Real-Life 'Mike Barbour'

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Chapter 8 --2nd Attempt!

Here is again the chapter 8 vocabulary list you should know. Review it!

And here is the video I told you about, if you are interested.

Make sure you are familiar with chapter 9 by tomorrow. Read it well and know the content! You will be quizzed on it tomorrow!

Whale Talk Vocabulary for chapter 8

Below is the link to the list of vocabulary from chapter 8 and 9 that you need to look up, learn and know on Monday.

Tip: use dict.cc, dictionary.com, and thesaurus.com to look up the words. 


Click here to access the file for chapter 8.

(check back here later for chapter 9 vocabulary)

and here is the link to the video I told you about!

Media Literacy Vocabulary

Click Here!

Informative Speech Outline

You can simply copy and paste this into your Word program and add your own information under the labels.

Topic:   

General Purpose: To Inform 

Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about...

(Title of your speech)

I. Introduction

A. Attention Getter: 

B. Purpose Statement (Reason to Listen):

C. Thesis Statement:

D. Credibility Statement:

E. Preview:

TRANSITION

II. Body

A. Main Point 1: 

     Subpoint A:

     Subpoint B:

INTERNAL SUMMARY:

TRANSITION:

B. Main Point 2: 

     
     Subpoint A:


     Subpoint B:


INTERNAL SUMMARY:


TRANSITION:

C. Main Point 3:

     Subpoint A:


     Subpoint B:


INTERNAL SUMMARY:


TRANSITION:


III. Conclusion
A. Review Statement:


B. Final Thought:

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And here is a link to another sample of an outline:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GjAzXpoTiLA9DkJalcbUc4lOQ7zqvbKIjYtJZCzpowM/edit

Personality Adjectives

Here are our personality adjectives and their antonyms:

1.       vain  -   humble                    

2.       careless  -   conscientious

3.       narrow-minded/closed-minded  -   open-minded

4.       insincere  -   sincere/honest

5.       eccentric  -   conventional

6.       tense, hurried  -   easy-going

7.       maladjusted  -   well-balanced

8.       stubborn  -   docile

9.       unassertive  -   assertive

10.   gloomy, grim, depressing  -   cheerful

11.   insecure  -   self-confident

12.   ambitious  -   unambitious

13.   disloyal  -   loyal

14.   foolish  -   wise

15.   uncomposed/discomposed, stormy  -   calm

16.   generous/unacquisitive  -   possessive

17.   unreserved  -   reserved

18.   immature  -   mature

19.   impulsive  -   premeditated

20.   bad-tempered  -   good-natured

21.   arrogant  -   humble

22.   pessimistic  -   optimistic

23.   humorless  -   funny

24.   conscientious  -   careless

Possible Topics for Your Informative Speech

• Abandoned children
• Abuse of animals
• Abuse of children
• Abuse of medication
• Abuse of spouse
• Abuse of the elderly
• Academic dishonesty
• Academic freedom
• Accidents, aircraft
• Accidents, fraudulent
• Accidents, industrial
• Accidents, prevention
• Accidents, sports
• Accidents, traffic
• Acid rain
• Addiction to drugs
• Adoption of children
• Adoption of wild animals
• Advertising
• Aerobic exercise
• African killer bee
• Age and discrimination
• Age and intelligence
• Agricultural pests
• AIDS
• Air bags, automobile
• Air pollution
• Alcohol and drugs
• Alternative fuels
• Alternative imprisonment
• Alternative medicine
• Alzheimer’s disease
• Amusement parks, safety
• Animal communication
• Animal experimentation
• Animal extinction
• Animal training
• Anti-theft devices for cars
• Antibiotics
• Antioxidants
• Antismoking movement
• Anxiety attacks
• Aquariums
• Architectural design
• Art therapy
• Art treasures
• Assassinations
• Assisted suicide
• Asteroids
• Astronauts
• Athletes, nutrition
• Athletes, psychology
• Athletes, women
• Auctions
• Automobiles, electric
• Automobiles, safety
• Back pain
• Bald eagle
• Beekeeping
• Behavior, compulsive
• Behavior, Type A
• Bicycles, commuting
• Billboards
• Biotechnology & genetics
• Bird-watching
• Blood banks
• Blood pressure
• Bombings
• Bone marrow
• Books and censorship
• Burglary protection
• Caffeine
• Calcium
• Cancer
• Capital punishment
• Car theft
• Cave drawings
• Cell phone etiquette
• Censorship in the arts
• Charities
• Checking accounts
• Child labor laws
• Child support
• Children and war
• Children of AIDS patients
• Children of the mentally ill
• Cholesterol
• Chronic fatigue syndrome
• City planning
• Civil liberties
• Clean water
• Climatic changes
• Cloning
• Cocaine
• College athletes
• College costs
• College campus crimes
• Common cold
• Communication, family
• Communication, medicine
• Commuting
• Computer fraud
• Computer graphics
• Computer viruses
• Con artists
• Consumer protection
• Contamination of water
• Coral reef ecology
• Cosmetic surgery
• Cosmic rays
• Coyotes
• Credit card fraud
• Credit card misuse
• Crime prevention
• Criminal behavior
• Cults
• Day care centers
• Death, accidental
• Debt relief
• Deep-sea ecology
• Deficit spending
• Depletion of ozone layer
• Depression, mental
• Desalinization of water
• Designated drivers
• Diabetes
• Diagnosis, ultrasonic
• Diet and nutrition
• Digital music
• Digital television
• Dinosaur discoveries
• Disaster victims
• Discrimination, AIDS
• Discrimination, disabilities
• Discrimination, gays & lesbians
• Discrimination, gender
• Discrimination, weight
• DNA fingerprints
• Dog racing
• Dolphins
• Drinking and driving
• Dyslexia
• Earth-friendly products
• Earthquakes
• Elderly drivers
• Electronic books
• Electronic mail (e-mail)
• Electronic music
• Employee crimes
• Endangered species
• Environmental protection
• Epidemics
• Ethics, business
• Ethics, medical
• Ethnic cleansing
• Euphemisms
• Euthanasia
• Evidence, criminal
• Expert witnesses
• False memory syndrome
• Family therapy
• Family violence
• Famines
• Fashion design
• Fetal alcohol syndrome
• Fiber optics
• Fingerprints
• Fire ants
• Firefighting
• Flea markets
• Folk medicine
• Food allergy
• Food poisoning
• Forest conservation
• Forgery
• Fossils
• Foster parents
• Galaxies
• Gambling
• Gardening
• Generic drugs
• Genetic engineering
• Geothermal power
• Gerrymander
• Glaucoma
• Global warming
• Glue-sniffing
• Gold discoveries
• Gorillas
• Government secrecy
• Grand jury
• Gray wolves
• Great Wall of China
• Green movement
• Greenhouse effect
• Grief
• Grizzly bear
• Groundwater pollution
• Growth hormones
• Guerrilla warfare
• Gullah dialect
• Gun control
• Gymnastics
• Habitual criminals
• Hailstorms
• Haiti
• Hallucinations
• Hallucinogenic drugs
• Ham radio
• Handwriting
• Harassment, sexual
• Hate crimes
• Hay fever
• Hazardous materials
• Hazing
• Headaches
• Health care reform
• Health foods
• Health of workers
• Hearing impairments
• Heart disease
• Heart transplants
• Hemophilia
• Hepatitis
• Herbal medicine
• Heredity of disease
• Heroin
• High blood pressure
• High speed trains
• Highway safety
• Hijacking of automobiles
• Historic preservation
• HIV infections
• Holistic medicine
• Holocaust, Jewish
• Holocaust, Native American
• Home accidents
• Home design
• Home schooling
• Homeless persons
• Homeopathy
• Homophobia
• Homosexuality
• Honeybees
• Horse-racing
• Housefly
• Hunger
• Hunting
• Hurricanes
• Hydrogen as fuel
• Hydroponics
• Hyperactive children
• Hypnotism
• Illegal aliens
• Illiteracy
• Immigrants
• Immune system
• In vitro fertilization
• Income tax
• Incurable diseases
• Indoor air pollution
• Industrial diseases
• Industrial robots
• Inequality of income
• Influenza
• Injuries, treatment
• Insanity defense
• Insect-eating plants
• Insects as food
• Insomnia
• Insurance, car
• Insurance, health
• Insurance, life
• Intelligence tests
• International language
• Internet privacy
• Intolerance
• Invasion of privacy
• Investments
• Iron deficiency diseases
• Jails, overcrowding
• Jet lag
• Jewels
• Job hunting
• Job sharing
• Junk in space
• Junk mail
• Juries
• Juvenile delinquents
• Kangaroos
• Kidnapping, parental
• Killer bees
• Kleptomania
• Labor disputes
• Laboratories, testing
• Lakes, pollution
• Landfills
• Landlords and tenants
• Language disorders
• Laser surgery
• Latchkey children
• Layoffs
• Lead poisoning
• Learning disabilities
• Legalization of drugs
• Libel and slander
• Lie detectors
• Lightning
• Limousines
• Living trusts
• Living wills
• Loans, student
• Low-calorie diet
• Low-cholesterol diet
• Low-fat diet
• LSD
• Macrobiotic diet
• Mafia
• Magic
• Mail-order catalogs
• Mandatory sentences
• Manic-depression
• Maps
• Marathon running
• Marijuana
• Marine aquariums
• Marine pollution
• Marriage customs
• Mass murder
• Massage
• Math anxiety
• Medical errors
• Medicinal plants
• Medicine, preventive
• Melanoma
• Memory techniques
• Mental disorders
• Mental retardation
• Meteorites
• Metric system
• Microsurgery
• Microwave cookery
• Midwifery
• Migraines
• Migrant labor
• Military weapons
• Militias
• Misdiagnosis
• Moon, exploration
• Moonlighting
• Motorcycle gangs
• Mound-builders
• Mouth, diseases
• Multiple personality
• Multiple sclerosis
• Murders, serial
• Muscular dystrophy
• Mushrooms
• Music therapy
• Mythology
• Names, geographic
• Names, personal
• Narcotic laws
• National parks
• Naturopathy
• Neo-Nazis
• Neanderthals
• Nicotine addiction
• No-fault auto insurance
• Nuclear energy
• Nuclear proliferation
• Nursing homes
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder
• Occupational therapy
• Ocean dumping
• Ocean fishing
• Older workers
• Online auctions
• Online investing
• Open adoption
• Opium
• Optical fibers
• Oral tradition
• Ordination of women
• Organically grown food
• Organized crime
• Outer space, exploration
• Ozone layer
• Pain relievers
• Pandas
• Parent-child relations
• Performance art
• Pesticides
• Phobias
• Plants, extinction
• Plants, medicinal
• Plea bargaining
• Poaching
• Police, job stress
• Political advertising
• Pollution
• Polygraphs
• Poverty
• Prehistoric animals
• Prehistoric painting
• Premature infants
• Primates
• Prisons
• Product safety
• Psychiatric drugs
• Quit-smoking programs
• Radiation therapy
• Radio astronomy
• Rain forests
• Rare animals
• Recovering addicts
• Renewable resources
• Rescue work
• Robots
• Satellites
• Savant syndrome
• Scams
• Schizophrenia
• Scientific fraud
• Sea farming
• Seafood contamination
• Self-defense
• Serotonin
• Sick-building syndrome
• Sled dog racing
• Sleep, research
• Smuggling
• Soil erosion
• Solar power
• Space exploration
• Spam & junk e-mail
• Speech disorders
• Sports injuries
• Stalking
• Steroids
• Suicide
• Sunken treasure
• Survival skills
• Taxes
• Teenage crime
• Terrorism
• Tornadoes
• Toxic wastes
• Urban homesteading
• Victims of crime
• Volcanoes
• Water purification
• Weather forecasting
• Wildlife rescue
• Wind power
• Women’s rights
• X-rays
• Year-round education
• Zoological parks