It’s Speech Time!

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!

5 thoughts on “It’s Speech Time!

  1. It is effective because it is funny and he goes to different places. He talked and walked around and he was funny to get the message across. The main point of the speech was about telling people to get up and do something and don’t be afraid to do it.

  2. I think that the video is about being your self and do something to make the world a better place and to do something with your life.

  3. kid president is telling you to not be boring and he was telling you got to get out and do some thing. He said it is your time and it is my time it is our time you have to believe in your self and not to give up on your self.

  4. I think the boy in the video had confidence. he knew what he was talking about. to not be afraid and be your self. he was funny because he danced. i like it all because it was a inspiational speech

  5. It’s a very inspirational speech to you because it talks about
    to not being bored all the time. to be yourself . he was funny becaussse he got tangled up in his movie tape. he almost said a bad word.

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