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Objectives:

Students will use appropriate nonverbal cues such as eye contact and gestures in their speeches.

Students will create a speech that narrates, amuses, or persuades.

The class will create a supportive environment for beginning public speakers.

(Grammar lessons are taught concurrently and are small and self-contained)

Impromptu speeches are small and unrehearsed. These are used for practice. (2-4 per day)

Speeches are prepared and scheduled. They will be given written and verbal feedback.

Sample Schedule

(M) 1/ 28          Present project

                    Model speeches (I prepare two,
one humorous and one serious)

                    Brainstorm ideas

(Tu) 1 / 29          Nonverbal communication

                    Improvisation activity
(Improv involves random selection
of student and topic in a non-
threatening manner)

(W) 1 / 30           Impromptu practice

                    Prepare speeches

Grammar lessons (parts of speech)

(Th) 1 / 31           Impromptu practice

                    Grammar lessons

(F) 2 / 1          Vocabulary Lesson 14

                    Final speech prep

                    Grammar lessons

(M) 2 / 4 First group of scheduled speeches (4-5 per day)

                     Grammar lesson (parts of speech cont’d)

(Tu) 2 / 5 Second group of scheduled speeches (4-5 per day)

                     Grammar lesson (review).

(W) 2 / 6          Third group of scheduled speeches

                    Grammar review (if needed)

                    Vocab. Review lesson 14

(Th) 2 / 7          Fourth group of schedule speeches

                    Vocab. review

(F) 2 / 8 Last group of speeches (make-up speeches on Monday)

                     Quiz voc 14 / new words 15

Prepared speech assignment

We will be learning about three types of short speeches: persuasive, narrative, and informative.

Choose one of these three and create a short (3-6 minute) speech.

We will practice this week, using impromptu activities and direct instruction in the finer points of public speaking.

1. Choose one of the following speech topics:

Persuasive Offer a clear and convincing opinion about a social or political issue. Use strong and specific examples to prove your point.

          Informative Explain a process, activity, pastime, sport, hobby, or field of study upon
which you are a relative expert. Choose something that you are passionate about. This
speech is the “grown-up” version of “show and tell.”

Narrative Tell a story about an influential event in your life. A narrative should revolve
around a central theme or forceful conviction.

2. Create a speech and be ready on your scheduled day.

Changes in the schedule may only be made for EMERGENCIES and with parental permission. Rescheculed speeches are done on Monday, February 11th.

A “no-show” without prior warning results in a zero for the project and a call home.

Negative attitude or the slightest creation of an uncomfortable environment for public speaking will result in a call home, a reduction in grade for your own speech, and an office referral.

Your speech may be extemporaneous (you may use a note card). Do not hide behind it!

3. Grading

30 – Presentation (we will work on these)

–eye contact

–open body language

–clear speaking voice

30 – Content

–topic choice

–central point (same as thesis statement)

–use of specifics

40 – Format

–speech is within our 3-6 limit time constraints

–content ties to one of the three types of speech

–content is audience-appropriate

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