1. Welcome to Speech Mrs. Katie Dennert

2. Attendance

3. Classes I teach…  Speech(2 nd Hour)  HOD (1 st Hour) Contact me before school or via e-mail.

4. Teaching Career…  5 th year at ML  San Francisco, California  West Portal Lutheran  HCLMS  Language Arts  Drama

6. About Speaking  Some people work hard  Alicia B.  Amanda W.  Some people are naturals  Kyle Naber  Dan Quigley  Dakota  Some people struggle  Whichever you are, you will leave this class feeling more confident about public speaking!  And you WILL IMPROVE! (The best part of my job!!)

7. Class Basics  Homework Load  Speeches-about 10 this semester  Some speeches need a lot of work outside of class  2-3 assignments per week.  No backpacks  Breakfast—yes!  Gum—not during your speeches  MLD’s  In between classes only- gone by the bell

8. Classroom  Agenda/Homew ork  Missing Assignments  Kleenex/3-hole punch  Turning in Assignments  Restroom-only in emergency  Respect  Me  Others  Property

9. Homework & Websites  Find it on martinlutherhs.org  Subscribe to get it e-mailed to you!  Daily activities are also listed  Mrsdennert.com  Past Speeches  Blog Assignments  **Speeches will be video taped 3-5 times per person during the semester

10. Supplies Needed  Binder  Pens  Paper  Highlighters  No text book for speech

11. Assignment… Email me! Due by 7:59 a.m. Thursday. 1. Find the Mrs. Dennert fact on martinlutherhs.org 2. Find the Key Word on mrsdennert.com 3. Tell me something interesting about yourself. (Or something I should know about you.) 4. Use your preferred e-mail address

12.  Realized the importance of my job… Michael Gough  VP at Adobe  Speech DREAM BIG!!!

13. Pet Peeves  Late Work  Procrastination  Excuses  Printer Issues (11 th hour)  Negative attitudes  Taking the last piece of pie without asking  “But it worked last night…”  Plagiarism  Excuses  Unneeded Absences  Cleaning up breakfast items  Grammar Errors

14. What about you? 1. Name (first/last/preferred name to be called) 2. Speaking experience 3. Thoughts about speech 4. Something interesting about you  Summer?  Hobby?  Favorite Custard Flavor at Kopps?  ETC……

15. Syllabus