Assignments for Upcoming Chapter Meeting

Homework to be Prepared for the Upcoming November 13th OUT LOUD Meeting:

Speech #4 (Humor)

    BPS:  The students will be ready to tell a joke or a funny story with the intention to entertain their audience.  

• This is to delight
• Must be appropriate for all audiences
• 2 minutes maximum

Things to remember:

• Practice saying the punchline  without laughing
• Memorize your joke/story completely
• Do not use riddle or “knock-knock” jokes

Criteria for Evaluation:

• Stay in time limit
• 3 second rule
• Articulation
• Eye Contact

BPS+:  The students will be ready to tell a joke or a funny story with the intention to entertain their audience.

• This is to delight
• Must be appropriate for all audiences
• 2 minutes maximum

Things to remember:

• Practice saying the punchline without laughing
• Memorize joke/story completely
• Do not use riddles or knock-knock jokes
• Think of an original beginning

Have that prepped and ready to present at out next chapter meeting on NOVEMBER 13th!


BPS and BPS+  Homework to be Prepared for the October 23, 2012 OUT LOUD MEETING:

Informative or Demonstration Speech
**Informative:  A presentation that informs an audience about a specific topic of the speaker's choice that uses the aid of props or visual aids.
**Demonstration:  A presentation that demonstrates the process of making or doing something with the use of props.

• 1-2 minutes for BPS, 3-3.5 for BPS+
• Must use props/visual aid(s)
• Points to possibly include in an informative:
• What is the item?
• Who gave you the item?
• Why is it important to you?
• What do you do with this item?
• Skills to focus on:
• Poise (no fidgeting with your item)
• Eye Contact (looking at your audience and not your item)
• Projection (speaking so your audience can hear you)

BPS and BPS+ Homework to be prepared for the January 8, 2013 OUT LOUD Meeting:


Speech #6: Current Event

    BPS:  In a well organized presentation, try to answer as many of the following questions about something that is currently happening in your home, neighborhood, school, church, etc.

• Why is this important to me and my family, neighborhood, school, church, etc?
• Who is affected by it?
• Why do I want the audience to care?

Criteria for evaluation:

• Stay within time limit (2-3 minutes)
• Use of interesting detail
• Organization
• 3 second rule
• Eye Contact

Things to remember:

• The topic should matter to the speaker
• If there is a problem, the speaker should offer a solution
• If there is no problem, the speaker should tell why it is important to them

BPS+: In a well organized presentation, try to answer as many of the following questions about a current event happening in the news.

• Why is this an important issue in the news today?
• Who does it affect?
• What makes this issue newsworthy?
• Does the media report this issue from a bias?  
• What is your solution to the problem?
• How or why is your solution better than the media’s?

Criteria for evaluation:

• Stay within the time limit (3-4 minutes)

• Selection of a newsworthy issue
• Interesting details
• Substance: Real information and facts about the issue
• Organization of information (see outline below)
• 3 second rule
• Poise
• Eye contact

Things to remember:

• The issue should be newsworthy and important to the speaker
• The speaker needs to present a solution

***Here is a tool for the parents and students to use just to get an idea on how to organize their Current Event Speech>>>

Current Event Outline (optional...this is just ONE tool for organization)
I.  Introduction
II.  The Issue
    A.  The Problem
        1.
        2.
    B.  The Importance of the Problem
        1.
        2.
III.  The Solution(s)
    A.  Present the solution(s) to the problem (either your own solution or one presented in the news)
        1.
        2.
    B.  Compare and Contrast Proposed Solution(s)
        1.
        2.
IV.  Conclusion
    Restate the problem, the possible solutions and your recommended solution.