Whitney's Post (her computer wasn't working)

Kellie Did very well kept me interested 

Korie-Very well done like all the addeds. 

April- Very funny job well done 

Chris- Nice speech did a good job 

Zack-Nice job 

Jessica- Very funny still laughing about it job well done

Response to Speech to Entertain.

Overall I thought my speech was pretty good... I guess I'm just very nervous and it probably comes out when I talk, I was very shaky and I think I moved my feet a little when I was talking. I didn't think my speech was terrible though and I got some laughs :) I thought I did a half way decent job!

I think my speech was pretty good, somethings I could do better next time is probably know my speech more, memorize it more, and try not to be so nervous. Any responses let me know! :)

Respond to Speech to Entertain

I think that I did a pretty good job for my first speech. I should have slowed down at the beginning of my story,so that people would be able to understand what I was talking about. Pre-reading with different people was very helpful, So that I found some of my mistakes so then I could fix them.

Kellie: You did a great job, and made people laugh. some advice would be to go a little bit slower at the beginning of your story.

April: your speech was really good, it made people laugh, and you took your time telling your story.

Whitney: you did a good job at making eye contact with people. ONe thing that you may want to practice is reading your speech several times, so that you dont lose your place while your giving your speech. The movie clip was a great idea to use for your props.

Jessica: I think your speech was good. I do think that you should have went into more description and more detail about that night and your lovely date.

Response to Speech to Entertain

Overall I thought my speech went ok, besides the fact that I went way to fast in the beginning. By the end of my speech I felt a lot more comfortable. I wish I would have practiced my speech a little bit more, and next time I will probably take my speech home the night before to read it out loud to someone in my family.
~Kellie

Responses to My Broken Arm by Zach Padgett

Any comments on my speech?

Speeches to Entertain

I thought that every one did a great job, considering that this was the first time getting up in front of a new group of people and speaking.

Korie:  I thought her topic was really funny.  I liked that she asked questions "Have any of you lost a cell phone?  Have any of you dug through the subway trash to find a cell phone."  I think it would have been great if she would have called on Andrew and asked him about his experience digging through the trash.  It would have been a great way to lead into her speech.  I know April must not have enjoyed digging through the trash! :) 

Needs to work on slowing down.  

Whitney:  I thought she had a nice topic because she was writing about a movie and place that really inspired her.  I think that her visual was nice--everyone in the room was paying attention during that time.  And it was great that she introduced her visual.  I think she could work on tone and make sure that she emphasizes important parts in her speech.  

April:  I thought she did a really good job of speaking in a story-telling voice.  She used a lot of gestures throughout her speech which helped keep her audience's attention.  I think she could work on eye-contact a bit more and hold eye-contact for a longer period of time.

Zach: Zach had a great speaking voice.  It was loud and everyone could hear him.  I love the description of his arm breaking and the school nurse.  He got some laughs from this.   Good job.  Eye-contact and gestures need some work.  Overall, the audience was engaged and liked his speech.

Jessica:  I loved Jessica's quote at the beginning of her speech.  She seemed a bit timid and shy to tell this story about her first blind date.  That's okay, it's natural to feel this way when you are performing for the first time.  I liked her pace.  I thought she went slow and was careful to follow through with the lines of her speech.  I do think she will need to work on eye contact and pausing between questions to give her audience time to answer and respond.

Kellie:

I really enjoyed hearing this story about Danielle.  Most every one knows Danielle and could picture her popping up in someone else's tube.  I like that Kellie created suspense in her speech by discussing how she was a terrible swimmer and how Danielle was a great swimmer.  The audience was engaged and waiting for the embarrassing moment.  She had great tone and fluctuation in her voice.  She can work on eye-contact and making sure she slows down at the beginning of her speech.

Christopher Robin:

I thought your speech was great.  I wished that Chris would have included a visual--like the pictures of his ruined tires.  I think he would have got more laughs from that.  Chris needs to work on looking up and holding eye-contact for a longer period of time.  I think he needs to work on tone and consider fluctuation.  He naturally speaks in a soft tone so I think some of the word activities might help him feel more comfortable changing his speech.  Show a little more enthusiasm.  SMILE! :)

Great job overall!  I think by the end of this semester you will feel a lot more comfortable about speaking in front of a large group.  Keep it up! 

response to speeches to entertain

I think I did okay in my speech, but I was nervous. I think that I need to work on my gestures, I don't know if I even had any. I also need to work on not swaying back and forth, and need more eye contact.