Overview

Throughout the semester we have been giving speeches in Humour and Satire. I started out very timid and still am, but I have slowly increased my loudness so people could hear me a bit better. I also have been using more hand guestures and had eye contact with the class while speaking. I use um and like a lot during the allotted time to talk and should continue working on that, even eliminating it from my everyday speech.

The aid of notecards has helped my pauses during my speech imensly but only if i fill out the notecard with adequate information that can be read quickly and used effectivly while speaking. I have slowed down my talk but still talk too fast while not noticing the corners of the room. I also worked more on the conclusion that instead of walking away saying that's it I have come up with quotes or statements as last impressions on what I have said.

I would be a much better speaker if I would learn to move around and be comfortable where I am with no second thought to what I would look like or come across as. There is always room to improve and you never stop learning till you take a dirt nap so I will continue to try and become a better public speaker.

How to Cartwheel

While doing in my speech I was good on getting most of the class with eye contact. I was also able to still be clear in my speech and what I was saying while being upside down. I also used a notecard this time to remind me of more topics to talk about. What was also good was that I had something to get people's attention as I did random gymnastics moves that caught a lot of people off guard.

During my speech i was too rushed and didn't have enough information and facts. I should have talked about why I choose this speech. I also needed to be better prepared with the shirt I wore that day, I thought it would stay down during the speech but I didn't double check this fact. I also stoll had a waiver in my voice as if I was unsure in what I wanted to say. I have trouble being myself infront of people at SCHOOL. I have done this many times for things at church and haven't thought much about it but as soon as I come into a school atmosphere I tone it down and become more reserved. I also needed to make my speech longer and include more topics and expand on them because I need to remember, not everyone is going to know everything I am talking about. They might know bits and pieces but the reason I am speaking is to make sure they understand the whole thing.

Informative Speech

While giving an informative speech about the History of the Guinness book of world records I found I needed to work on my eye contact with the audience, I was mainly staring at the slides. Note cards would've helped in this istance. I also said "uh" and "and" too much during the presentation. This could be due to a lack of preperation or lack of enthusiasim. I still need to learn to be louder but I was better this time. Also did you notice that there was a right side of the class room? I didn't during this speech as I was shifting around like a cat in a room full of rocking chairs. I also needed to add voice inflictions through out the speech unlike the monotone that I carried through out, but who could tell if I had a monotone because I can't hear myself on the recording. There is apparently a mouse in the classroom now unless I find the courage to speak up, be sure to hide Mr. Lunn. I need to have a stronger ending as well other than walking away in a hasty retreat as I try not to go red faced.

My Brown Bag Speech

When I gave my speech infront of the class I noticed that I was slouching a lot while flailing my arms and that I could barely hear myself on the recording. My voice sounded shakey to my own ears but it seemed fine on the audio. I also said Um and like a lot more than I should have and I needed to present myself better with my clothing choice rather and in a tee shirt and jeans.

This is Tranio because he wants to have a good time and is a bit of a duisguie artist.

He is Baptista because baptista is most likely and older stricter man and wants everything to go his way.

He is Lucincio because he doesn't really have a chance with the girl but he still is going to try any way he can to get the girl