Over the past week we have been working hard to plan, research, draft and write speeches.  Students first decided on a topic.  The topic needed to be an interest of the student but also something that his classmates wouldn’t know much about.  Our ultimate goal is to tell our classmates some new information.  Coming up with a topic seemed to be the easy part.  Coming up with a main point was a bit more difficult.  Then the research began!  It was a lot of reading, summarizing, and finding important information!

Now the writing part is complete and it’s time to focus on the oral part.  While writing we talked about the difference between a written voice and an oral voice.  Now it’s time to put that into practise and deliver an effective speech.

Check out this video.  It’s a very inspirational speech! As you watch think about what makes this speech effective?  What features of oral language did the speaker put into play to get his message across?  What was the main point of this speech?  Respond to this post with your ideas!