interpreting visual images

Possible career interests:

navigators, sculptors, visual artists, inventors, architects, interior designers, mechanics, engineers



• Logical/Mathematical Intelligenceability to use reason, logic and numbers

• think conceptually in logical and numerical patterns making connections between pieces of information

• ask lots of questions and like to do experiments

• Their skills include:problem solving, classifying/ categorizing information, w orking w ith abstract concepts, handling long chains of reason to make local progressions, doing controlled experiments, questioning about natural events, performing complex mathematical calculations, w orking w ith geometric shapes

Possible career paths:Scientists, engineers, computerprogrammers, researchers, accountants, mathematicians



• Bodily/Kinesthetic Intelligenceability to control body movements and handle objects sk illfully

• express themselves through movement

• have a good sense of balance and eye-hand co-ordination. (e.g. ball play, balancing beams)

• interacting w ith the space around them, they are able to remember and process information.

• Their skills include:dancing, physical co-ordination, sports, hands on experimentation, using body language, crafts, acting, miming, using hands to create, expressing emotions through body

Possible career paths:Athletes, physical education teachers, dancers, actors, f irefighters, artisans



• Musical/Rhythmic Intelligenceability to produce and appreciate music

• think in sounds, rhythms and patterns

• immediately respond to music either appreciating or criticizing w hat they hear

• are extremely sensitive to environmental sounds (e.g. crickets, bells, dripping taps)

• Their skills include:singing, w histling, playing musical instruments, recognizing tonal patterns, composing music, remembering melodies, understanding structure/rhythm of music

Possible career paths:musician, disc jockey, singer, composer



• Interpersonal Intelligenceability to relate and understand others

• try to see things from other people's point of view

• sense feelings, intentions and motivations• great organizers• maintain peace in group settings and

encourage co-operation• use both verbal and non-verbal language • Their skills include

seeing things from other perspectives, listening, empathy, understanding other people's feelings, counseling, co-operating w ith groups, noticing people's moods, motivations and intentions, communicating, building trust, peaceful conflict resolution, establishing positive relations

Possible Career Paths:Counselor, salesperson, politician, business person



• Intrapersonal Intelligenceability to self-reflect and be aware of one's inner state of being

• try to understand their inner feelings, dreams, relationships w ith others, and strengths and w eaknesses

• Their Skills include:Recognizing their ow n strengths and w eaknesses, reflecting and analyzing themselves, aw areness of their inner feelings, desires and dreams, evaluating their thinking patterns, reasoning w ith themselves, understanding their role in relationship to others

Possible Career Paths:Researchers, theorists, philosophers

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