1. Drill 4/30
Now that you’ve started thinking about your persuasive speech, let’s consider note cards. Why is it a good idea to use note cards for your speech?
What do you think you should include in a note card that you’ve created for your speech?
Why is it a bad idea to have too many note cards?

2. Wednesday, April 30th Agenda: Mini-Lesson on Note Cards.
Work on Note Cards.
Sign up for Speech Times
Homework:
Finish Your Note Cards
Practice Your Speech!
Speeches Begin on Friday, May 2nd.

3. Requirements for Speech
Note Cards: 6 note cards allowed for the outline + 3 note cards allowed for 3 different quotes
Introduction with
Hook
Background info or context
Thesis statement
“Body” of your presentation: follow handout. Remember to use RR:
If/then
rhetorical question
answer question
provide solution
Conclusion:
Advanced Transition Word/Phrase and restate thesis in new words
Discuss general problems with your topic and your solution
End with a Call to Action that clearly communicates what the audience can do to help

4. Note Card Content Example
1. Topic Sentence: Advanced transition word + main idea of thesis statement + first point to prove your thesis is true.
For example: Primarily, most people do not know how deadly a carnivorous diet can be, nor do they know how beneficial a vegetarian lifestyle can be because they have not been properly educated about it.
Note Card: Primarily, most people don’t know deadly carnivorous healthy vegi b/c NOT educated

5. Logos, Pathos, Ethos Logos Pathos Ethos An appeal to logic and reason
An appeal to emotional reaction.
Ethos
An appeal based on your own credibility.

6. Learning Targets
I can organize the content of the persuasive essay into an outline for an effective speech.
I can use symbols, abbreviations, capitalization, chunky spacing, and highlighted words to make effective glance-and-go note cards.
I can implement the methods of logos, pathos, and ethos into my argument in order to strengthen it.