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Important Dates For 10Hs

Week 6 Tuesday P 5 (June 2nd) begin Speech unit.

Week 6 Thursday P 3 (June 4th) topic selected.

Week 7 Tuesday P1 (June 9th) Speech written, copy into assessment books.

Week 7 Thursday P5 (June 11th) Be prepared to deliver your speech.

During this time you will be expected to select your topic, research your topic, select relevant material from your research to use in your speech, write your speech, rewrite your speech and practice your speech.

WHAT

What you will do is deliver a speech of 3-4 minutes to your class. The topic is “People of Interest (that we might not already know about).

You will complete this activity in class and for homework. Your teacher will give you clear deadlines for completing the text of your speech and when you are to deliver it to the class.

You will be assessed on how well you speak in a formal situation to
• communicate ideas on the topic
• structure content and language appropriate to your audience and purpose
• speak clearly to your audience using appropriate eye contact, voice and body language techniques.

WHY:
You are to undertake this activity because, quite simply, it is important to be able to effectively communicate your ideas to people. You may not think so now but there will be many instances in your life when you have to stand up in front of people you may or may not know and speak your mind. Also there are many people in history that you may find interesting, this will expose you to a range of these people.

SUCCESS:
You will know that you have been successful when you can create and deliver a speech on your given topic, utilizing appropriate and effective techniques. Techniques refer to both the delivery techniques and the language techniques you use in the writing of your speech.

Step One

Watch this clip. Who sees speeches this way? By the end of this unit you will be comfortable speaking in front of your peers.

Choosing a subject.

You will be issued a person to research and discuss. Swapping is not permitted nor is changing your topic.

Here are some questions to help you find information and shape your speech.

1. Who are they?
2. When/where were they born?
3. What did they do to wind up in the history books?
4. Are they considered heroes or villains?
5. What makes them interesting/worthy of mention?
6. How do you (the speaker) feel about these people and why?
7. What should have happened to these people of others like them?
8. Describe the conditions (time. Era, events in history) that surrounded and influenced their actions.

Now we have a few ideas and talked about delivery techniques to talk about, lets have a practice.

This exercise requires you to talk for at least a minute on a particular topic.

You will be given the name of a well known individual.

You will then have five minutes to come up with 4 -5 points about that person.

Your next step is to place those points in order from most useful to least useful.

I will randomly select some of you to come up the front and deliver your impromptu speech.

NOTE: you may not use the words “well my speech is on…” or anything else equally mind numbingly boring to start your speech.

ANOTHER NOTE: we all know your name, don’t bother wasting time telling us it in your speech, this one or your real one.

NEXT STEP:

Now that you have a topic you need to ask yourselves some questions about them.

Apart from the questions listed above you need to ask yourself other questions;

What do I know about this person?

What else do we need to know in order to write a fantastic speech?

Where could I go for this information (avoid generalistic answers like “the internet” or “library” I want specific answers)

Basically we have just identified what we already know about our subject.

With respect to the question…

What else do we need to know in order to write a fantastic speech?

Lets discuss that now.

Having identified what we need to know we now need to work out where we might find this information.

Lets discuss that now.

Now we have identified where to go for information, watch this.

Research your topic in order to find information that you can use to convince your audience. This information could include:
·statistics
·quotations
·primary sources (your own research) eg. survey, interviews, personal experience
·secondary sources (research done by others) eg. reference books, internet, newspapers, magazines

Right, you have your information, now…

Decide how your ideas will be organised
·in order of importance
·chronologically
·logically (cause and effect)
·as a series of points related to a single theme

d) Plan your presentation, which will need
·an introduction – where you greet the audience and give an overview of your topic
·a body – where you state, support and explain your ideas
·a conclusion – where you summarise your ideas
Use words and phrases to link the ideas in your paragraphs.

e) While writing your presentation, use language features that are appropriate to your purpose and topic, such as
·rhetorical question
·direct address to audience
·use of personal pronouns
·choice of words
·sound devices, such as alliteration
·repetition
·figurative language, such as metaphor
·emotive language
·humour
·analogy
·anecdote

Here’s a really bad speech. A way not to deliver your speech.

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