1. Today is Monday, October 5 th. No warm-up today! Let’s finish looking over our feedback from last week! Make sure you have your notebook open to your notes section!

2. What were some common issues? What advice did you like best?

3. Today is Tuesday, October 6 th. Warm-up: 1. How would you explain what feedback is? 2. How do we make feedback useful for the recipient? 3. What do you think appropriate feedback should sound like/look like? 4. Why is it important to give someone useful and appropriate feedback? Get your notes out for presentation skills (voice)!

4. How should your voice sound during a presentation? Why?

5. Introductions  Opening  Hook (What’s in it for me?)  Transition to point one Types of Speech openings/closings  Thought provoking question  Surprising fact or statement  Use a quote  Tell a relevant joke or story

6. Today is Wednesday, October 7 th. Warm-up: 1. In writing, what is a transition? 2. What is a signal word (what does it do)? 3. How is a signal word different than a transition? 4. Is the following sentence academic or personal: “We should avoid eating too much candy because a lot of sugar in your diet can make you sick or can make you gain weight.” 3 rd period—let’s finish our notes on starting and ending a speech (we left off at “hook”)!

7. Explaining details After you make a claim, you need to support it! They are different colors… So… What colors are they??? Topic sentences how to write them how to make topics clear Sentence structure Using signal words correctly (not transition words) Paragraph structure Keep paragraphs academic not personal

8. Today is Thursday, October 8 th. Warm-up: 1. What is a noun? 2. Give an example of one! 3. What is a verb? 4. Give an example of one! Let’s talk about sentences!

9. What is this thing? What’s included?

10. How are the two people similar? How are they different?

11. How are the two items similar? How are they different?

12. How are the two creatures similar? How are they different?

13. How are the two dudes similar? How are they different?