Speeches

= Year 7-8 Formal Speech Competition. = Critieria:

2014 Planning Booklet: __General Timeline Overview:__


 * 1) Before the holidays: Teaching of speeches
 * 2) Over the holidays: Decide topic and fill in planner
 * 3) Week one term 3: First draft
 * 4) Week two term 3: feedback and second draft (on google docs)
 * 5) Week three term 3: Practice. (in class and for home-study).
 * 6) Week four term 3: Present to the rest of the syndicate!

__ Choose a topic: __
 * 1) Something that your audience will be interested in.
 * 2) Something that is relevent to your audience
 * 3) Something that will suit the purpose of your speech (eg inform and entertain or inspire)

__ What makes a good speaker??? __
 * 1) Watch these videos and discuss and record what you think makes a good speaker
 * 2) Also, discuss:
 * The purpose for each of these speeches
 * The target audience
 * You could then compare and contrast

media type="youtube" key="whTwjG4ZIJg" height="315" width="420" Tips on how to give a great presentation.

media type="youtube" key="RHX-xnP_G5s" height="315" width="420" The speaking techniques of Steve Jobs.

media type="youtube" key="Oehry1JC9Rk" height="315" width="420" Martin Luther's last ever speech "I have been to the mountain top"

media type="youtube" key="j6mxL2cqxrA" height="315" width="560" Robert Kennedy's famous speech announsing the death of Martin Luther King jr

The lists below were compiled by our students.

__Ideas for speech topics (Created by the students)__ __**Issues**__
 * Video Games - effect on children
 * Animal Cruelty
 * Global Warming
 * Effect of methane on ozone layer (Cows)
 * World Hunger
 * Poverty
 * Underage Drinking
 * Drink driving
 * Vandalism
 * Drug Use
 * Cults and Gangs
 * Sugar in our diets
 * Should kids have caffeine
 * Fake IDs
 * Smoking
 * Cancer
 * Divorce
 * Child trafficking / Kidnapping
 * Kony

__**Frivolous**__
 * How to disguise a ...
 * Awkward moments
 * Why I shouldn't be here
 * How to be the boss / principal
 * Injections
 * How to survive in the wild
 * How to set up a trap

__**Why we are scared of speeches**__:
 * Making a joke and nobody laughing
 * Making a mistake
 * Tripping on your way up
 * Boring the audience
 * Speaking too fast
 * Friends cheering too loudly
 * Laughing when it's not funny
 * Doing something embarrising
 * Sneezing,farting...
 * Laughing while speaking
 * When people start to clap and your not finishing
 * Fly undone
 * Blushing too much/mumbling/stuttering
 * Not enough eye contact/going red
 * Shaking while speaking
 * Awkward silences
 * Voice/hand trembling
 * Dropping your cards
 * Accidently offending people
 * Saying the wrong thing
 * Not taken seriously

__**Why Being able to speak in front of an audience is important:**__
 * So people respect you
 * So you don't get shy when your older/confidence
 * So people believe what your saying
 * So you can adapt a new skill later in life e.g if you go to someones wedding and having to make a speech
 * So you look in control
 * Important job and you have to make a speech
 * So your a good reporter
 * So you get a decent job e.g principle/teacher