{"id":4654,"date":"2022-04-20T22:45:21","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T22:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-publicspeaking\/?post_type=chapter&p=4654"},"modified":"2022-04-20T22:45:21","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T22:45:21","slug":"module-11-discussion-special-occasions","status":"web-only","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-publicspeaking\/chapter\/module-11-discussion-special-occasions\/","title":{"raw":"Module 11 Discussion: Special Occasions","rendered":"Module 11 Discussion: Special Occasions"},"content":{"raw":"Step 1:<\/strong> Select one of the following special-occasion scenarios.\r\n
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  1. At a New Year\u2019s Eve dinner party, your host asks you to make a spontaneous toast to the New Year. Write out what your toast will be.<\/li>\r\n \t
  2. Imagine that a famous person of your choosing is coming to speak to your class and you have been asked to introduce them. Write out the brief introduction you will give.<\/li>\r\n \t
  3. You are giving an award to the most improved public speaker in your class. Write out the introduction you will give. Feel free to use the name of a current student.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nStep 2:<\/strong> Comment on what you found to be particularly effective in one of your classmates posts.\r\n

    Example Post:<\/h3>\r\nThe Auld Lang Syne song lyrics start with the phrase, \u201cShould old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?\u201d As I look around this table of friends and family, it is not possible for me to imagine a world without you. May these acquaintances and this time, never be forgotten even in the face of a beautiful new year. Happy New Year, everyone. To dear friends, warm memories, and new beginnings.\r\n

    Example Response:<\/h3>\r\nI related so much to the questioning of that song lyric. I have often wondered why it is sung at New Years. After all, isn\u2019t the point to be thankful and remember our friends and family?","rendered":"

    Step 1:<\/strong> Select one of the following special-occasion scenarios.<\/p>\n

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    1. At a New Year\u2019s Eve dinner party, your host asks you to make a spontaneous toast to the New Year. Write out what your toast will be.<\/li>\n
    2. Imagine that a famous person of your choosing is coming to speak to your class and you have been asked to introduce them. Write out the brief introduction you will give.<\/li>\n
    3. You are giving an award to the most improved public speaker in your class. Write out the introduction you will give. Feel free to use the name of a current student.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Step 2:<\/strong> Comment on what you found to be particularly effective in one of your classmates posts.<\/p>\n

      Example Post:<\/h3>\n

      The Auld Lang Syne song lyrics start with the phrase, \u201cShould old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?\u201d As I look around this table of friends and family, it is not possible for me to imagine a world without you. May these acquaintances and this time, never be forgotten even in the face of a beautiful new year. Happy New Year, everyone. To dear friends, warm memories, and new beginnings.<\/p>\n

      Example Response:<\/h3>\n

      I related so much to the questioning of that song lyric. I have often wondered why it is sung at New Years. After all, isn\u2019t the point to be thankful and remember our friends and family?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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