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Content Portfolio Project

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·       Speaking/Listening: 1.      Speeches In my Intro to Communications class, our class was required to do a narrative speech and an informative speech. A narrative speech is “… often one that is based on personal experience is used to tell a story” ( https://www.thoughtco.com ) I told a story about my grandpa’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis and how this affected me negatively and positively. An informative speech is, “ An informative speech is one that provides information and educates the audience on a specific topic” ( www.myspeechclass.com ). My informative speech was about the world’s plastic addiction and its effects on the planet. The informative speech taught me to verbally sight my sources, so I could avoid plagiarism, as well as provide interesting knowledge/facts in a way that is easy for people to understand (while also stimulating). This also taught me to rely on information is a way that isn’t necessarily p...
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Reading and Literature Presentation

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Living Literature - Using Children's Literature to Support Reading and Language Arts  by: Wendy C. Kasten 1.       Please include a detailed description of the text. Take into consideration that your colleagues might not be familiar with the text that you have chosen. A detailed description will include everything necessary for your classmates to gain an understanding of the text without reading it. Your job is to introduce the text in a complete way so that it is possible for others to decide when, where, and how this text might be appropriate. In general, the main purpose of this book is to show teachers how to instill a strong love for reading within each of their students, while simultaneously improving their language arts and reading skills. There’s various information about different genres of children’s literature, and what teachers need to know in order to pick quality children’s books for their classroom. Additionally, this book...
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