Final Reflection- Speech Class

Respond to this prompt fully in complete sentences explaining yourself fully.

From the Bag Speech to the Persuasive Speech, what skills do you think you most improved on in the public speaking process? How? What skills do you think you could've improved on even more? Why? Of the units we did, what was the most interesting/useful to you? Why? Of the units we did, what one did you find the least useful or interesting? Why? How could it be improved? Are there concepts/skills related to communication that you wish we would've covered? If so, which ones and why? In regards to the instructional strategies used by the teacher, which ones worked for you? Which ones didn't work? Why? If you have any other comments or suggestions, feel free to share them.

Advertisement Analysis- Due December 4th

Pick an advertisement from a magazine.

1. What is the name of the magazine and the date of publication?

2. What is the product being sold? What is the company?

3. Who do you think the target audience is? Why?

4. Which of Maslow's needs is this advertisement trying to appeal to?

5. Of Aristotle's four rhetorical proofs, which does this advertisement try to incorporate? How?


6. What other persuasive techniques that we discussed does this advertisement incorporate?


7. Overall, do you think this advertisement is effective in getting their target audience to buy their product?


8. If you were an advertiser, what kind of advertisement would you design to persuade people to buy the product? Explain in detail.

Informative Reflection Blog- Due Monday

1. After giving your speech, what are three areas in your speech you think you excelled at? Why?

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2. After giving your speech, what are at least two areas you thought you could've improved on? Why?

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3. What did you learn overall about the public speaking process giving this speech?

Leadership Blog

What are qualities that make a good leader? Why are these important qualities for a leader to have? Do you think good leaders are born or is leadership a skill that can be developed? Why or why not? Give an example in the school, community, state, nation, or world that you consider to be an effective leader? Why do you consider them to be an effective leader?

1st Quarter Review Paragraph

Speech Class:

Since we're one quarter done with this semester class, I want you write a solid paragraph(topic sentence, at five supporting sentences, wrap up sentence) documenting what concepts and skills you've learned and developed over this semester.  Since I know you've talked about in English class and since Speech is a language arts class, I want you to write compound and complex sentences with correction punctation, capitalization, and spelling i.e. no IM slang.

Demonstration Speech Self-Reflection Blog

1. What was the easiest part of this speech for you?  Why?

2. What was the most difficult part of this speech for you?

3. Do you think you did an effectively physically and verbally demonstration the skill to your audience? Why or Why?

4. After watching the video, what is one area you excelled at?  What's one area you can improve?

5.  So far in the class, what's one skill/concept that you think you've really understood/mastered/or improved on?  What's one concept/skill you really don't understand or haven't mastered yet?

Interpersonal Communication Blog

Take the following survey:

http://www.psychtests.com/tests/relationships/communication_skills_r_access.html

Click on non-members. There are 34 questions dealing with your interpersonal communication skills. If you want the complete results, you have to pay for it; however, I want you to reflect on your answer in the blog.

1. What was your overall score(1-100)?

2. What are your interpersonal communication strengths looking at your answers to the survey? Why do you think you excel at those?

3. What are your interpersonal communication weaknesses looking at your answers to the survey? Why do you think you excel at those?


4. Why are interpersonal communication skills important in school? why are important with friends/family relationships? why are they important in the business world?

Partner Biography Speech Self-Reflection

Write in complete sentences; Capitalize "I" when referring to yourself; Capitalize the beginning of sentences. Don't you slang such as "cuz", "w/" "w/o".


1. What part of this speech assignment did you find the easiest or like the most? Why?

2. What part of this speech assignment did you find the hardest or like the least? Why?

3. How would've your speech changed if I just had you JUST state facts, or just stories, or just quotations from your partner? Why?

4. What are the overall strengths of this speech?

5. What are you goals for next time?

Listening Blog

Answering the following questions:

1. How do you rate yourself as a listener?

2.Of the four types of listening(informational, critical, creative, empathic), which do you think you do the best at? Which do you think you do the worst at? Why?

3. What's an example when effective listening has helped you at school, home, with friends, or work?

4. What are two techniques that we discussed that you think could help you improve your listening behavior?

Communication and Me Speech Self-Reflection

After watching the video of you "Communication and Me" Speech, answer these questions;

1. In what areas do you think you improved(content, organization and/or delivery) since the last speech(Bag Speech)?


2. Do you think you achieved the two performance goals for this speech(eye contact and well worded transitions)? Why or why not?


3. What skill do you think you really excelled at with this speech?


4. What's your goal for your next speech?

Bag Speech Self-Reflection

Answer the following questions as a comment:

1. After watching yourself, what would you say were the overall strengths of your speech as far as organization, ideas, and delivery?

2.  After watching yourself, what would you say were areas that you could've done better?

3.  What are two goals you have for yourself for the next speech?

Who You Are Blog

The person we are today develops over our life time.  How we think, act, view ourselves and others is shaped by many factors.

Think about the type of person you are today;  

1. What people and/or events have influenced the way you see yourself?

2. How have these people and/or events influenced you?

3. Do you think others view you differently than the way you view yourself?

4. Do you act differently in front of others than you do when you're alone?  Why or why not?

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