Response to Lashaunda Rundles

After watching Ms. Lashaunda Rundles' speech at the 2008 Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking, use your notes to complete a response that answers these questions:

- What was Ms. Rundles talking about? What was the most important CONTENT of her speech?

- How did Ms. Rundles use FORM to deliver her message? What did she do with her voice, body, actions, or the surroundings to supplement her speech?

- How did Ms. Rundles try to get the audience on her side? Did she get you on her side by the end of the speech?

This is our actual handout from class if you need another copy - but you can type or hand write your answers in Drive (share with me) or on another piece of paper if you'd like.

Use this link to see Mr. Staysniak's notes and response if you need ideas on how to compose your own response.

Article of the Week #9 & #10

This is a link to Article of the Week #9 - B Day only.

This is a link to the Article of the Week #10 assignment and the article is here  - A Day only.

Content & Form - Beginning Unit IV

In our final unit of the year we will look at ways in which content and form are interrelated in public speaking.

This is a copy of the text we are using to analyze the two versions of Romeo & Juliet.

For your homework after today's class, you are expected to write a response in which you argue for the version of Romeo and Juliet that made the most effective use of the elements of form.

This is my response as well as some tips on how to approach this response. Read both for an idea of how you might compose your own response.

Unit III Final Paper - Revising and Editing

Almost done!

The last step in writing your paper before I read it using the district rubric for assessment is to revise and edit what you have written. 

This is the revision and editing checklist you must use to receive the final 5 points for your final paper grade. 

If you are going to do the revision and editing checklist at home, please make a copy of the document in your Google Drive and share the checklist with me once you have reviewed it so I know you are ready for your paper to be assessed. 

Please email me (sstaysniak@gmail.com) with any questions. 

Unit III Final Paper - Day 3: Conclusion

You are getting closer!

Today, work on answering the three questions in your paper outline about the conclusion. The more you write in your outline, the easier it will be to turn the outline into a paragraph.

Here is my final paper with all three sections outlined and drafted.

This is another copy of the guide for today. 

Click here to see your homework for tonight. 

If you need it, here is the list of criteria for a courageous act.

By our next class meeting, you must have your paper completely drafted. We will use class time next week to revise and edit your papers.

If you have problems or questions, don't hesitate to email me at sstaysniak@gmail.com.

The Body of Your Argument - Work Day #2

Focus today on completing the outline of the body of your argument.

This is an example of what my outline and drafted argument body looks like. 

Click here for another copy of today's guide. 

Here is the homework assignment for tonight. 

Problems? Questions? Email me at sstaysniak@gmail.com

I am able to help with this assignment any day during lunch or after school on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.

Mr. Staysniak

Article of the Week 7 - Background Information

Use the resources available to you (Google, twitter, personal knowledge, dictionary.com) to find out what you can about any items on this list.

Post your response as a comment.

In your comment, make sure you:

1. Paste the item to which you are responding.

2. Reply with a brief (less than 50 words) summary of what information you were able to find and the link or links you used in your search.


ITEM #1
Who is this?
What does he have to do with the CT minimum wage hike?
What are his plans for the future?


ITEM #2
- What is the current minimum wage in CT?
- Who are the majority of minimum wage earners in CT?
- What kind of jobs offer minimum wage pay?
- If you earn minimum wage, how much can you expect to pay in taxes? In other words, how can you calculate your NET PAY?

ITEM #3
- Where in CT is there a restaurant called "Cafe Beauregard"?
- Why was this restaurant in the news recently?

ITEM #4
- Where else in the country is there a fight over minimum wage?
- What cites or states have minimum wage proposals over $10.10?
- Where is there opposition to raising the minimum wage?

ITEM #5
- What does it mean to "pass legislation"?
- What is a "party line" in politics?
- What does an "advocacy group" do?
- What does the word "momentum" mean?
- What is the poverty line?
- What does it mean to say someone has a "schizophrenic attitude" on a certain issue?