October 23, 2013 Pick up your journal before you sit down. English 2

JOURNAL What kind of sleeper are you? Are you a light sleeper? Do you wake up easily? Do you ignore the alarm? Do you snore? Do you sleep on your stomach? Do you wear socks to bed? Describe your sleep habits.

Agenda DGP Vocabulary – flash your row Prepare for Sophomore Project Presentation by practicing public speaking

DGP carla looked at herself in the mirror and recited the poem fire and ice

Vocabulary 4 Practice Flash your row P.S. Test is Friday!

Oral Presentation – Introduction Tips *** You must hook your audience! The first 30 seconds of a speech is the most important part! 1. Use a Quote “Henry David Thoreau said, “Men are born to succeed, not to fail.” 2. Begin with Humor Lighten the mood if your topic calls for it! No inappropriate jokes - 3. Ask a rhetorical question Questions should provoke a thought but not an answer from your audience. “Did you love to go on roller coasters when you were younger?” 4. Begin with facts “People remember 90% of what they teach to someone else. They only remember 10% of what is lectured to them.” 5. Use an anecdote (Short accounts of interesting or humorous—if appropriate-- events— fiction or REAL)

Interview a Classmate – 2 minute Speech 1. What are your “vital statistics:” name, height, age, … 2. What sports do you like? Or hobbies? What do you do in your free time? 3. If you had money to help anyone or any group of people in the world, who would you help and how would you help them? 4. How long have you lived in Wilmington? Where else have you lived? 5. What person do you most admire and why? 6. What is your favorite school subject? Why? 7. What is more important, love or money? Why do you think so?

8. What do you think you’ll be doing when you’re thirty years old? 9. What is the best thing that has ever happened to your family? 10. If you weren’t here at school today, where would you be and why? 11. If you were an animal, which would you be and why? 12. (your question)   13. (your question)

Prepare Your Speech Look at the Introduction Tips slide again and determine how you will open your speech about your classmate. You have 2 minutes… GO!