I think I need to implement less common themes and be more specific about certain moments or stories I share with my mother. Essentially I should try and be less generalized and narrow down some specific points I plan on addressing. I already have thought about some good stories to share that I can break down into small segments so I’m not telling a 30 minute long story when it’s time to present, so I’m feeling confident in that department. What’s working for me is my outline, I’m using simple bullet points but that allows me to quickly glance at my script and then address the class after, I’ve tried to use a longer form of an outline prior and I feel as if it disrupts my ability to comprehend all the information and makes my speech more choppy. Overall I feel as if I’m in a good spot and with some small changes and practice my speech will be all tuned up and ready for presenting.
For this dry-dry run, something that I can reflect on is really trying to organize my ideas and thoughts into an outline. I started constructing my outline through rambling and talking about stories, attributes, feelings, and lessons. Through this, I am discovering as to why this person inspires me and why I want to write about them. I think writing the outline for each step I am going to take to the speech is really important. Through a challenging aspect of putting my thoughts together, I can visually see how I want to present it by using a well constructed outline. I feel that this speech is very different from pervious ones because when you have to talk about someone who means something to you, you are allowing yourself to be vulnerable and open up to others. This is why I think it is important to keep editing and revising a speech like this because you want your speech to me inspiring and meaningful, and not just a sad story — that is why when you give a eulogy you have to hit certain points to celebrate that person life. The editing process of this speech overall is highly important, that way it is not just a story of someone rambling or going on a tangent. Being prepared for this speech will help me deliver probably one of the hardest, yet purposeful speeches yet.
I am discovering that it is difficult to put all my thoughts into words. I have decided to write about my sister, but I also realized it is hard to remember a lot of exact moments for everything that she has done for me, because a lot of times it is indirect. She always seems to be there for me at any moment I need and makes sure that I am okay and doing well, as I do the same for her. Mia and I had a rough childhood, and it’s hard to portray how much she has really done for me without touching on all the rough times, but I am determined to find a way to put it all into words.
During the dry run, I think I realized that there was more I needed to put into the speech than I had previously written. I decided that I want to tell more than I did and really touch on the good moments throughout our lives without focusing on the bad. I want to build on everything I have previously written, but format it in a way that will cause the class to really understand what I am trying to say about Mia.
I feel like I am less nervous after really getting to know my classmates and understanding why they are speaking about who they are speaking about, and it makes it a more comfortable setting.
It was nice to actually speak my ideas out loud; it’s different from writing stuff down and saying it in my head but being able to say these ideas to a small audience and receive their acknowledgements and advice was nice. The next steps I need to take are adding more anecdotes to really convey who my mom is. This will just come with time, as I begin to think about the speech more. I also think it needs to be more structured. It’s all over the place and needs to be clearer. However, I like the theme and the message I am conveying, and I think it can come out really well with a lot more work
During this dry run, I am discovering that I need to think more hard about this speech and form more like a story speech outline. I needed to add more to the outline such as adding 1-2 stories about my dad and how his relationship with me affects me. I want to explain more on my dad and go into further details about him, today I briefly went over him and why I think he’s important to me but didn’t go deep into details. Overall everyone else had really good dry runs, I am interested in the final product that everyone will come up with. Currently I have bullet points answering the questions that are in the outline but over next week I will work on the overall structure of the outline, but adding intro, body and conclusion. I will also work on slowing down my talking and deep diving into this speech. By goal this week Is to make a rough draft of the outline and put together the stories of my dad’s and I relationship.
After delivering my own and hearing other people’s dry-dry runs, I noticed that we all stood at around the same place; we were all prepared with stories and with the overall structure for our speeches. We were all very engaged in each other’s speeches and the stories within them, even asking questions about the people after sharing our dry-dry runs. I think that, from now until the final delivery of my speech, I need to work on my memorization and procrastination. My goal in that sense is to make sure I am able to remember and deliver all of my points effectively and work on this project efficiently. I do believe, however, that I did well in making sure my speech was intriguing due to the details that I added within my outline. I also feel that my emotion and my tone when delivering my dry-dry run were very good, and I hope to carry that skill with me up to my final delivery of speech 3.
During the dry run, I realized I am very ahead with my outline. Because of this, I want to take a small step back and reevaluate the information I have to ensure that what I have already is not sloppy and matches the quality of work the rest of the class has. I also discovered that I am the only person giving a speech on someone who is not a family member. During the dry run, I was a little too animated throughout, and I was talking so fast I was stumbling over my words, but I was still able to get my point across to the group I was in. When I start to finalize my draft, I’m going to pay careful attention to my pacing, and I am going to time myself every rehearsal. I might change some of the stories I have in the body of the speech to make it more organized and digestible. I might cut out some of the reflection in my outline to make room for a more efficient conclusion. Also, I’m planning on adding more transitions (from intro to body, idea to idea, and body to conclusion) so the speech flows more fluidly. I also want to add pictures of me and my friend over time to a PowerPoint to show the class during my speech. During the delivery, the speech felt like it was a jigsaw puzzle rather than one continuous thought. Overall, I think my dry run went well.
I am discovering that there are a lot of small details I want to say and talk about.I think is a positive thing to give more to talk about and description. I also discovered there are a lot of emotion behind everyone’s piece even their outlines I am able to gather that. I think what is working is those small details because that is what leads your motive behind your speech and gives it the emotion. Somethings that I need to add is actual stories and experiences I’ve had with my sister. Right now it is all the little details and things I want to mention but not actual stories and memories yet. Something I think I want to adjust is the speech organization right now. This is because I feel like mine is all over the place and not in order yet, it is more of just my thoughts so I need to adjust that and see how and where I want to say certain parts. Overall, I feel like my speech is in a good spot and being on the right track it is just is not fully developed yet.
When I first heard the topic if speech #3, the what you mean to me speech, I knew exactly who I wanted to speak about. My grandfather, or more personally to me, my Bampy is one of my biggest role models and introduced me to my love for the outdoors. When I first started shaping my outline, I did not really know what to write about. I did not know if I should do what he has taught me, maybe his best traits, stories, a mix of everything or what. In class I was trying to think of some of my favorites experiences, or traditions that my grandfather and I have and I thought of some of the pictures we have taken. I asked Mr. Miller if I would be able to present pictures along with my speech and he said yes. From there I got more of a shape to my ideas and found some of my favorite pictures. For the dry dry run I literally came up with what I was going to say on the spot because I spent our time working finding the pictures. Basically, I am going to show a few photos, definitely one for each main point but I may add some extras if they will be helpful to the speech. For each main point I am going to either tell a story, share a quality of my grandfathers, or something that he has taught me. I want this to be mainly about how I would not hunt, fish, love fires if it were not for him, and he is the reason I love the outdoors as much as I do. I will need to do some deep thinking and formulate what exactly I want to speak about for each paragraph.
After reviewing my dry-dry run on Speech 3, I believe I am steady where I am at. I have many stories and therefore I need to format it clearly. I want to make sure the audience can understand why I choice my mother to write about. I also need to organize my conclusion a bit. On the bright side, I have some ideas when it comes to presenting and if needed to be longer I feel comfortable with adding on. Before next week I do need to rehearse the timing aspect. That is currently one of my biggest concerns. With this dry-dry run, I feel that that with some more practice I’m hoping my point gets across on how my mom plays a big role in my life.
While I was writing this speech I didn’t really know what words I was going to use to get my point across or the right words I could use to explain my mom, because there will never be the “right” words. Through the dry-dry run as I was speaking I realized there were some points I made that stuck out to me that I didn’t realize would while I was reading it. Points that gave me a feeling in my heart, that touched me a little harder in a good way. Overall I thought it was a good choice of words I had used. Something I realized was how I could work more on practicing performing my speak out loud because there were times my mind paused and I found I wasn’t as comfortable or my words didn’t flow as I predicted they would.
I discovered that I need to be more specific and try to remember more meaningful moments and stories with my grandfather. There are so many memories that it’s hard to choose just two or three to focus on because each one shows a different side of who he is and what he means to me. What’s really working so far is the way I’ve organized everything. I already know what I want to talk about and the main ideas I want to share. I just need to add more personal moments and details that show how my grandpa has impacted my life, not just tell it. Including those special memories will make my speech feel more real and heartfelt. Including small details like our trips to Disneyland, the lessons he’s taught me, or the times he’s given me advice will make my speech more emotional and meaningful. I want my audience to really feel the love and appreciation I have for him, not just hear about it.
12 thoughts on “DRY-DRY RUN JOURNAL: IN-CLASS #1”
I think I need to implement less common themes and be more specific about certain moments or stories I share with my mother. Essentially I should try and be less generalized and narrow down some specific points I plan on addressing. I already have thought about some good stories to share that I can break down into small segments so I’m not telling a 30 minute long story when it’s time to present, so I’m feeling confident in that department. What’s working for me is my outline, I’m using simple bullet points but that allows me to quickly glance at my script and then address the class after, I’ve tried to use a longer form of an outline prior and I feel as if it disrupts my ability to comprehend all the information and makes my speech more choppy. Overall I feel as if I’m in a good spot and with some small changes and practice my speech will be all tuned up and ready for presenting.
For this dry-dry run, something that I can reflect on is really trying to organize my ideas and thoughts into an outline. I started constructing my outline through rambling and talking about stories, attributes, feelings, and lessons. Through this, I am discovering as to why this person inspires me and why I want to write about them. I think writing the outline for each step I am going to take to the speech is really important. Through a challenging aspect of putting my thoughts together, I can visually see how I want to present it by using a well constructed outline. I feel that this speech is very different from pervious ones because when you have to talk about someone who means something to you, you are allowing yourself to be vulnerable and open up to others. This is why I think it is important to keep editing and revising a speech like this because you want your speech to me inspiring and meaningful, and not just a sad story — that is why when you give a eulogy you have to hit certain points to celebrate that person life. The editing process of this speech overall is highly important, that way it is not just a story of someone rambling or going on a tangent. Being prepared for this speech will help me deliver probably one of the hardest, yet purposeful speeches yet.
I am discovering that it is difficult to put all my thoughts into words. I have decided to write about my sister, but I also realized it is hard to remember a lot of exact moments for everything that she has done for me, because a lot of times it is indirect. She always seems to be there for me at any moment I need and makes sure that I am okay and doing well, as I do the same for her. Mia and I had a rough childhood, and it’s hard to portray how much she has really done for me without touching on all the rough times, but I am determined to find a way to put it all into words.
During the dry run, I think I realized that there was more I needed to put into the speech than I had previously written. I decided that I want to tell more than I did and really touch on the good moments throughout our lives without focusing on the bad. I want to build on everything I have previously written, but format it in a way that will cause the class to really understand what I am trying to say about Mia.
I feel like I am less nervous after really getting to know my classmates and understanding why they are speaking about who they are speaking about, and it makes it a more comfortable setting.
It was nice to actually speak my ideas out loud; it’s different from writing stuff down and saying it in my head but being able to say these ideas to a small audience and receive their acknowledgements and advice was nice. The next steps I need to take are adding more anecdotes to really convey who my mom is. This will just come with time, as I begin to think about the speech more. I also think it needs to be more structured. It’s all over the place and needs to be clearer. However, I like the theme and the message I am conveying, and I think it can come out really well with a lot more work
During this dry run, I am discovering that I need to think more hard about this speech and form more like a story speech outline. I needed to add more to the outline such as adding 1-2 stories about my dad and how his relationship with me affects me. I want to explain more on my dad and go into further details about him, today I briefly went over him and why I think he’s important to me but didn’t go deep into details. Overall everyone else had really good dry runs, I am interested in the final product that everyone will come up with. Currently I have bullet points answering the questions that are in the outline but over next week I will work on the overall structure of the outline, but adding intro, body and conclusion. I will also work on slowing down my talking and deep diving into this speech. By goal this week Is to make a rough draft of the outline and put together the stories of my dad’s and I relationship.
After delivering my own and hearing other people’s dry-dry runs, I noticed that we all stood at around the same place; we were all prepared with stories and with the overall structure for our speeches. We were all very engaged in each other’s speeches and the stories within them, even asking questions about the people after sharing our dry-dry runs. I think that, from now until the final delivery of my speech, I need to work on my memorization and procrastination. My goal in that sense is to make sure I am able to remember and deliver all of my points effectively and work on this project efficiently. I do believe, however, that I did well in making sure my speech was intriguing due to the details that I added within my outline. I also feel that my emotion and my tone when delivering my dry-dry run were very good, and I hope to carry that skill with me up to my final delivery of speech 3.
During the dry run, I realized I am very ahead with my outline. Because of this, I want to take a small step back and reevaluate the information I have to ensure that what I have already is not sloppy and matches the quality of work the rest of the class has. I also discovered that I am the only person giving a speech on someone who is not a family member. During the dry run, I was a little too animated throughout, and I was talking so fast I was stumbling over my words, but I was still able to get my point across to the group I was in. When I start to finalize my draft, I’m going to pay careful attention to my pacing, and I am going to time myself every rehearsal. I might change some of the stories I have in the body of the speech to make it more organized and digestible. I might cut out some of the reflection in my outline to make room for a more efficient conclusion. Also, I’m planning on adding more transitions (from intro to body, idea to idea, and body to conclusion) so the speech flows more fluidly. I also want to add pictures of me and my friend over time to a PowerPoint to show the class during my speech. During the delivery, the speech felt like it was a jigsaw puzzle rather than one continuous thought. Overall, I think my dry run went well.
I am discovering that there are a lot of small details I want to say and talk about.I think is a positive thing to give more to talk about and description. I also discovered there are a lot of emotion behind everyone’s piece even their outlines I am able to gather that. I think what is working is those small details because that is what leads your motive behind your speech and gives it the emotion. Somethings that I need to add is actual stories and experiences I’ve had with my sister. Right now it is all the little details and things I want to mention but not actual stories and memories yet. Something I think I want to adjust is the speech organization right now. This is because I feel like mine is all over the place and not in order yet, it is more of just my thoughts so I need to adjust that and see how and where I want to say certain parts. Overall, I feel like my speech is in a good spot and being on the right track it is just is not fully developed yet.
When I first heard the topic if speech #3, the what you mean to me speech, I knew exactly who I wanted to speak about. My grandfather, or more personally to me, my Bampy is one of my biggest role models and introduced me to my love for the outdoors. When I first started shaping my outline, I did not really know what to write about. I did not know if I should do what he has taught me, maybe his best traits, stories, a mix of everything or what. In class I was trying to think of some of my favorites experiences, or traditions that my grandfather and I have and I thought of some of the pictures we have taken. I asked Mr. Miller if I would be able to present pictures along with my speech and he said yes. From there I got more of a shape to my ideas and found some of my favorite pictures. For the dry dry run I literally came up with what I was going to say on the spot because I spent our time working finding the pictures. Basically, I am going to show a few photos, definitely one for each main point but I may add some extras if they will be helpful to the speech. For each main point I am going to either tell a story, share a quality of my grandfathers, or something that he has taught me. I want this to be mainly about how I would not hunt, fish, love fires if it were not for him, and he is the reason I love the outdoors as much as I do. I will need to do some deep thinking and formulate what exactly I want to speak about for each paragraph.
After reviewing my dry-dry run on Speech 3, I believe I am steady where I am at. I have many stories and therefore I need to format it clearly. I want to make sure the audience can understand why I choice my mother to write about. I also need to organize my conclusion a bit. On the bright side, I have some ideas when it comes to presenting and if needed to be longer I feel comfortable with adding on. Before next week I do need to rehearse the timing aspect. That is currently one of my biggest concerns. With this dry-dry run, I feel that that with some more practice I’m hoping my point gets across on how my mom plays a big role in my life.
While I was writing this speech I didn’t really know what words I was going to use to get my point across or the right words I could use to explain my mom, because there will never be the “right” words. Through the dry-dry run as I was speaking I realized there were some points I made that stuck out to me that I didn’t realize would while I was reading it. Points that gave me a feeling in my heart, that touched me a little harder in a good way. Overall I thought it was a good choice of words I had used. Something I realized was how I could work more on practicing performing my speak out loud because there were times my mind paused and I found I wasn’t as comfortable or my words didn’t flow as I predicted they would.
I discovered that I need to be more specific and try to remember more meaningful moments and stories with my grandfather. There are so many memories that it’s hard to choose just two or three to focus on because each one shows a different side of who he is and what he means to me. What’s really working so far is the way I’ve organized everything. I already know what I want to talk about and the main ideas I want to share. I just need to add more personal moments and details that show how my grandpa has impacted my life, not just tell it. Including those special memories will make my speech feel more real and heartfelt. Including small details like our trips to Disneyland, the lessons he’s taught me, or the times he’s given me advice will make my speech more emotional and meaningful. I want my audience to really feel the love and appreciation I have for him, not just hear about it.