Title – Ceremonial Speech

By – Ashley Brence

Primary Subject – Language Arts

Grade Level – 8-12

PA Academic Standards:

1.6.11.A Listen to others

1.6.11.B Listen to selections of literature

1.6.11.C Speak using skill appropriate to formal speech situations

Goal of this lesson:

For students to understand that speeches do not always have to be formal

Materials

• CD Player
  
• Burnt CD with
  
  American Soldier
  
  and
  
  Candle in the Wind
  
  
• Lyrics to
  
  American Soldier
  
  
• Chalk/Chalkboard
  
• 
  Elements of a Ceremonial Speech
  
  Transparency
  
• Overhead
  
• Lyrics to
  
  Candle in the Wind
  
  
• Index cards with names for group speeches

Instructional Objectives (Student-centered, observable, and precise statements of what students will be able to do)

TSWBAT identify the elements of a tribute speeches (eulogies and toasts)

TSWBAT construct a tribute speech in groups

TSWBAT identify the similarities and difference of a eulogy and a testimonial speech.

Introduction (attention getter, anticipatory set, discrepant event, open-ended problem scenario, engagement)

Today class we are going to continue our unit on speech by discussing ceremonial speeches. Put up

Elements of a Ceremonial Speech

overhead. Ask: Does anyone know what a ceremonial speech is? A ceremonial speech is a speech that you give at ceremonial occasions that reaffirms a community’s bonds and values, strengthening ties between individuals and groups. Ask: Can anyone think of a type of ceremony where you give a speech? Today we are going to focus on two types of ceremonial speeches: one that honors the living and another that honors the dead. Can anyone tell me what might be the term used for a speech that honors a living person? A testimonial or a tribute speech is a speech given to honor one’s character and achievements. Does anyone know what a speech about a deceased person is called? A eulogy speech praises a deceased individual and essentially praises the person’s virtue. A tribute speech is just another form of expression. There are many forms that speeches can come in and one of those is music. (5-7 minutes)

Developmental Activities (Instructional components that provide opportunities for students to make progress toward intended instructional objectives)

1. Play Toby Keith’s

American Soldier

(3-4 min)

2. When finished ask the students: What type of speech do you think this is? Why do you think that? Who is the speaker in this song? Obviously Toby Keith is not a soldier, so why do you think he chose the soldiers point of view? What is he saying about American Soldiers? Is he praising them, honoring them? (1-2 min)

3. Ask students who they think the audience intended for

American Soldier

was. What do you think this song was intending to do to the audience? A ceremonial speech is designed to inform, persuade, and entertain. Ask the students to look at the lyrics to “American Soldier.”(3-5 min)

4. Then I have the students brainstorm about ways in which Toby Keith pays tribute to American Soldiers in this song and I write their suggestions on the board. Explain the ways the speaker conveys meaningful or memorable events or attributes is what makes up the body of a tribute speech. Show guidelines for speech on overhead. Ask the students ways in which the song fits the stated guidelines. (3-5 min)

5. Now, I will introduce another type of speech that pays tribute. Play Elton John’s

Candle in the Wind

. Ask students: What type of ceremonial speech do you think this is? How do you know this? In what ways are

American Soldier

and

Candle in the Wind

the same? Different? The main difference between the two is that one main character is dead while the other is alive. The speeches both follow the same format and outline. (3-5 min)

6. Students will now break up into groups of 3 or 4. The groups will be given an index card with three popular names on it and the back of the card will say either “eulogy” or “tribute.” The groups will have 5 minutes to chose one person and then come up with a 1-2 minute speech that pays tribute or eulogizes the person on the card. The speech must contain 2-3 points that illustrate who the person is and some of their virtues. For example, if you chose N’ Sync talk about the type of music they create and cite specific songs. (Other suggestions for famous people could be Marilyn Monroe, Martin Luther King, Jr., John Lennon, Jim Carrey, George W. Bush) for the ceremonial speech lesson

Also, you can talk about the ways fans response to the group and even talk about how you feel about the group. The groups then need to pick one spokesperson who recites the speech in front of the class. (10-15 min)

Assessment/Evaluation (How you and the students will know that they learned. May be formative or summative)

Assessment is measured when the students work together to form their own speeches. Also the students must individually produce their own tribute or eulogy speech.

Conclusion (Closure; a planned wrap-up for the lesson)

Everyone did a wonderful job today on their speeches and since you did such a wonderful job you get to construct a ceremonial speech independently now. You can either do a eulogy or a tribute speech. Your assignment for tonight is to think of someone you want to eulogize or pay tribute to. Tomorrow I expect for you to be ready to give me the person you selected when I called on you. I will give you the rest of the information about the speeches tomorrow. Have a great day!!(3-5min)

Accommodations/Adaptations for Students with Mild Hearing Disability

I have the student’s assigned seat in the front row in order for the student to be in close proximity to me when I am lecturing. Also, I provide handouts of the lyrics to the song in order for the student to be able to follow along in case he has problems hearing the song. The student has copies of the overheads in case he does not hear all the information said orally. I give the handouts to everyone, so the student is not singled out for having a disability.

I’m just trying to be a father

Raise a daughter and a son

Be a lover to their mother

Everything to everyone

Up and at ‘em, bright and early

I’m all business in my suit

Yeah, I’m dressed up for success

From my head down to my boots

I don’t do it for the money

There’s bills that I can’t pay

I don’t do it for the glory

I just do it anyway

Providing for our future’s my responsibility

Yeah I’m real good under pressure

Being all that I can be

And I can’t call in sick on Mondays

when the weekends been too strong

I just work straight through the holidays

And sometimes all night long

You can bet that I stand ready when the wolf growls at the door

Hey, I’m solid, hey I’m steady, hey, I’m true down to the core

And I will always do my duty no matter what the price

I’ve counted up the cost, I know the sacrifice

Oh, and I don’t want to die for you

but if dyin’s asked of me

I’ll bear that cross with honor

’cause freedom don’t come free

I’m an American soldier, an American

beside my brothers and my sisters I will proudly take a stand

When Liberty’s in jeopardy, I will always do what’s right

I’m out here on the front line

Sleep in peace tonight

American soldier, I’m an American soldier

Yeah, an American soldier, an American

Beside my brothers and my sisters I will proudly take a stand

When Liberty’s in jeopardy I will always do what’s right

I’m out here on the front line

So Sleep in peace tonight

American soldier, I’m an American

An American, an American soldier

Goodbye Norma Jean

Though I never knew you at all

You had the grace to hold yourself

While those around you crawled

They crawled out of the woodwork

And they whispered into your brain

They set you on the treadmill

And they made you change your name

And it seems to me you lived your life

Like a candle in the wind

Never knowing who to cling to

When the rain set in

And I would have liked to have known you

But I was just a kid

Your candle burned out long before

Your legend ever did

Loneliness was tough

The toughest role you ever played

Hollywood created a superstar

And pain was the price you paid

Even when you died

Oh the press still hounded you

All the papers had to say

Was that Marilyn was found in the nude

Goodbye Norma Jean

From the young man in the 22nd row

Who sees you as something as more than sexual

More than just our Marilyn Monroe

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