How to Write and Give A Speech

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How to Write and Give A Speech
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OrganizationHow should a speech be structured?

• Introduction - get their attention and state
  your main idea/message
• Body include support and details for your theme
• Conclusion summarize your main point or put
  things in perspective

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What is the purpose of your speech? 

• Decide on the message that you want to give to
  this group. Do you want to congratulate them on
  their accomplishments, advise on the road ahead,
  remind them of past experiences, or (to
  entertain, to inspire, to reflect)

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Choose A Theme

• The key to writing good speeches lies in using a
  theme. If you always refer back to this theme,
  the audience will respond positively and remember
  your words. This means that inspirational quotes,
  anecdotes and jokes should be integrated into
  your speech in a way that makes sense.

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Intro Get Their Attention

• Nobody likes to be bored. So put yourself in
  your audience's shoes. Find an interesting way to
  start your speech and get their attention right
  from the beginning. (Quote, Question, Event,
  Simile)

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Audience

• For the Celebration of Learning your audience is
  your team of fellow students and your teachers.
• In a promotion speech, you are addressing your
  fellow classmates. However, parents,
  grandparents, teachers and administrators will
  also be present.

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Audience

• For the Celebration of learning you will be more
  informal and talk directly to your peers
• While you will be focusing on people your age at
  Promotion, what you say must be in line with the
  dignity of the ceremony itself. Remembering that,
  think of the ONE thought with which you want to
  leave your audience.

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Whats your message?

• Write your main message in one sentence and in
  plain language.
• Think about your main message and write your
  closing statement
• One technique, which ties everything together, is
  to open and close with the same statement.

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One Main Idea/Message

• Why only one idea? Mainly because if you
  reinforce a single point instead of focusing on
  entirely different ideas, your audience will have
  a greater tendency to remember it. A speech does
  not lend itself to having many themes. Stick with
  one really good theme, and use each point you
  make, your theme reinforcers, to bring that idea
  home.
• Remember, you only have two - three minutes for
  your speech!

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Conclusion

• End your speech with an appropriate conclusion.
• Celebration of Learning Leave people feeling
  happy. That's what they'll remember about you.
• Promotion - Leave people feeling excited for the
  future and reflective of the past.

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Presentation of the Speech

• Remember that you're writing a speech, not an
  essay.
• People will hear the speech, not read it. The
  more conversational you can make it sound, the
  better. So follow the following ideas

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Voice Write Like You Talk

• Always read your speech aloud while you're
  writing it. You'll hear right away if you sound
  like a book or a real person talking!

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Sentence Structure and Vocab

• Use short sentences. Its better to write two
  simple sentences than one long complicated
  sentence. It is easier on the listen to follow
  along.
• Use contractions. Say "I'm" instead of "I am"
  "we're" instead of "we are."
• Don't use big words that you wouldn't use when
  talking to someone.

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Grammar and Style

• You don't have to follow all the rules of written
  English grammar. "Like this. See? Got it? Hope
  so." People don't always talk in complete
  sentences with verbs and nouns. So try to write
  like people talk.

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Practice It!!!!!!!

• After you've written your speech, it's time to
  practice saying it.
• You must practice it over and over again in order
  to get the pace and delivery right.
• Practice in front of the mirror and then in front
  of a live audience (family, friends).

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The Power of the Pause

• Never underestimate the power of the pause.
  Pauses provide both you and your audience with a
  moment to think and reflect upon what was just
  said. Pauses are also important ways to
  underscore humor or new facts or information.

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Mark Up Your Script
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Eye Contact

• Make (and maintain) eye contact with individual
  members of your audience. Seek out smiling,
  friendly faces and speak directly to those
  people. Be sure to make eye contact with several
  different audience members and work your eyes
  (and smiles) around the room.

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Length and Time

• As a rule of thumb, a single-spaced, typed page
  should take 3 to 4 minutes to read through at the
  correct pace. If it takes less, you're going too
  fast.

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• Speech Assignment Celebration of Learning
• Length Write a 3-4 minute speech. A
  single-spaced, typed page should take 3 to 4
  minutes to read through at the correct pace.
• Audience Team 8B students, teachers, a few
  administrators and parents. Focus on your team!!
  This is about you and what has happened this year
  as a team.
• Content This is for the Celebration of Learning
  Assembly for our team. It should include
  memorable team activities, classroom lessons,
  projects, assignments and/or activities, and
  events that stand out to you from this year. This
  is a celebration of THIS year. Include things
  that you believe will connect to your audience
  and that they will remember. Focus on a main idea
  and then support it and explain it with things
  from this year.
• There will be 3-4 speeches chosen to be presented
  in front of a live audience on Thursday May 19th.
  Be prepared to give your speech in class!
• Do your best. Be prepared to present your speech
  in class.