Day 3: Speech Analysis

Wednesday, 8/30/2017 Objectives Homework Research a thesis and support for a speech Present a speech to peers Homework Books due by Friday 9/8

Agenda Warm Up: Peer Interview Extemporaneous Speech Project Research Thesis Outline Partner Presentations Closure: Peer Info

Warm Up Using the questions below, interview a partner Where is your family from? Do you have any animals? Where do you want to go to college? What are your interests outside of school? Using their answers on a notecard, compile a logical outline for how you would use this information to introduce your partner to an audience Note: you may need to ask follow-up questions of your partner to get enough interesting or coherent information!

Extemporaneous Speaking Extemporaneous speaking is the art of using new information to present ideas to an audience WITHOUT practice or prior research Form groups of 4 and make sure you have laptops. Your assignment is in Canvas under the title “Introduction to Anglo-Saxons.”

Extemp cont. You will have 30 minutes to research your topic and present a 60 second speech to your group Your speech must include: A Thesis 3 supporting points or ideas Remember! A Thesis should answer an essential question for your audience. For example, a short informational speech on Anglo-Saxon culture might answer the question “How was this culture unique?” or “What were the most impactful cultural norms?”

Closure On your notecard (from the Warm-up), use the back side to identify: Which member of your group gave the best informational speech? What made that speech effective?