Speeches

Good morning,

The Waikato inter-intermediate speech contest is fast approaching. There is not a lot of time until this event; it is on Tuesday 20th October, with entries due on Tuesday 13th October. This is slightly difficult given that it is only the 2nd day of term 4! As a school, we are able to enter just one student.

Even though we are not planning on doing speeches until later in term 4, I know many of you are very motivated and will want a chance to enter. My suggestion is to use the holidays to choose a topic you are passionate about and write/practice your speech.

As a class or team we will hear the speeches the first day back, then on Tuesday, in the Tumuaki block, Mrs Foster and/or Mrs Hogg will hear the finalists.

There is no set topic and the time limit is three minutes.

Our class is always noisy and full of discussions and a large majority of you are excellent at speaking- This is your chance to talk uninterrupted for 3 whole minutes and be praised for it!
For those of you who don't like talking in front of an audience, this is your chance to be a Risk-Taker and take up the challenge!

I hope to see a lot of you demonstrating your PYP attitudes of confidence and showing you learner profiles risk-taker and communicator by taking up this challenge!

Below are some examples of speeches, some are live, some are recorded. Watch them and answer the following questions/think about your answers when creating your own speech:
What do they all have in common? What is the speaker doing? What is their purpose and how are they meeting this? How are they expressing themselves and what are they expressing?  How do they make you want to listen?

Some tips/success criteria for an effective speech:

• Choose a topic you are passionate about.
• Choose a topic in which you want to change the audience's mind or persuade them of something. 
• Think about issues/conflicts that are prevalent today. e.g. stuff that is happening at school, the environment, technology,  equality, education, refugees, flag change, working conditions overseas, obesity,  children playing video games rather than playing outside, privileges living in NZ, education is a privilege, cars/driving etc
• Do your research. Research your topic. Read articles. Research statistics. Research how to deliver a speech. 
• Use quotes- Quote someone famous and relate it to your speech.
• Engage with the audience- Ask them questions, use props- equipment, presentations, powerful photos/art etc
• Your voice is a tool- use it! Use the volume, tone, pitch etc to help meet your purpose
• Do something with your body- don't just stand there. Use hand gestures, move around, engage with your props. 
• Look at the audience- stop and look at some people in the eyes, cast your eyes around and make the whole audience feel involved.
• Practice, practice, practice!
• How to make a good speech, How to write a speech.