Week Four

GATHERING ACTIVITY:

Conductor’s Game—loud, soft, musically, choppy, falsetto, bass,

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Overview last two weeks.    What do your notes look like? 

What were your TAKE HOMES?

#1   Rhetoric   Use it to craft arguments and answer questions

#2  How strong are your pitons—proofs.

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LECTURE

    #3   Do you have a vision?   Start with the End in Mind

Lecture:  Vision.

Philosophical questions? 

Who are you?  Why are you here?   

What’s in your backpack” talk by Bytheway. 

PRACTICE:

Impromptu Speaking:  Hero speeches

ANNOUNCEMENTS

SPEED SPEECHES at 1^st Semester Culminating Activity in January. 

HOMEWORK PAGE:   Vocabulary page               

Week 4 Impromptu Speaking

Impromptu Hero Speech

5 minutes long

Someone who inspires you.  Must be a real person.  Alive or dead

Pick

Answer who what where when how

Great ending

Example:

Temple Grandin

She is a woman who reformed slaughter techniques in America to the cattle's benefit.

She was born around 1950 and she had autism before it was diagnosed.    Her mother did not let her give in.  "Door slammed in your face, find a way to open it and walk through."  Mom persisted in teaching her and having high expectations.

Inspiring High School Teacher honed science interest.

College Years - hug machine.  Roommate abuse challenge,

Doctorate challenges,  Learn to fit in with mud on truck.

End with Strong visual of Autism conference.  Walk through the door.