Begin brainstorming/researching your informative speech. You may choose any school appropriate topic. You are INFORMING us about a person, place, or thing.You may also choose to do a HOW TO speech. You can video (cooking show) or demonstrate in class how to cook something. You will still have all of the following listed below. Ex., If you choose to show us how to make something, you need the history of it, etc.
3 paragraphs.
Intro: Attention Getter, thoughts, thesis sentence (sums up your entire speech.)
Body: Interesting info. about your topic.
Conclusion: Touch on your attention getter again, end with memorable statements!
Visual: Picture, video, song, show and tell, etc.
1. 2 minute speech. Minimum!!!!!!!!!
2. Note cards ONLY-You may type up your speech and glue to this your notecard, or you may use bullet points, etc.
1. 2 minute speech. Minimum!!!!!!!!!
2. Note cards ONLY-You may type up your speech and glue to this your notecard, or you may use bullet points, etc.
3. Cite your sources (you must say where you get your info. from. You HAVE to give the person credit if you use someone's words or ideas in your speech.)
4. Visual
Monday: Brainstorm
Tuesday: TAKS
Monday: Brainstorm
Tuesday: TAKS
Wednesday: Research
Thursday: Research/Begin putting speech together
Friday: Put speech together, time speech, etc.
Monday: Presentations!
Topic Ideas:
People-athletes, celebrities, presidents, serial murderers, country leaders, Sara Palin, etc.
Places- 7 wonders of the world, Disney World, History of Rockwall, Alaska
Things- History of Dr. Pepper, Chocolate, Kolache, war, Marines, Miss Me Jeans, MAC makeup etc.
What are we looking for in a speaker?
Questions to students:
1. Do you feel it's fair for me to give credit to someone who had a week to prepare, but did NOT make the 2 minute mark? Yes or No? Why?
2. Do you feel it's fair for me to give credit to someone who made up info. or gave their own opinions regarding a topic in order to make the 2 min. mark? Yes or No? Why?
3. Do you feel it's fair for me to give credit to someone who had a week to prepare, but chose NOT to present? Yes or No? Why?
4. Do you feel it's fair for me to give credit to someone who did not have a visual? Yes or No?
5. Do you feel it's fair for me to give credit to someone who was told Notecards ONLY, but didn't have them? Yes or No? Why?
6. Do you feel it's fair for me to give credit to someone who may have baked, brought in chinese, bought donuts, provided cokes, showed some beautiful pics of the Statue of Liberty, compared to someone drawing their visual on a sheet of notebook paper?
2. Do you feel it's fair for me to give credit to someone who made up info. or gave their own opinions regarding a topic in order to make the 2 min. mark? Yes or No? Why?
3. Do you feel it's fair for me to give credit to someone who had a week to prepare, but chose NOT to present? Yes or No? Why?
4. Do you feel it's fair for me to give credit to someone who did not have a visual? Yes or No?
5. Do you feel it's fair for me to give credit to someone who was told Notecards ONLY, but didn't have them? Yes or No? Why?
6. Do you feel it's fair for me to give credit to someone who may have baked, brought in chinese, bought donuts, provided cokes, showed some beautiful pics of the Statue of Liberty, compared to someone drawing their visual on a sheet of notebook paper?
