Transform Yourselves and Bash Brainstorm

We had a jam-packed two hours during class.

Third hour, Teacher Genne covered three different types of speeches: extemporaneous, informational, and the persuasive.  The persuasive speech calls for logic, ethos, and pathos.  Remember you want people to listen and believe you!

She also covered the rules on how to speak.  There are just THREE simple rules!

1) Learn the rules

2) Study the masters

3) Break the rules

Simple, right?

HOMEWORK:

1) Read a children's book to one of your favorite little ones.  Use inflection and characterization.  Watch your use of volume and the speed of your speech.  Don't forget to throw in a pregnant pause for when things get really exciting.

2) Watch at least 2 transformational speeches and transform yourself!

TRANSFORMATIONAL ORATORS

By watching and studying the masters, you'll notice that they do things in their own unique ways.  By doing so you can figure out how you can have your own unique way.  This is called "breaking the rules!"  Watch these transformational orators (masters at their craft) and write down some of the unique ways that they do things.  What sticks out to you?  What impact did they make?  What did you notice about their use of words, logic, and emotion to move the audience to a new place in their understanding and actions?  All of these speeches can be found online.

1. Winston Churchill – This Was Their Finest Hour
   1. Winston Churchill – We Shall Never Surrender
   2. Anything by Winston Churchill
2. Martin Luther King Jr. – I Have a Dream
3. "Berlin Wall" Speech - President Reagan's Address at the Brandenburg Gate - 6/12/87 (Reagan Foundation)
   1. Ronald Reagan – Address to the Nation on the Challenger
4. Lou Gehrig, "Farewell to Baseball Address"
5. John F. Kennedy – Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You…
6. Jesus Christ – The Sermon on the Mount: The Beatitudes (LDS.org)
7. Ken Robinson – Do Schools Kill Creativity?
8. Amy Cuddy – Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are

Fourth hour, we jumped right into our Halloween bash planning, that is after our very thorough news "discussion."  We need to work on our discussion time.  Everyone needs to start adding to the conversation.  We will get better as the year progresses.  Don't be afraid to share your opinion, even if you are not leading the day's discussion.

While enjoying our ice-cream tacos, we decided October 30th at 12:30 until 3:30 p.m. we would throw our fantastic bash.

You had some great ideas (Thriller dance!!) and this next week we need to move into the Selection Process part of our planning process.

HOMEWORK - Complete your activity planning sheet!  Let's see what you come up with!  Think big, think small, just think!!!  Write it down and next week we will combine all your thoughts into one AMAZING party!!

Also, come prepared to sign up for a certain portion of the party (food, décor, games, etc.)

Remember, we are working on this event all together, but next year, YOU will head an event!  So watch and learn as we go through the event steps!  When it comes to YOUR event, it will be up to YOU!

Also, don't forget to write in your leadership notebook - a quote, experience, observance, etc.  You have been doing an awesome job!  Eric, do NOT leave yours in your car this next week : )!

And FINALLY - next week we start our book presentations!  Morgan is up first!!  I hope she remembered!  Everyone rushed out before I could hand out the schedule and give reminders.

Here is the schedule:

October 8 - Morgan (Book - ?)

October 15 - Eric - Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens

October 22 - Trey - Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun

October 29 - Logan (Book - ?)

November 5 - Adam  (Book - ?)

November 12 - Jared - How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Here are the books you can choose from if you don't come up with one on your own:

-The Element – Ken Robinson, Ph.D.

-Autodidactic, Self-Taught by James W. Parkinson

-Do Hard Things by Alex and Bre' Harris

-The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

--How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

-Man's Search for Meaning – Victor Frankyl

-The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People or Teens – Covey

Happy reading and leading this week!  BRAINSTORM AND FILL OUT YOUR PLANNING SHEETS!

PS - Don't forget to meet someone new at co-op this week!  Leaders need to reach out!!