English 12B: Today we focused on attributes of an effective presenter. See the list compiled on the previous post.
CNF: How do you spell "dramatic," "emotional," and "compelling"? S-P-E-L-L-B-O-U-N-D!
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Elements of an Effective Presentation (as defined by periods 1, 3, and 5):
1. Use objects.
2. Speak clearly, loudly, and slowly.
3. Interact with the audience.
4. Use humor.
5. Use statistics.
6. Make eye contact with the audience.
7. Use pictures or other visuals.
8. Quote experts.
9. Tell stories.
10. Use gestures, smile, and move.
11. Be concise.
2. Speak clearly, loudly, and slowly.
3. Interact with the audience.
4. Use humor.
5. Use statistics.
6. Make eye contact with the audience.
7. Use pictures or other visuals.
8. Quote experts.
9. Tell stories.
10. Use gestures, smile, and move.
11. Be concise.
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Tuesday, May 8
English 12B: Today, in addition to the usual, we focused further on your projects. The rest of this week will be spent on the presentation component and the website.
CNF: Today we finished Hoop Dreams and had a discussion about it.
CNF: Today we finished Hoop Dreams and had a discussion about it.
Monday, May 7, 2018
Monday, May 7
English 12B: Today we talked about the way you are going to bind up, publish, and present your work in its final form (see page four of your Capstone packet for more details). We also did more work on The Hero Catch Phrase Project and read from The Elements of Style.
CNF: Today we were all heart-broken while watching Hoop Dreams when William missed that potential game-winner in the state tournament, but Arthur and the Commandos didn't let us down, finishing third in the state. In the words of Arthur's mom, they're "Still Number One!" We'll finish the film tomorrow.
CNF: Today we were all heart-broken while watching Hoop Dreams when William missed that potential game-winner in the state tournament, but Arthur and the Commandos didn't let us down, finishing third in the state. In the words of Arthur's mom, they're "Still Number One!" We'll finish the film tomorrow.
Friday, May 4, 2018
May the Fourth (Be With You)
A long time ago, in a classroom far, far away...
Episode XC (that's day 40, FYI)
A NEW FRIDAY
It is a period of writing. Striking from hidden Chrome Books, students of English 12B, won their first victory against the evil GALACTIC CAPSTONE PROJECT (or at least some of you are close to finishing your research paper).
During the class, a small band of rebel writers read Style Rule 5 in The Elements of Style and drew inspiration from another entry in Mr. Baird's ultimate activity, the HERO CATCH PHRASE PROJECT.
Pursued by the CAPSTONE'S sinister deadline, the students raced home after discussing the various artistic and statistical responses available to them in their final Genre Response as they hoped to graduate and restore freedom to the galaxy...
And in CNF we continued to watch Hoop Dreams in conjunction with Chapter 3 of Freakonomics.
Episode XC (that's day 40, FYI)
A NEW FRIDAY
It is a period of writing. Striking from hidden Chrome Books, students of English 12B, won their first victory against the evil GALACTIC CAPSTONE PROJECT (or at least some of you are close to finishing your research paper).
During the class, a small band of rebel writers read Style Rule 5 in The Elements of Style and drew inspiration from another entry in Mr. Baird's ultimate activity, the HERO CATCH PHRASE PROJECT.
Pursued by the CAPSTONE'S sinister deadline, the students raced home after discussing the various artistic and statistical responses available to them in their final Genre Response as they hoped to graduate and restore freedom to the galaxy...
And in CNF we continued to watch Hoop Dreams in conjunction with Chapter 3 of Freakonomics.
Thursday, May 3, 2018
Thursday, May 3
English 12B: Today we did Day 39 of your packet for The Elements of Style, discussed some free verse poems and their elements, and worked further on your project. It is due in 18 days...
CNF: Today we continued to study the idea of "winning the tournament" by watching Hoop Dreams.
CNF: Today we continued to study the idea of "winning the tournament" by watching Hoop Dreams.
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Tuesday, May 1
English 12B: Today we focused on Day 37 of your packet for The Elements of Style. We also read Chapter 9 of They Say I Say which can be found here: https://www.iss.k12.nc.us/cms/lib/NC01000579/Centricity/Domain/2741/They%20Say%20I%20Say%20Full%20Text.pdf (starting on page 149 of the PDF). We then took the advice contained therein and worked on our research paper.
CNF: Today we finished watching So Much So Fast as we concluded our study of information asymmetry and began discussing the notion of "winning the tournament," the topic of study in Freakonomics.
CNF: Today we finished watching So Much So Fast as we concluded our study of information asymmetry and began discussing the notion of "winning the tournament," the topic of study in Freakonomics.
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