Wednesday, September 11, 2013

News Article Reaction Speech


Please reflect on your news article speech by writing one well-written and thought-out paragraph. Use complete sentences and correct grammar. Upper classmen should be writing paragraphs with compound and complex sentences that are a minimum of six sentences long. Things to consider (you do not need to include all of them)

  • eye contact
  • nervousness
  • audience feedback
  • preparation (enough? not enough? What will you change for next time?)
  • voice (rate, variation)
  • gestures (How did they go? How did you feel?)
  • poise
  • confidence level
  • introduction and conclusion
  • organization
  • facial expressions



What went well? What do you need to work on? Be as specific as possible! 

If you were recorded, please watch your YouTube video and use that in your reflection as well.

In addition, leave feedback for at least two students. Feedback should be specific and original. Please leave feedback under that student's reflection if possible.

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  2. YouTube video links for September 12-News Article Speeches
    Dakota

    James

    Nick

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    2. Try these links: Grace-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlSMw00KprU

      Jon- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBjPkFeGBsc

      Melonie-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPMeH0aY0rs

      Michael-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyQD2IuJ98Q

      Jannik-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7lsk2DQ0po

      Gaby-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzwQvU9uUSQ

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  3. I felt my speech went pretty well. I was more comfortable about it than I was with my intro speech but I was still pretty nervous! I feel like my eye contact was better this time around. My gestures seemed to flow well where I had them placed so that they didn't look unnatural. I practiced more this time around but I don't think that I conveyed my speech how I had practiced it well.

    I really enjoyed listening to Jon's speech because he included his personal opinion into it really well and made it so that it didn't sound like a speech reflecting a news article but he still managed to keep those keys parts in there. The only down side was he tended to repeat himself.

    Grace's speech was also really good. Like Jon's, she added in something personal at the beginning. She was able to show how the people in this article feel by telling her story in the beginning.

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    1. Alison did a better job this time with eye contact and being less nervous. The only thing to work on is having more emotion in her tone of voice, not saying she's being monotone, but it changes a speech up a bit more.

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    2. I thought you did a great job Allison! You were the first one to go and showed us what you had. You seemed a little nervous at first but after a minute or so got the hang of it. I liked you gestures also. I could defiantly tell you practiced more.

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    3. Alison you did very good for being the first one to go you seemed less nervous than before and less nervous than I was. The speech overall was good and I enjoyed the topic you did, your eye contact was good and your gestures were way better than your first speech.

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  4. Personally, I felt a lot more comfortable with this speech. I didn't feel as much pressure as I did with my introduction speech, this speech just felt more natural for some reason. I had a comment from someone that I sounded like I was going to cry, I probably did, however sometimes I just sound like that. That is probably one thing I will have to work on as the semester goes on. I practiced twice just by talking to myslef and another time to my parents. Also, another feedback was that I used more hand gestures than what I wrote into my outline, I think I use enough gestures, I just don't want to over use gestures and have it seem unnatural. I was very happy with my introduction and my ending, I wanted people to think about it.

    I really enjoyed Grace's speech. It makes it more enjoyable when she talks about her personal life, I think the audience connects more easily. The only thing I believe she could use a little more work on is talking a little bit slower.

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    1. I think Lauren did a awesome job if she didn't tell me not to go to sleep i would have went to sleep when she said "close your eyes and think". Her speech inspired me to do mine she did such an awesome job i went home and practiced my speech a thousand times but Lauren did good.

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    2. Lauren, I think you did an awesome job on your speech. I liked how you were able to land a article that you could actually be passionate about. This wasn't a persuasive speech assignment but you were really able to put a lot of emotion and feeling into what you were talking about when sharing your own opinion. Your speech sounded very scripted but you weren't just reading it off the page, you had very good eye contact and it seemed like you had it all memorized. It was very smooth.

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    3. I think Lauren did a great job. I liked how she asked us all to close our eyes and imagine. I liked how we formed our own picture of what was happening, because then for me at least I feel like I can follow along lot better.I also like how she asked us to give to charities, that we could help people in disasters like this. over all she did a great job

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    4. Overall Lauren did a good job. She maintained good posture and kept a steady rate. Her volume varied when necessary and it seemed natural. Her voice quivered a little, so it seemed like she was nervous. Obviously she should use less filler words. In general it was a good speech.

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  5. I think I did a good job with my speech i could've had more eye contact and a longer speech but overall i did a good job but i want to better my self as a speaker and get rid of being nervous because i was very nerous today that's why i could'nt get some words out.I think this was my best speech yet and it is more great speeches to come!!

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    1. Don i thought you did a good job. You seemed a little nervous up there, and you seemed to jump around alot. I think just organizing your thoughts is your biggest flaw. But I think you did a good job of good eye contact and if you just calmed down up there you could be a natural speaker. Just picture everybody in their underwear

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  6. I think that this speech was the better of the two I have given. I worked on a couple of the ticks I had, such as sniffing too much or swaying. I improved on both of these. Towards the end of my speech my conclusion was somewhat boring. My eye contact was better, over all the room this time instead of one section. Next time I will work to improve my speech abilities even more

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    1. Connor, you definitely fixed your sniffling tick. I heard Mrs. Dennert say to you that "you don't sound like yourself" up there, and I was thinking the exact same thing. You are a lot more serious when giving a speech, but that change in pace can be a good thing. You seemed well prepared and like you had practiced a few times. Good job.

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    2. I really thought Connor did a great job he seemed nervous at first but he got the job done his speech was outstanding he said a couple jokes to break the ice but he did an awesome job

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  8. In all honesty, my speech wasn't good. The main reason for that was instead of me being focused on giving the audience a good speech, my eyes were busy looking at the camera recording my every move. I kept tangling my words and looking down at my sheet. If I wasn't recorded, I would of done a better job of my speech.

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    1. I felt that your speech was still very good Melonie! I liked how you used a prop to help tie your whole speech together.

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    2. I know you don't like public speaking, but if you wouldn't have said you didn't like it, I would have never been able to tell. You seem so natural up there and I'm jealous. I would have never of thought to bring a prop and use it with my speech, but I liked how you tied that in. Overall, Good job Melonie!

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  9. I feel a slight improvement between my first and second speeches. It helped not having a PowerPoint because most of my focus and attention was towards that instead of the audience for my first speech. As I watched the YouTube video (after cringing at how my voice sounded to me)I realized truly how fast I was talking at the beginning. In the middle of my speech I thought about it and slowed down a bit. I also realized a factual error: I kept saying "Aurora in Brookfield" but it was actually Azana Spa that was in Brookfield. I attribute that mistake to bit of nerves and a similarity in the two names. I am definitely happy with my hand gestures. I think I'm better off not scripting them because I had plenty more that I saw on the video that were unscripted and less awkward than my scripted ones. I had a strong intro and conclusion with a good outline for how I wanted to give my speech: I could definitely benefit from a bit more practicing though. I feel confident in my posture behind the podium but I tend to focus more downward than I do on the audience. With practice I think I can change those two around.

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    1. Nick, I agree your hand gestures were very good! They seem to come very naturally to you. I honestly didn't even realise that you mixed up the two names. It did seem like you were rushing yourself to get done, though. Your speech was very powerful and I agreed with mist of your arguments. Keep up the hand gestures, your a natural!!

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  10. I still don't like talking in front of people, but I'm getting more comfortable. I tried to limit the amount of times I said umm or like, but couldn't get all of them out of my speech. I don't believe I talked as fast in this speech as I did with the introduction speech, but I'm again still working on it. I also need to work on my mumbling, I have been told I slur some of my words together. But all in all I thought this speech was a lot better then my first. The more speech we do and watch make us better.

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    1. I thought your speech was very good Hayley. I liked how you seemed to be moved by the story you chose. I liked how you went through what the guy was feeling in the story, how he looked at his watch and remembered the time. I liked how you gave us that back round story. Not just this was this guy who got blown up, but you made us feel connected, like it could have been someone we knew. I believe you did a great job over all.

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  11. I think this was the worse of my two speeches. I got up there and i felt like i didnt really connect with the crowd, which is kind of important. Eye contact was a little shaky, I felt like i was reading off the computer alot. Overall it wasnt horrible but i've had my better days

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    1. You seemed much more prepared for this speech and I think you executed it much better than your previous one, although I liked your introduction speech as well. I would agree that you didn't have a lot of eye contact but you spoke very strongly on the topic.

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    2. Angel, You have to remember that not everyone is going to connect with you right away. But your speech was just fine. Your ideas were right on, and your explanations backed up your well thought of main points.

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    3. You did a decent job. You lack in preparation but you make up for it with your appearance of comfort while presenting. You should focus on practicing your sppech more. Even though it wasn't all that serious, using the language you did at the end really attracted attention and it appeared as though you were passionate about this subject. It was good, just practice more.

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  12. I felt as though my speech went quite well. I thought that I had pretty good eye contact and I think I used all the gestures I planned on using. I spoke loud and slow enough for people to understand. I was just as nervous this time going up but in the end this speech went better than the first one. That's probably because a fish is much more interesting than my life. The biggest issue I had was just reading the notes for the intro.I butchered several words and I read a few sentences out of order, but I'll blame that on the font size. Other than that it seemed to go great.

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    1. I enjoyed Jon's speech. I am not terribly well educated on the topic, but Jon seemed to know what he was talking about and he spoke confidently. He showed that he feels very strongly about the topic of artificial marijuana. He looked very natural, he had good eye contact, and he didn't appear to be nervous at all.

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    2. I enjoyed your speech, Luke. You seemed more passionate about this topic then many other people would have, and you used good gestures.

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    3. I thought the details of the speech were great, but that you sort of mixed a more serious reaction (the environment thing) and a funny one (the "importance" of the fish). In such a short speech, it might have been better to just roll with the funny reaction and expand upon that.

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    4. I think you thought you were more nervous than you were. I liked how much of a big deal you made a state record fish beaning caught. You really actually made me want to go fishing. You were also comical and it paid off, I laughed along with you. over all it was a good speech.

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  13. I felt like my speech went okay this time, though I was very preoccupied with keeping track of the time. I was happy with how my speech turned out, but I think I could've worked harder on my transitions because they were a little rough. I also think that in the future I should use my outline less, and work on memorizing the most important parts of my speech. As the second speech of the year I'm happy that it went the way it did.

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    1. I felt like your speech was not okay, it was actually good. I really felt bad about your friend that always worried about her dad's occupation. That must be really nerve-wracking. As well as how you continued to do your speech even though you were sick.

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    2. It seemed like you put a lot of time into writing your speech and that came off in how good the ideas and transitions were. The only thing that hurt you, I think, was the delivery. You seemed sort of monotone, which could come from overwriting or focusing too much on the outline rather than being dynamic with parts of the speech.

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  14. I feel my speech went ok and was well paced. When I watched my speech on youtube after watching it I thought I seemed a bit nevous. In all I thought I did a good job on covering all the main points in my article.

    I enjoed listening to Lukes speech because he seemed very relaxed, was clear and spoke at a nice pace.

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    1. I really liked that during your speech you walked around the class again. it brings a new dynamic to your speech!

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  15. I thought i did better then last time. I was still very nervous, but I felt that i was more prepared this time. I feel like i was going to fast for some people, one moment i have someone kinda looking like they get it. The next someone is looking like I was speaking french or something. So I feel like I need to slow down on my speaking. But over all I think I did better on this one than the last one

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    1. Grace! I think you did a great job! Keep working and practicing, and you will become a great speaker! I love how you are so confident when speaking even though you may be a little nervous. At times I felt like you were going a little fast, but it wasn't to the point where I couldn't understand you which is good. I liked how you shared your own personal story which I think made a lot more people tune in and listen to what you had to say. Good job! Keep working hard!

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  16. Overall, I'd say that my speech went pretty well. I did a little better than last time - probably just because I was more comfortable speaking. Practicing might have helped a little, but I'd probably only practice once or twice. This is because I think I'll do better with the main ideas and details defined while other aspects are on the fly. I think this helps me to be more dynamic and connect with the audience more while not sounding monotone or like I'm reading a script. I'd like to pay more attention to my rate in the future and ensure that I'm not going too fast.

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    1. Travis I thought you did a great job. You seem so relaxed up there and I know you lack practice, but when you speak it seems like you practiced multiple times. Kudos to you. You made very good eye contact and you did a good job of drawing me into your speech. Overall I think you did a great job

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  17. I would say this speech was slightly better then my previous one. My reason being that I felt more confident when I was speaking, and it got easier as the speech went along. I felt I was able to do my introduction quite well and make it relate to myself. My pace was decent and I was able to speak fluidly for the most part. Hand gestures were fairly easy and didn't take much thought I thought. I practiced only once which seemed like enough for me. So overall the news speech went pretty good.

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    1. I felt that Luke's speech on fish was good for the amount of material he had on the topic. Luke kept it interesting and was able to speak well. It was not too fast or slow, and was not monotone. Overall a nice well rounded speech.
      Jon's speech was very nice as well. Jon was well informed on his topic and was able to argue his view very well on the topic. Jon did not seem nervous or scared while speaking. If I had to pick someone at random to give a good speech it would be Jon!

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    2. Dakota your speech was a speech that you practiced for which is good. your gestures were good but you held your paper in one hand which you should not do in future speech's and your eye contact was impenetrable so over all your speech was good, so good job

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    3. I felt Dakotas speech was alot better than his first speech. You could tell that he practiced, his delivery felt alot more natural and there wasnt any awkward pauses or anything like that in his news reaction sheet. He seemed more comfortable probably a result of practicing more. well done dakotes.

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  18. my speech could of been more thought out than it was, my eye contact was good and to tell you the truth I don't remember about my gestures. A big problem I had this time was cotton mouth it was very dry so I think next time I will bring some sort of liquid beverage to help with that. oh! and I will practice more so see you next time in the impromptu speech ba-bye

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    1. I thought youre speech was really good. You are really good at keeping the audience interested with youre intense but not over whelming. its a very captivating comfortable way to communicate with the audience. you seemed like you practiced. maybe you seemed a tad nervous, but you also had confidence that overpowered it.

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  19. I really feel like my speech was good overall. I didn't practice my gestures at all. i only practiced going over my outline verbally. Hence why my sections were well transitioned, but i made minimal eye contact and had a lack of gesture. I felt it was well put together for the most part and glad i connected to a few people.

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    1. I honestly did not know about synthetic marijuana, and how much worse it actually is compared to the real stuff. You were very informative and you stated your opinion very clearly.

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    2. Jon i liked your speech. You did alot of research which made your speech very informational and easy to listen to.

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    3. Jon you showed that you put a lot of time researching into your speech. You were also able to give a personal opinion, while not over exaggerating it. You kept it plain and simple.

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  20. I feel like my speech was alright. I tried to stay as independent from my out line as I could. I did feel like I went a little faster than I would have liked, but I think I made good eye contact. I probably could have practiced the conclusion a bit more.

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  21. Overall I think I did pretty well on my speech.I had a pretty weird topic, but I used things that have happened recently to connect it to my topic, which made for some good transitions. Using planned gestures felt kind of awkward to me, I would rather just add them in as I go. I felt kind of nervous before my speech only because I knew I was getting video-taped but since I started off with a question that people actually answered I felt more comfortable. I thought my eye contact was good, and I practiced more then I did for my first speech!

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    1. Gaby, you did a pretty good job on your speech. You used organized thoughts with strong transitions. But maybe just slowing down your pace of speaking would keep the audience 100% into it.

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  22. Think my speech went ok for the lack of info I got in my article. I felt there wasn't really anything I could explain thoroughly cause the article was basically indirectly showing that some people have no common sense. Maybe I should have researched but we weren't supposed. I think my eye contact is slightly getting better but I still need to work on my fast talking sometimes. Also I totally forgot about my gestures so that was pretty stupid of me.

    I thought Jon's speech was very well put together since he knew so many statistics about his topic, that made it very interesting.

    I also thought Drew's speech was good. To be honest he did not strike me as a solid public speaker, but his intro speech and now this speech have been very good. I think its because he has a lot of confidence which helps the audience respond different in a positive way.

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  23. personally i thought that my speech was kind of bad. I did have good eye contact i thought but i felt like i was not well prepared. Throughout my speech i was not very nervous. One of the problems i had was that the audience made me laugh and that slowed me down a little bit. Throughout the speech i thought that i had great voice volume and talking rate. I was very organized and that helped me do my hand motions on que. My introduction was strong but my conclusion could have used some work. Overall i have alot to improve on so my speeches should be getting better and better.

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  24. Overall, my speech went pretty well. I think that i have to get better at organizing my ideas, which is by far my biggest setback, but other than that, my speech was strong in pretty much every other area.

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  25. I didn't like my speech at all and I'm happy with my result at all.
    I didn't know how to use my topic and I had problems to find information about it.
    And even though I had some information at the end there was no background information I could use so I had a very short speech and I didn't feel very confident.
    In general I don't have a problem with speaking in front of an audience.

    There were a lot of speeches I enjoyed very much just because the speakers seemed very confident and used there topics to make some jokes and to be funny.

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