Monday, September 19 - Thursday, September 23

Thursday

1. Parallelism small quiz postponed until Monday to give maximum time to work on speeches.
2. Work on your speech and seek feedback from me.

Wednesday

1. Look at Malcolm X speech
2. Parallelism small quiz on Thursday.
3. Rubric for speeches
4. Time to work on writing speech and getting feedback. SPEECH is DUE at the end of THURSDAY’s class - September 22. 

Tuesday

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3eNXd3y05jBaUdrREFaMUc5N2M/view?usp=sharing

1. Reading time for non-fiction book.
2. Speech annotation was due yesterday. Provided I get it by Thursday’s class, you DO NOT have to come in on Friday, September 23. You will receive full marks - no grade penalty; however, I will record it as late. 
3. Parallelism practice exercises - mark practice 1 & 2 - small quiz on Thursday.
4. Continue working on the speech rubric in pairs, then 4s, then 8s. Come up with class rubric.
5. Time to work on writing speech and getting feedback. SPEECH is DUE at the end of THURSDAY’s class - September 22. 

Monday

1. Reading time for non-fiction
2. Speech annotation is due - to be collected during reading time.
3. Go over one of the parallelism exercises as a class.
4. NEW! Parallelism exercise - small quiz on Thursday.
5. Time to begin thinking about writing your own speech - class time will be provided, but before you start to write, we will take a look at the structure of a speech. Using the blank rubric, begin to write down criteria for a quality speech based on the information in the video: Nancy Duarte https://www.ted.com/talks/nancy_duarte_the_secret_structure_of_great_talks  start -6:30.

Nancy Duarte TED talk - 18 minutes long:
https://www.ted.com/talks/nancy_duarte_the_secret_structure_of_great_talks
How to write a killer TED speech:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/nickmorgan/2012/07/09/5-quick-steps-to-a-killer-ted-speech/#7d9b30c541ae

Topics:
http://www.write-out-loud.com/interesting-speech-topics.html

Speech

In this activity, you will construct and deliver an speech for a situation of your choice.  You should have something serious and meaningful to say.  You must develop your own content for the speech, which will be delivered to your intended audience.  It will be at least three minutes long.*

You will complete this activity in class and for homework. I will give you deadlines for constructing the text of your presentation and when you are to deliver it.

Make sure that the oral presentation you deliver for assessment:

·       is at least 3 minutes long ( *Aim for 4-5 minutes so you develop your ideas and can speak for 3 minutes or more )

·       develops and structures your ideas effectively

·       uses oral language features with control to command attention.

Developing and structuring your ideas

Research your topic in order to develop your ideas.  Researching your topic could extend or test your opinions or feelings and give you material that will be appropriate for the purpose of your presentation.  This material could include:

·       statistics

·       quotations

·       primary sources (your own research) e.g. survey, interviews, personal experience

·       secondary sources (research done by others) e.g. reference books, internet, newspapers, magazines.

Decide how your ideas will be structured (organised).  Here are some ways you could structure your ideas: (See Resource

·       in order of importance

·       chronologically (in order of time)

·       logically (cause and effect)

·       as a series of points related to a single theme.

Planning and writing your presentation

Your presentation should have:

·       an opening that “hooks” your audience so that they want to hear what you have to say

·       an introduction – where you greet the audience and give an overview of your topic

·       a body – where you state, support and explain your ideas

·       a conclusion – where you summarise your ideas.

While writing your presentation, use verbal language features that are appropriate to your purpose and topic, such as:

·       rhetorical question

·       direct address to audience

·       use of personal pronouns

·       sound devices, such as alliteration

·       repetition

·       figurative language, such as metaphor

·       emotive language

·       humour

·       analogy

Look at the text of part of a student’s presentation. The notes indicate the language features that have been used and the reasons for using them. You may not use this section as part of your presentation.

Plagiarism and misconduct – I will be rigorously checking student work. Misconduct includes plagiarism of published material, copying another student’s ideas, talking during an assessment, having excessive outside help (e.g. tutors or parents) in the writing of speech and bringing in unauthorised prepared material. All sources must be referenced. Any misconduct will result in an automatic "0" and an alternate assignment will be given for a Friday class. The principal and parents will also be notified.