Do: Tell audience
Don’t:
Show and Tell: Bring something that you are familiar with. Make a slideshow about that item.
Required for Presentation:
Short Words
Government
Graduation Speech
Include these items in your speech:
This is general information that you should look for—not everything needs an answer. Information should NOT be put into the order that it is listed below.
Provide information to the class on one college or university. A general overview of the college or university should include the following information:
· Name and location of the school
· History of the school
· Areas of study offered by the school (degrees offered by school)
· Entrance requirements—what requirements does the school have for a student to be granted permission to attend the school?
· Cost of tuition, cost per credit hour
· Cost of room and board (dorm), average number of roommates
· Cost of living expense (lunch ticket)
· Does school allow freshmen to live off-campus?
· What is the student body population?
· What are the demographics of the student body ( __% is Hispanic, __% is middle income, __% were in the top half of their high school class, __% are majoring in Accounting, …)
· Notable items about the school
o Guaranteed graduation rate?
o Famous alumni
o Famous department, college, or area of study?
o Famous athletics?
· What is non-academic life like at this school?
o What opportunities are available for students’ leisure time
o What’s the population of the town that the school is located in
o Does the school host famous speakers, celebrities, authors, experts, professors, artists, business people, athletes, inventors, religious leaders, orchestras, philosophers, politicians, etc. to visit and either lecture or perform at the school for the students (and general public) or not?
· Your speech should answer this one question: If I’m going to go to school there, what can I expect? (Please note, this is a rhetorical question, not a literal question.)
Below is an additional check-off list for information speech on colleges, these items do not need to be included in your speech but can add focus to your search and details to your speech.
o Distance from Hartley both miles and time to drive
o Is the college a two or four year institute?
o How much is tuition?
o Is tuition billed by credit hours?
o How much is each credit hour?
o What’s the minimum # of hours the school defines as “full time”
o What is the school’s mascot?
o What is the average age of students who go to this school?
o Does this school offer classes on-line?
o Does the school offer any financial aid, grants or loans?
o What is the student/teacher ratio? (20 students to every teacher or what?)
o How big is the town the school is located in? Population?
o What is the school’s web address?
o Who is the president of the school?
o How many people make up the school’s faculty (professors)?
o How many hours does the school require a student to have in order to earn a General Education degree?
o Approximately how many degrees does the school offer?
o What sports does the school have?
o Can anyone join or are there try-outs or walk-ons?
o Does the school give scholarships for all of its sports or only some?
o What organizations or groups or clubs are at this school that you could join?
o Are there fraternities and/or sororities at this school?
o What else have you discovered about this school that you want to share but have not found a spot to place it in?
(End of College Information Speech)
Campaign Speech
Pretend that you are trying to be on student council and you need votes. Persuade the high school that you should be elected. There are two other people also trying to be elected. These two people are the other people in your group. Only one can win
All items on your report must be school appropriate.Your speech must include these items, but you may put them in any order you want.
Use one fact: Use this fact any where you want and in any way that you want; you must correctly document this fact. You do not need a separate works cited page for this one fact, you can simply add the documentation to the end of the report.
(End of Campaign Speech)
Bad Logic
Reasons Checklist Worksheet Name ____________________________
Write a different answer for each question. Many questions below seem similar--they are NOT. No two answers can be identical. Each must be phrased with different words or perspectives.
Item 1
Item 2
Option 1
Option 2
Option 1
Option 2
Agreement 1
Agreement 2
Agreement 3
Disagreement 1
Disagreement 2
One way
Another way
Response to one way
Response to another way
Reason 1
Reason 2
Reason 3
Problem 1
Problem 2
Problem 3
Item 1
Item 2
Item 3