EF6WI567 Class 35

 

Today’s agenda

·      Attendance

·      Presentations- first group

·      Begin essay work

·      Quiz 6-adjective clauses (last 25m of class)

 

Wednesday

·      Presentations- second group

·      Continue essay work

 

Thursday

·      Presentations- third group

·      Return Quiz5

Go over

Talk about replacement quiz and/or test

·      Continue essay work

 

NEXT WEEK- final week

-essay to pass in

-opportunity to write optional replacement quiz and/or test

-second spoken mark

 

Friday-January 23^rd, last day

·      One-on-one meetings

·      Final marks and comments (similar to midterm comments)

·      I give the office final marks and comments.

You can get your report card from the office- not sure what day.

 

 

 

Advice on Public Speaking- oral or spoken presentation

 

It’s very normal to feel nervous about talking to a group.

Everybody is scared or at least wary of speaking in public.

 

VOCAB wary of = nervous/worried about   

 

#1 fear of most people is public speaking

 

If you feel nervous, you are in good company.

 

-when faced with an opportunity to do some public speaking

 

-autonomic responses – unconscious, automatic body responses, we somatic- in the body

 

responses that we can’t control

-                      bad dreams the night before

-                      hard to get to sleep the night before

-                      nervousness

-                      heart racing

-                      upset stomach

-                      knot in your stomach

-                      butterflies in your stomach

-                      jittery hands, shaky hands

-                      sweating

-                      clammy hands

-                      voice cracks

-                      have to go to the bathroom

-                      red face, blush, flush

-                      mind goes blank

-                      feel faint, dizzy, light-headed

-                      crying

-                      laughing

-                      pacing, moving a lot

 

 

These are normal and predicable responses.

Most of us are all in the same boat here. We are in the same shoes.

IDIOM in good company, in the same boat, in the same shoes- we all share the same experience

 

REMEMBER: We’re all on your side. Everybody wants you to do well.

 

Try to relax, if possible.

 

We are interested in what you have to say.

 

If you mess up, just take a second. Take a moment. Take a deep breath.

We’ll wait.

Then keep going.

 

No need to apologize. Don’t apologize.

 

 

Four Tips/Pieces of Advice I Gave My Children for Public Speaking

 

1. Deaf grandmother- speak up, speak a bit louder than usual, slow your rate of speech down a bit, slower than usual

2. Good dog!- energetic tone, energy in your voice, animated, avoid monotone

3. Magic eye – eye contact, right between the eyes

4. Wavy hands- hand gestures, be careful of pacing

 

It gets easier with practice.

If you see a presenter that you like, copy some aspects of their style.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quiz 5

Write a sentence with an adjective clause for each.

Pass in by 2:15.

1.    library         issue

2.    service        city

3.    party           story

4.    office          job

5.    daycare      area

6.    weather     change