Week 11 Class 2

 Please spend 5-10 minutes responding to the following questions. This will be collected.  Who is your favorite performer? (Could be an actor, musician, comedian, politician, etc.) Why do you enjoy watching them perform? What do they do that is interesting or captivating? Which of their traits could you include in your final speech?

 Please take out your YouTube video summary and hand it in

 Take out your answers for Speech 1  We will review the answers together

 1. Who is speaking?  2. Where and when is the speech being delivered?  3. Who is the audience? (Business people, students, athletes, etc.)  4. What feelings/emotions do you have during the speech?  5. What does the speech make you think about?  6. What body language did the speaker have?  7. Was the speaker enthusiastic? How could you tell?  8. Was their audience interaction? Was it effective?  9. What do you think the speaker’s goal is?  10. What is the primary message being delivered?  11. Why is this person delivering this speech?  12. Did the speaker achieve their objective?  13. Would you want to listen to the speaker again?  14. What negatives about the speech did you notice?  15. What specific strategies or techniques made this speech memorable?

 Prepare a 7-10 minute speech  Topic choice is free, but it must be thought provoking and persuade the audience  Thought provoking = makes people think  Persuade= convince people to change in some way  You work individually  Speech should be written by you and memorized  No visual aids, but you may use one index card (NO CELL PHONES, NO BIG PIECES OF PAPER)  All topics must be approved by teacher  This is your last presentation, it is worth 15% of your grade  You MUST prepare ahead of time: write your speech, memorize it, and practice saying it  REVIEW the rubric from your first two oral presentations to see what you will be graded on  Use your first two rubrics to see where I took points off and fix those issues in your final presentation-this shows growth and improvement!!  DUE: NOVEMBER 26-DECEMBER 2

 A persuasive speech convinces people to change in some way  Change their way of thinking, they way they do something, or to start doing something they are not currently doing  A persuasive speech requires a specific viewpoint on a topic  Persuasive speeches may require research if you do not already know much about the topic you select  Research helps you sound more credible  Examples of persuasive speech topics  All people should become organ donors  Cell phone use, and texting, cause lower levels of concentration and focus  Music and art should be used to rehabilitate prisoners  Cigarettes should be illegal

 Marcell and Michael will now present their discussions

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 YOU will be the teacher and the discussion moderator  Come up with a topic to present to, or ‘teach’, the class  You may teach your topic by showing a video, a PowerPoint, giving an article to read, etc.  Teaching/introducing topic should take 3-4 minutes  Lead a discussion about your topic, or ‘lesson’  Come up with 10 (minimum) discussion questions for the class to discuss  Your discussion can be in pairs, small groups, whole class or all three-you decide what is best  Facilitate/moderate the discussion: walk around the room and make sure students are on task, ask clarifying or prompting questions, redirect students who are moving away from the discussion, etc.  Discussion should be 8-10 minutes long  Counts as a 20 point Homework assignment and one class worth of participation points

 Student led discussion dates:  11/17 (Tuesday)-Karla, Andres, Neftali, and Rodolfo  11/19 (Thursday)-Gregory, Ramon, David, and Nicole  11/24 (Tuesday)-George, Alberto, Kevin, Esteban, and Alfa  11/26 and 12/1 (last two days of class) will consist of final speeches

 Brainstorm your final persuasive speech topic  Bring it to class on Tuesday so I can approve it  Watch Stephen Colbert’s commencement speech (Speech 2)   Answer all of the “Speech Questions” about the speech (located on next slide)

 1. Who is speaking?  2. Where and when is the speech being delivered?  3. Who is the audience? (Business people, students, athletes, etc.)  4. What feelings/emotions do you have during the speech?  5. What does the speech make you think about?  6. What body language did the speaker have?  7. Was the speaker enthusiastic? How could you tell?  8. Was their audience interaction? Was it effective?  9. What do you think the speaker’s goal is?  10. What is the primary message being delivered?  11. Why is this person delivering this speech?  12. Did the speaker achieve their objective?  13. Would you want to listen to the speaker again?  14. What negatives about the speech did you notice?  15. What specific strategies or techniques made this speech memorable?