Classroom Activities: October 20

• Informative speeches
  • Joel Pelachik
• Informative speech signup sheet
• Week 8/Chapter 9 Discussion
  • Similes – comparisons that are explicit
    • Clever like a fox
    • Easy as pie
    • As dull as watching paint dry
  • Metaphors – comparisons that are implicit or inferred
    • You are my shining star
    • His bedroom is a pigsty
    • Those athletes are machines

Classroom Activities: October 22

• Informative speeches
  • John Ancona
• Informative speech signup sheet
• Scholar update presentations
  • CRS 325 Scholar Update signup sheet
    • John Ancona
    • Ali Arnold
    • Vito Shevchenko
• Week 8/Chapter 10 Discussion

Homework for October 22:

• Continue activities for Week 9 update
• View classmates’ updates and comment on them

Homework for October 27:

• Complete Scholar Week 9 update and activities
• Review Scholar Week 10 update when it is available
• Read Chapter 7 (pg. 133-160) and Chapter 8 (pg. 163-176)
• Take the Chapter 7 and Chapter 8 LearningCurve quizzes
• LearningCurve Assessments for Chapters 15, 16, 3, 4 are due 10/26!