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Dear Speaking of Success Class: Jane and I finished the grading today and we know we will miss you as you move to the next classes and phase of your life.  Please let us know if we can help you with your future educational plans--particularly at the college. We learned a lot from you about what "success" means, and how we could help you as students and learners to meet your goals.  Promise to

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Dear Success Class:  We are almost at the end of our class together.  Come on Monday at 9:00 and bring Essay #3, some food to share, and your final words to say about our time together for the last 11 weeks.  We will also give you your placement for you next English class, and ask you to write one last time about the class and your learning this quarter. We will miss the energy, challenges, and

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Daylight Savings time Begins on Sunday, March 14th at 2am so set your clocks ahead 1 hour! DUE ON MONDAY, March 15th:  Progress Report--TYPE this and turn it in on Monday. DUE ON TUESDAY, March 16th: Interview Report--TYPE this and turn in on Tuesday. Order for your Speeches on Tuesday and Wednesday--check out this link. REFLECTION--DUE on Friday, March 19th--turn in or email to Jane. Jane's

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Final Integrative Assignment--Speaking of YOUR SUCCESS!!--ORDER for Speech 3 on Tues. and Wed. March 16 and 171.  Speech #3 will be a Vision Speech where you speak about what your success--connected to education will be in the future. You will need to do an outline, a practice videotape, and be in class March 16 & 17.  JANE'S POWERPOINT OF HER VISION SPEECH FOR 2013.  EXAMPLE OF A SPEECH BY BILL

Carol Hamiltonnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7613151736094544005.post-16387362058431836272010-02-25T20:16:00.000-08:002010-02-25T20:16:19.056-08:00

1.  ESSAY #2 is DUE on Monday with 2 Peer Reviews, a Draft (the one we marked) and FINAL +LOFT TUTOR signatures! 2.  Cultural Interview with a Classmate--DUE ON Monday, March 1st ALSO!  This must be 2-3 pages typed and written in the three sections as directed on the assignment--see on the left under handouts. 3.  READ again all Readings in Chapter 4 of Guidelines. 4. Sentence Combining--One

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HI everyone,I would like for you to hand in to me Part 1 of your Reflection assignment on Monday, February 22 (the rest of your Reflection Assignment is due to me on Wednesday, February 24).Here's what I'd like you to do. After watching your video (don't forget to rewind!) and using the Evaluation Tool, I'd like you to evaluate your own speech from the following three perspectives:1. Nonverbal

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Practice your Speech #2--Use videotape or a friend or classmate to practice, practice, practice your speech Write a draft of Essay #2--Use the link resources on the left--for the Annotated Paper example & a Powerpoint Read Chapter 4 of Guidelines--Yes all of the Readings #1-#5--Short articles on Education by Tues. Feb. 23  Read pages 56-68 Unit Two of Sentence Combining—Intermediate

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February 1-8, 2010 Notes on Jane's lecture from Monday, Feb. 1st Speech #2--Cultural Guide--See links on  left. White House--State of the Union in Short Clips  Write a Comment on our BLOG about what you learned from Eric Liu's Speech on being The True Patriot =5 pts. for your commentsEric Liu--His Facebook page for more information.

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Read Ch. 3--"Intercultural Communication Stumbling Blocks" by Barna--One page Reading Journal DUE on Wed, Jan. 27th Vocabulary Quiz on Thursday--Short writing from Chapter 2 Readings of Guidelines--Completed in the Computer Lab Final Essay #1 DUE on Thursday, with one copy of Draft and 2 Feedback sheets attached Reflection on Speech #1 DUE on Monday, Feb. 1st Summary--300-500 words DUE of

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Hi everyone,As you prepare for your speech on Monday or Tuesday, consider these points: 1. Research on stress indicates that the way a person respond to and deals with pressure is more important to well being than any particular source of stress itself.2. When you feel stress, your tendency is to rely on old comfortable (and mostly ineffective) habits. By using your awareness and breathing and

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Greetings Speaking of Success Class. Today we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King.  You can go to this site to learn more about his work, his legacy, and his speeches.  You Tube may have some other examples; look at the link for more about Dr. Martin Luther King. For class this week:  Tuesday--Outline of your Speech #1 and Practicing your speech;  Wednesday--Typed draft of Essay #1 DUE (BRING 3

Carol Hamiltonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7613151736094544005.post-1689197500085471192010-01-12T10:04:00.000-08:002010-01-13T20:04:25.715-08:00

Hi everyone, I want you to complete the "Personal Report of Communication Apprehension" and comment on what you learned about yourself through taking this quiz about speaking anxiety. I would also like you to write specific goals for yourself.  In what ways do you want to improve? I look forward to reading your postings.                 Jane

Carol Hamiltonnoreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7613151736094544005.post-64513001581559076152010-01-11T12:53:00.000-08:002010-01-12T09:55:53.681-08:00

Chapter 2 Guidelines Assignment for Chapter 2: I forgot to assign the Chapter 2 Reading that you group will focus on for Tuesday--which means bringing a Reading Journal for the assigned reading. Then you need to do a summary of ONE OTHER Reading from Chapter 2 that will be DUE on Thursday by the end of class. Group 1= Reading #1--"The School Days of an Indian Girl" by Zitkala Sa [Huda, Ranji,

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ASSIGNMENT for MONDAY, January 11, 2010:Attached is a short article--Creating a Safe Environment-- by Lee Mun Wah, diversity trainer, who writes about how he creates a sense of honesty and presence when he speaks in a classroom.Please read this piece and write reflectively by Monday about what this article says to you and how you might incorporate some of his thinking into your speech

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This 15 credit integrated program--ENGL 097/8 & CMST 115-- will prepare you for success in college classes. Most college courses expect you to read textbooks and other information for class, write short or longer papers, and to have discussion, speak aloud, or make presentations in class. College learning is like a flowing river of skills and your participation is necessary to successfully

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