Public+Speaking

=__**Public Speaking Assignment**__=

Students will be judged on the following:
===** Students will be allowed to use 3” x 5” file cards. Props, uniforms, costumes and inanimate objects will not be permitted. Please remember that hand gestures and facial expressions are valuable in public speaking. However, overly dramatic actions are not appropriate to public speaking competition. **===
 * === Clarity of voice ===
 * === Vocabulary and Composition ===
 * === Audience Contact and Relationship ===
 * === Originality, creativity, and sincerity ===
 * === Topic introduction ===
 * === Development of Subject Material ===
 * === Summarization ===
 * === Time ===

Here are some tips to best prepare for the presentation:

 * === Think of a topic you would love to talk about for 3 to 5 minutes ===
 * === Start researching for your speech as soon as you have chosen a topic ===
 * === Use various sources of research material (internet, library, encyclopedias, etc.) ===
 * === Write a draft of your speech, edit it, have somebody else edit it, and rewrite it ===
 * === Add humour or jokes to help engage the audience ===
 * === Practice your speech often (to a friend, family member, mirror, tape recorder, etc.) ===
 * === Write down the key components of your speech onto file cards ===
 * === Remember that you are not to read directly from the cards. The cards are simply there to remind you of what your key points are. ===
 * === Practice your speech again, using your file cards, and see if you are able to recall the information you had prepared. If not, you may need to make adjustments to your file cards. ===
 * === Practice! Practice! Practice! ===

Ideas for Speeches

 * ===Video Games / Internet===
 * ===Do violent games make violent kids===
 * ===Are they destroying kids social skills===
 * ===Aliens and UFO's: Real or not===
 * ===Internet Safety===
 * ===Bullying===
 * ===Ghosts: Real or not===
 * ===How media affects the way we look at each other===
 * ===School Uniforms: yes or no===
 * ===Great disasters / Natural Disasters===
 * ===Homework: Is it worth it?===
 * ===Parents in the stands: Too much stress or good support?===
 * ===**Research a charity organization (Boys and Girls Club, Habitat for Humanity, Humane Society, etc.)**===
 * ===Famous Person (Helene Campbell, Terry Fox, Rick Hansen, etc)===

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