Public Speaking Competition : Mr. Rees' Class Blog

Posted by?Mr. Rees?on?Friday, July 27th 2012?????

This term, there is a public speaking competition that will be run across the whole school. Every student is required to write and present a speech (Year 5: 3-4 minutes).?Three students will be chosen from each class to progress to the next level. Students who progress to the higher levels will also be required to do an impromptu speech.

You may choose to do a topic from ?Set Topics? ?or ?Your Choice?

Class Speech Due:?Monday 6th August

Set Topics

• The amazing brain
• An Olympic dream
• Alternative Energy
• In the news
• Violence in video games
• Sport is for everyone
• Money can?t buy you everything

Your Choice?

When thinking about a topic of your own choice, you should ask yourself the following questions.

• What are you really interested in?
• What are you excited about?
• What do you find easy that others find a bit harder?
• What do you feel strongly about?

Public Speaking Tips

• Know about the world. Read the newspaper which has information about the world in which you live in. This is important for prepared speeches, as well as impromptus.
• When you are thinking about your topic, analyse the ideas in your topic. Answer the question in terms of why it is important to you, Australia and the world.
• In your answer explain why the world should care about the problem. Make what you know about the world explicit.
• When writing out a speech, lay out a clear structure. A speech needs to have a logical sequence. The structure should go something like this:
  • - explain the problem at the outset
  • - develop a theme
  • - answer the question from your speech; the answer needs to be a solid, intelligent answer. This is important for prepared speeches, as well as impromptus.
• In a speech, lists are not good. If you do decide to use a few examples, you need to think about what qualities do the things on your list share. Start with explaining the qualities first and then move onto the list. Think carefully about what qualities rise above each example. Your speech needs to have a backbone and all of your examples should follow that. Generally speaking a speech with fewer examples that are explained better will be the one that has a chance of winning.
• A better speech (prepared or impromptu) is one that focuses on one main idea and sticks to that idea. You need to isolate a problem and come up with one way of solving that problem.
• When preparing for an impromptu, you need to make sure that you maintain a consistent theme throughout the impromptu and not just say a whole lot of things as a list. Set up a structure in your impromptu- the problem, then the solution, followed by the outcome. Explain why your topic is important.
• One of the most important things about both prepared speeches and impromptus is that you should not dress it up, it is not a drama or a show; it is the content that matters. It is not a dramatic monologue, just say the speech in a convincing manner. Use your words to persuade the audience. It shouldn?t be said as if it is a story.
• Don?t be afraid to be strong and persuasive in your speech.

Some Useful Hints for Impromptu

• You will have 5 minutes to brainstorm the topic. You will be given a piece of paper and a pencil to jot down your ideas.
• Brainstorm the topic.
• Choose one idea from this to develop further.
• The speech should have a clear message.

?Fearless Public Speaking

Fearless Public Speaking

Source: http://mrrees.com/2012/07/27/public-speaking-competition/

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