Example: A speech that informs us about notable events and outcomes in the history of public speaking in Italian culture. This talk touches on pivotal developments such as the founding of the Roman Senate, the rise of 1930s fascism, mobilization in the 1990s of public support to prosecute organized crime figures.
Purpose: Demonstrate your ability to incorporate textbook reading as well as research sites and strategies presented at today's library session as you draft an informative speech on public speaking in a cultural heritage of your choice.
Why learn this now? An ability to assign yourself a focused topic, research efficiently and logically present your ideas to others are daily-life skills you'll use to contribute to meetings, project proposals, trainings and policymaking, among others. Personal and community situations where these skills are useful include deciding on a big-ticket purchase and influencing local decisionmaking.
Writing due before you leave today.
A first draft of your next informative speech is due. Each speech is allotted up to five minutes.
Address these elements in your draft due Nov. 6:
_Attention getter that introduces us to a focused topic and demonstrates awareness of audience. Suggest an attention getter that shows you understand why your audience will be interested in your topic now.
_State your specific purpose statement. Your general purpose is to inform. Your specific purpose tells us your topic and why it's important. Note: The specific purpose statement may or may not be stated in your speech but this main message should come across clearly to your audience.
_Three researched main points minimum to support and develop your specific purpose statement. Aim for highest and best sources. Incorporate references into your speech so they sound like a natural part of your talk. Try embedded citation: As the New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg reported in October, more than 10 percent of U.S. schoolchildren spoke a language other than English at home.
_Will you have a visual or other aid to reinforce your main message or serve as an attention getter? Refer to this in your draft.
_Conclude with a takeaway that circles back to your main message but does not repeat it. Your conclusion should remind us why it was important to hear your talk now. Why is it valuable to hear from peers about public speaking in their culture or a culture that interests them?
End your writing by listing questions you'll continue to research before giving your talk or any other planning you'll undertake to deliver a strong speech.
Reminder: Rehearsal day is Tuesday, Nov. 11. Your IS speech is due for practice and peer comment Nov. 11. Your final version is due in class Nov. 13.
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