LAST SPEECH:Wow!!!

For next Friday, we voted to have the fictional scenario be: A CRC speech class reunion held 20 years into the future, all members of our class have gone on to be rich, famous and wildly successful, we attend a dinner to celebrate our success and the many doors that have been opened to us simply by passing the Public Speaking class (!) So, read the "After Dinner Speech" in the special occasion speech chapter of your textbook (just a page or two, no problem) and then plan, without an outline or any formal structure, a 3-4 minute speech, using some humor or witty, interesting remarks, w/a begining, middle and end, rather than intro, body and conclusion. (You may want to end the speech with a toast, also covered in this chapter). So joinus next week, raise your glasses and toast all of our wealthand success in 2037! It has been so nice getting to know you all this semester, I have really enjoyed being your teacher! Please post anyquestions or comments about this last speech below and that will count for this weeks blog points. Thanks--Sandra The Blogging Sensation

Triangles and Circles

So...you are all persuasive masters now, right? Moving on to the After Dinner Speeches, it is good to have a quirky bit of schtick up your sleeve for relaxing people, getting a laugh and being interesting and thought provoking when called upon unexpectedly to "say a few words." One such occassion might be the after dinner environment, where toast might be made over a drink or two to celebrate a good year for the company you work for or you might be asked to introduce your friend, a generous donator, at a charity dinner...get the picture? No more than 4 minutes long, the after dinner speech should loosely be strung together based on our outline, w/ an intro, body and conclusion, but it should sound very conversational and always be from memory, never read. It should be prepared beforehand, yet appear to be spontaneous. If I were speaking after a dinner with other teachers celebrating the end of the semester... for instance, it might be interesting for me to get up and say something like: I'd like to thank the circles and triangles in the house tonight. Circles and triangles, hadn't you heard? That's what we are now, a bunch of geometric patterns from math class hanging out together...when did females become cirlces and guys become triangles anyways? That's the state's answer to resolving the gender bias of the womens' restroom door being demarcated by a figure in a dress! Crazy huh? And when did we vote on the shapes, cuz I missed that day...I wanted to be a rectangle, not a circle! Is the circle symblolic of a body part or something? If no, what is the triangle supposed to be symbolic of, an elbow? That doesn't help me choose the right door when I gotta pee! Funny thing is, they have been training us with these shapes and we didn't even notice, the figure in the dress for the womens' bath is now mounted on a circular background for state building bathroom and same with the guy in pants, he's mounted on a triangle shape up on the mens' restroom door in state buildings. Eventually they will remove the figures in either the pants or the dress and we will respond to the shapes...so --don't be a "square" choose the right shape and let me know what this all means to a geometry teacher! (laughter, glasses clinking to the sound of "cheers" etc)...See? It is just a light-hearted way to get some conversation going after dinner in a way that show you know who your audience is and that they will laugh, gasp, etc appropriately. So tell me below, if you have any questions about the assignment and also--what you think about being circles and triangles????? Visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shape for some witty inspiration gang! See ya blog-side!

Funny fake citations and Good Times!

Okay You Funy People--Time to warm up your humor (PC humor please!) And get ready for the After Dinner Speech with a bit of silliness and a quick citation review! Make up a funny fake citation, the more outlandish the better, but use correct form to get your giggles! I'll go first: According to Dr. Bullymean, "Pudgy babies must get their butts on the treadmill, even if they have to crawl" (par 3, htttp://www.medhead.com).