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It Comes as a Great Surprise: Speechmaking

Teacher John McCartney

 

Year

NCEA Level

Duration

12 2 3-4 weeks

 

Achievement Standard Being Assessed

Achievement Criteria

AS90374 (English 2.7): Deliver a presentation using oral and visual language techniques
  • Communicate straightforward ideas.
  • Use appropriate oral and visual language and presentation techniques for a specific audience and purpose.
  • Present material clearly.

 

Introduction

The materials in this unit are designed to supplement the internal assessment activitiy The Art of Persuasion (PDF), particularly in the areas of:

  • topic generation
  • speech planning
  • rhetorical techniques

Teaching and learning activities

Select and adapt these learning activities to best meet the needs of your students, and to fit the time available:

Learning task 1

Learning task 2

Learning task 3

Assessment

The speech can also be developed, then assessed for AS90376 (English 2.2) Produce crafted and developed formal transactional writing .

rubric (RTF 19KB)
assessment_guidelines (RTF 5KB)

Exemplars

santa (RTF 22KB)

phobias (RTF 11KB)

commercials (RTF 39KB)

NCEA Assessment - The Art of Persuasion .

See also the peer and teacher scoring guide available at the Assessment Resource Banks

Resources

Print

  • Aitken, Margaret & Malcon, Margaret & Scott, Kay. (1995) Listening and Speaking. Longman Paul Auckland. (Chapter 2 is very good for prepared, formal speeches great checklist)
  • Janner, Greville. (1984) Janner's Complete Speechmaker (Second edition). Guild Publishing London. (Very good text which includes compendium of draft speeches and retellable tales)
  • Williams, Gordon. (1966) Sample Social Speeches (stories-jokes-anecdotes-epigrams). Paperfronts Eliot Right Way Books. (Good collection of prepared speeches to show format)
  • Rees, Nigel. (1984) Sayings of the Century (Stories behind the twentieth century's quotable sayings). Guild Publishing London. (Useful text for adding in humourous anecdotes and sayings)
  • May, John. (February, 1991)
    ten_ways (RTF 14KB)
    . Reader's Digest. (Good resource for helping nervous speakers present speeches to audiences)

Electronic

Follow up

Semifinalists and finalists receive a Speech Certificate.

Local Rotary/Jaycees also run speech contests - contact local service clubs.

Korimako speeches run in most areas or regions.

Evaluation of own speech will lead to improvements, areas of focus for second part of range.

Other departments at Year 12 and 13 are also using seminars - work with other departments in the school to reinforce assessment expectations and work on common templates to allow cross-crediting.

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