1. GET OFF TO A STRONG START

2. Possible hooks: “I’m going to talk to you today about security in our schools…“ “School security is an important issue that we must deal with…“

3. Imagine opening your speech with the following lines: Tobacco. [long pause] Alcohol. [long pause] Guns. [long pause] Criminal items seized in a search [slight pause] of a 6th grade locker in a bad school district.

4. Why does this speech opening work? Beginning the speech in this way generates interest for several reasons:  Employs a classical technique: the Rule of Three.Rule of Three.  “Seized in a search of a sixth…” uses alliteration.  Pauses after the three opening words add drama.  Drama also created because the danger increases with each item (i.e. guns are more dangerous than alcohol and tobacco)  Mid-sentence pause after “search” signals an important statement coming up.  Audience thinks these items were seized from some criminal hideout, and then surprised to learn they were found in a school locker.  All this in just 19 words.

6. Western Culture and the Rule of Three Trios, triplets, and triads abound in Western culture in many disciplines. Just a small sampling of memorable cultural triads include: Stop, Drop and Roll Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness Veni, Vidi,, Vici, Friends, Romans, Countrymen... “We must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves, off, and begin again the work of remaking America.” (POTUS)

7. What’s Magical About the Rule of Three? For a famous duo, there is Patrick Henry’s “Give me liberty or give me death.” For a classic quartet, it is tough to beat Winston Churchill’s “I would say to the House as I said to those who have joined this government: I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.”

8. There is something magical about the Rule of Three it allows a speaker to express a concept, emphasize it, and make it memorable.

9. …the “encompassing” magic of number three … in our language or culture, three provides a sense of the whole … … in the anti-math of writing, the number three is greater than four. The mojo of three offers a greater sense of completeness than four or more. … Use one for power. Use two for comparison, contrast. Use three for completeness, wholeness, roundness. Use four or more to list, inventory, compile, and expand.

10. 3 Recipes for 3 (1) three successive words are used to express a central idea. “Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité“ [French motto]

11. (2) three parallel elements (words or phrases). “Be sincere, be brief, be seated.” [Advice for speakers from Franklin D. Roosevelt]

12. Common structure Three Little Pigs — The first two pigs get eaten because their houses are weak; the third pig’s house of bricks is strong. Goldilocks and the Three Bears — The porridge was too hot; the porridge was too cold; the porridge was just right. The Three Billy Goats Gruff — The first two goats sneak past the troll, while the third goat defeats the troll. The Good Samaritan [New Testament, Bible] — The first traveller passes. The second traveller passes. The third (the Samaritan) helps the injured man. Boy meets girl; boy loses girl; boy gets girl in the end.

13. 3 Recipes for 3 (3)Carefully structure your speech with three distinct parts. Obvious divisions: Intro/body/conclusion

14. Specific forms of the 3-part speech Outline #1: Past, Present, Future Past – You set the context by identifying a problem facing your company, and describing how it came to be. Present – You lay out the decision to be made now, and the alternatives to choose from. Future – You paint a picture of prosperity that will be realized if the right choice is made (perhaps you use a successful case study).

15. Specific forms of the 3-part speech Outline #2: Complication, Resolution, Example Introduction – Situation Body: – Complication, Resolution, Example – …, …, … Conclusion

16. Speech Outline #3: Three Main Points A basic three-part speech outline: Introduction — Establish topic and core message; list supporting points Body –S–Supporting Point One –S–Supporting Point Two –S–Supporting Point Three Conclusion — Recap main points; summarize core message; call-to-action

17. Speech Outline #4: Three Stories Attention grabbing opening which introduces the topic and core message Tell story #1. Make point #1. Tell story #2. Make point #2. Tell story #3. Make point #3. Memorable conclusion which ties together all three stories to support the core message.

18. Conclusion “When I have finished speaking, my audience will… *register as an organ donor *participate in a Alzheimer’s Walk-a-Thon *get 30 minutes of no-screen-time exercise 3-5 times a week

19. Let’s Begin! By the end of today’s period, please -Share your speech topic/stance (Index card) Include: “When I have finished speaking, the audience will…” -Research (3) to support Ethos, Pathos, Logos -Dive in; begin writing your speech (Rule of 3s) HW: Begin writing speech. By beginning of BLOCK 1. RD of speech for peer editing with your partner (Hard copy) 2. Submit your Works Cited into drop box by start of BLOCK.

20. Drop your speech in the drop box Click on duck in the dock Log in with student # and password The server by clicking icon on desktop Open “Classes” folder Open “IHS_Emmons…” period # Drag and drop into “Dropbox” You’ll know that it worked when you cannot drag another copy into the dropbox.

21. Sharing your Works Cited Open Google Apps account Open drive (triangle) Click on waffle, go to “more” at bottom and click on Noodle Tools (Happy Man!) Click into Works Cited (you are now in Dashboard) Fifth item down, click “Sharing” In Assignment Drop Box, Start typing “Emmons” and it will offer dropboxes by period; click on per. Click “Share Project” at bottom

22. Problems? If you can’t see Emmons Drop box and get names of Junior high teachers, click on “My Account” (upper Right) and tell it you are an IHS student