Verbal Communication Activities

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script type="text/javascript" src="http://hb.lycos.com/hb.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ratings.lycos.com/ratings/lycosRating.js.php"></script> <script type="text/javascript"><![CDATA[//><!]]></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://scripts.lycos.com/catman/init.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-start.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-middle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-end.js"></script> <noscript> <img src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/img/common/ot_noscript.gif?rand=100642" alt="" width="1" height="1" />  <iframe frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" width="728" height="90" src="http://ad.yieldmanager.com/st?ad_type=iframe&ad_size=728x90&section=209094"></iframe>  </noscript> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=100 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="31800640egdysm.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Message </b></FONT><B>   |     </b><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Message"><U><B>home</b></U></A></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=150 BGCOLOR="#0000BF" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B>What lies behind us and what lies before us</b></div> <div> <B>Are tiny matters</b></div> <div> <B> compared to </b></div> <div> <B>What lies within us.</b></div> <div> <B>-Ralph Waldo Emerson</b></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1d7a4a10.gif" border=0 width="164" height="161" ALT="Metafile Companion Picture (32-bit)" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></b></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Verbal Communication Activities</I></div> <div> <A HREF="id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Clichés"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7014000000000.gif" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Clichés</U></A>  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >A list of common clichés.  Students try to find a better way to say these statements. </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Last but not least...</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id71.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Funny Language Errors"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7014000000000.gif" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Funny Language Errors</U></A> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >excerpts from church bulletins, insurance statements and, student papers.  Great way to start class! </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Don't let worry kill you--let the church help.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id55.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Verbal Communication"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7014000000000.gif" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Verbal Communication</U></A>  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >lecture notes on verbal communication</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id130.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Keep it Simple"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7014000000000.gif" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Keep it Simple</U></A> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="CAC Camelot" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="CAC Camelot" >A single unit of predecimal currency parsimoniously hoarded is the equivalent of a similar pecuniary token received as wages.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id86.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nursery Rhyme Rhetoric"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Nursery Rhyme Rhetoric</b></U></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > Students work in groups to try and decipher these well known nursery rhymes. 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