{"id":110,"date":"2013-01-05T22:44:24","date_gmt":"2013-01-05T22:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetdon.com\/?page_id=110"},"modified":"2016-08-04T21:58:34","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T02:58:34","slug":"project04","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meetdon.com\/?page_id=110","title":{"rendered":"Mermaids Demystified"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Completed Date:\u00a0 Tuesday, January 15, 2013<br \/>\nHost Club: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.taleweavers.org\" target=\"_blank\">Tale Weavers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What do we really know about mermaids?\u00a0 The top half is a human female, and the bottom half is a fish.\u00a0 Other than that, most people don\u2019t know much more.\u00a0 Are they really friendly?\u00a0 What about mermen \u2013 do they exist?\u00a0 Are they real or mythological? Check out this video to learn all about mermaids!<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sSa3OY5qGDQ?rel=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1><b>About Project #04 \u2013 How to Say it<\/b><\/h1>\n<p>The objective of this speech is to focus on using the right words to convey a message to the audience.\u00a0 Choices of language structure should include using words that are easy for listeners to follow, and using shorter sentences than typically used for writing.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Specifics \u2013<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5>Word of Day: Praxis<\/h5>\n<h5>Speech Time Limit: 5-7 minutes<\/h5>\n<h5>Actual Speech time: 6:44<\/h5>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><b>Evaluation Notes \u2013 <\/b><\/h2>\n<p>From the evaluator and others, here is what I did well:<\/p>\n<h5>1.\u00a0 Great story telling!\u00a0 You keep everyone interested.<\/h5>\n<h5>2.\u00a0 Between Project #1, #2, #3, and this one &#8211; this one was the best!<\/h5>\n<h5>3.\u00a0 Great information about mermaids in literary works.\u00a0 Did not know there was\u00a0a difference between Sirens and Mermaids.<\/h5>\n<p>Here are some suggestions for improvement:<\/p>\n<h5>1.\u00a0 Usually,\u00a0the stage\u00a0presence\u00a0was ok, but there were a few places that could have used a little better use of the stage.<\/h5>\n<h5>2.\u00a0 Some motions seemed kind of jerky and not natural.\u00a0 Practice while paying attention to the body motion.<\/h5>\n<h5>3.\u00a0 Seriously?\u00a0 Underwater Hockey came from mermaids?<\/h5>\n<h2>Personal Comments\u00a0 \u2013<\/h2>\n<p>I also feel like this was my best one so far!\u00a0 I do like to tell stories.\u00a0 I think I will take this one and\u00a0modify\u00a0it for the upcomming Tall Tales Contest.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Do you have any comments, suggestions, or improvements about the speech? Please leave a comment and tell me what you think:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Completed Date:\u00a0 Tuesday, January 15, 2013 Host Club: Tale Weavers What do we really know about mermaids?\u00a0 The top half is a human female, and the bottom half is a fish.\u00a0 Other than that, most people don\u2019t know much more.\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/meetdon.com\/?page_id=110\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":92,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetdon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetdon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetdon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetdon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetdon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/meetdon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":577,"href":"https:\/\/meetdon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110\/revisions\/577"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetdon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/92"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetdon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}