1. Assignment Guidelines
The Place Speech
Assignment Guidelines

2. Step 1 – The Place
Select a city, country, or region you feel people in this class might find interesting to visit.
Cities: Paris, Rome, London, Cape Town, Cairo, etc.
Countries: Iceland, Peru, Lichtenstein, etc
Regions: Patagonia, the Adriatic Sea, etc.
You do not have to have been to this place.
You can include personal opinions if you have been to this place.

3. Step 2 – Find your Information Location
Start with the location – include a map.
Be sure to let your audience know where your place is in relation to Anchorage.
EXAMPLE:
Heidelberg, Germany
Do not assume your audience knows much is

4. Step 3 – Find five interesting features
The following are just ideas:
Things that you would like to see/do
Types of food to eat
How you might get around once you’re there
Cool places to stay
Interesting information about the location
Your task is to create a speech that contains information specific to your chosen location
You will decide how to organize the information
Think about what your audience might be interested in…don’t just consider your thinking.

5. Step 4 – Create an outline of your speech
To insure you organize your speech in a logical progression you need to create an outline.
For this outline, I would like you to write out the entire text of the introduction and conclusion.
We will generate ideas for the conclusion over the weekend.

6. Step 3 – Create a PowerPoint Presentation
You will use your PowerPoint or Prezi to guide your speech.
You may only use pictures on your slides. Yes, that means no text will accompany your images. You can use text on the title slide.

7. Step – 4 Rehearse
For this speech, you will only have limited time in class to rehearse. You should come to class on the scheduled day ready to rehearse. Speech will commence the following class period.

8. Step 5 – Delivery
Deliver your speech!

9. Assessment
Student Self Evaluation
Teacher Evaluation
Final Reflection