Week 7-10

COM 115
Week 7 – Conference over Declamations; quiz over chapter 4 & 14; choose topics for Informative Speeches; email Borg topics by the end of the day Friday; watch sample speeches

Week 8 – Conduct research; compose annotated bibliography for homework points; outlines due Sunday before speeches; work on slides & rehearse

Week 9 – Deliver Informative speeches (all speeches must have a slide deck, but additional visual aids are allowed); reflections due Sunday 03/10 (if you want to avoid work over spring break, submit the Friday before).

ENG 102

Week 7 – Pause for scholarships and wait for remaining Mock Essays to come in late; review citation formats; decide on MLA vs. APA format; realize we have no time for large presentations after Spring Break due to SAT / Eclipse / Senior Day of Giving / schedule insanity & revise downward on those; email Borg topics for Self Directed Research by Sunday at noon.

Weeks 8- Conduct research; annotated bibs are optional, but work on citation generation as you go; draft & conference

Week 9 – Meta-Reflections due for midterm grade (75 points); hard deadline = due by 3:00 pm on Friday 03/08. No late entries accepted

WEEK 10: SPRING BREAK!!

Weeks 5-6 02/05-02/16

COM 115:

Find, cut, and analyze a declamation speech. Analysis and clean scripts are due in D2L by Sunday 02/11 at noon.

We will deliver declamations in the reverse order of introductory speeches. Pay attention to where you prefer to speak and if certain locations within the order increase / decrease your speaking anxiety. Reflection 2 will be due Sunday 02/18.

Start reading chapters 4 & 14 for Informative Speeches, coming up next. These will be delivered right before Spring Break.

ENG 102:

Students worked in dyads to create an outline for a practice Mock Essay over “Why We Should Have Recess in High School.” We reviewed all outlines as a class. Some were so good, students decided to continue the Mock Essay project with that outline & citations: Mock Essay Outline Template.

Mock Essays are due Sunday 02/18 by noon in D2L.

Stay on top of MetaReflections: midterms are due Friday 03/08 prior to Spring Break.