Delivering a Good Speech: December 1, 2017

Focus: What delivery skills do we need to practice?

1. Warming up by circling the wagon with your personal speech goals

2. Assigning roles, being an empathetic audience, and delivering your speeches

a. Assign one time keeper. 

• Hold up your hand when there are 10 seconds left. 
• The speaker must remain standing for at least 50 seconds, even if that person runs out of things to say. 
• You can let the speaker go 10 seconds over, but then you have to cut him/her off.

b. Assign someone to film each speech (optional, but encouraged). 

• The filmer must send the video to the speech giver once all the speeches have been given.

c. Please be efficient in transitioning from one speaker to the next. This entire activity shouldn't take more than 15 minutes in total.

3. Reviewing your goal: Did you meet it? If so, how did you improve? If not, what do you need to work on over the next two weeks?

4. Writing your final speeches

Option 1: A traditional speech with an intro, two or three main parts, and a conclusion. See Ted Talks for examples. Click HERE if you'd like a planning sheet.

Option 2: A poetic speech, such as a spoken-word poem or a song that you compose and perform.

• Click HERE for a sample spoken-word poem.

5. Wrapping up by highlighting a few basic rules for your final speech:

• Your speech needs to be 3-4 minutes long. You will have a 10 second grace period.

• You may have one index card (not a phone) with notes, or no notes at all.

• Presentation should include media (e.g. technology, visuals, music, art).  Use of media should be supplemental and minimal; YOU MAY NOT USE GUIDING BULLET POINTS.

• If you include a video, it must be one that YOU made (not something you found on youtube), and it may not be more than 20 seconds in duration.

• Presentations begin Friday, December 15. If you sign up for that day, you will deliver your speech regardless of how prepared you are.

HW:
1. Ongoing: Work on your final speech (2 weeks left). Click HERE if you'd like a planning sheet.
2. For Tuesday: Assigned book club reading and syllabus-creating.
3. For Monday: Bring your coats, hats, and mittens to class on Monday.