AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION RHETORICAL SPEECHES

OBJECTIVE  Students will demonstrate a deeper understanding for one of society’s issues that they feel strongly about by giving a speech to bring awareness about the issue to the audience.  Students will incorporate the rhetorical skills that they have been analyzing in speeches, articles, and documents into THEIR own speech.

SPEECHES  You are to choose an issue that you see in current society you feel strongly/passionate about.  Write a speech that discusses your issue, as well as your viewpoint on the topic.  Include rhetorical strategies and what you hope bringing awareness to the topic will do for your issue.

SPEECHES  Your speech must be a minimum of 3 minutes long and a maximum of 5 minutes long.  You are allowed to use visuals BUT you cannot have text accompanying the visuals.  You can use a printed copy of the speech/index cards but you will deducted points if you strictly read off of the speech/index cards.

SPEECHES  You will turn in a copy of your speech with your rhetorical strategies annotated & explained.  You will be graded on the following:  CONTENT  SPEECH LENGTH  ENGAGEMENT OF THE AUDIENCE  USE OF RHETORICAL STRATEGIES  OVERALL PRESENTATION (Volume, eye contact, etc.)

SPEECHES  You will have Thursday (1/22) and Friday (1/23) to work on your speeches  Extra Credit: 1-2 people to present Friday, 1/23  Speeches will begin Monday, January 26.  Speeches are worth 100 points of your Essays/Projects/Presentation grade (40%)

Speech Rubric  You will be graded based on the 9 point AP Rubric.  The speech is worth 100 points [essentially an essay]  Your speeches will be graded based on:  The use & effectiveness of rhetorical strategies (have a printed copy of your speech with all strategies annotated & explained in the margins)  Overall speech presentation (volume, eye contact, confidence)  Speech content  Speech length (3-5 minutes)  Engagement of audience

“The Great Dictator”  Watch the clip and read through the written version of the speech.  Tone  Passion  Rhetorical Strategies

Examples: American Rhetoric  Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird (8 min)  Remember the Titans (Audio 1-2 min)  Independence Day (Audio 2 min)  Avatar (1 min)