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Components of the Body
Min Point I: You want to talk about the best speaking experience you have had speaking in public. The experience does not have to be in a previous class. Think of any time you have spoken to a group of people, no matter large or small, no matter how young you were.
TRANSITION SENTENCE
Main Point II: Talk about the worst speaking experience you have had speaking in public. The experience does not have to be in a previous class. Think of any time you have spoken to a group of people, no matter large or small.
TRANSITION SENTENCE
Main Point III: For the final part of your autobiography I want tell us where you think you stand as a public speaker. In other words, provide an assessment of your current confidence level as a speaker and why you are assessing yourself at that level. Most people use a 1-10 scale, some people use Great/Good/Fair/Bad. Once you have picked your ranking system and ranked yourself - justify your ranking. Mention you strengths and weaknesses as a speaker, and offer a few solutions or coping mechanisms.
TRANSITION SENTENCE
Conclusion
review thesis - summarize the point of your speech.
closing material - This is planned material that lets us know you are done speaking. Many speakers like to connect the closing material back to the attention material
- Introduction
- attention-getting material - You need an attention-getter statement.
- thesis statement - You will need a thesis statement.
Transition sentence
II. Body
A. Main Point I: You want to talk about the best speaking experience you have had speaking in public.
Transition sentence
B. Main Point II: Talk about the worst speaking experience you have had speaking in public.
Transition sentence
C. Main Point III: Tell us where you think you stand as a public speaker. Most people use a 1-10 scale, some people use Great/Good/Fair/Bad. Mention you strengths and weaknesses as a speaker, and offer a few solutions or coping mechanisms.
Transition sentence
III. Conclusion
A. review thesis - summarize the point of your speech.
B. closing material - This is planned material that lets us know you are done speaking and create a nice, memorable impact.
As you work through keep in mind some of the Course Objectives:
- Utilize effective principles to develop personal style in the delivery of oral presentations.
- Critically assess the relative merits of a speech in terms of its delivery, organization, use of evidence, audience adaptation, language appropriateness, and the credibility of the speaker.
Try and link your work back to the larger Learning Activities.
- Learner-centered - you're at the center of the learning experience, hence giving you responsibility for meeting your own goals.
- Competency based - curriculum is designed around a set of competencies, expressed as behaviors or skills that you can expect to attain upon successful completion of the course.
- Market-driven - assignments have been created according to their marketability for jobs upon graduation and designed to meet the changing demands of the market by providing relevant education.
Outline: Word-for-word the speech, typed into full sentence outline format, due first day speeches and stapled to the back of the grading rubric