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Impromptu speeches are a great way to have students create structured communication “on the fly.” By doing this, teachers are requiring students to think creatively in a short duration of time while incorporating presentation skills.
STEPS:
MIX TOPICS: Using Teacher Resource: Sample Topics for Playground Speeches, or ones you have created, place topics into a container and mix them up to ensure random selection.
STUDENTS SELECT TOPICS: Ask each student to select a topic from the container and read it to their partner.
GIVE TIME TO BRAINSTORM TOPIC: Allow two or three minutes for students to brainstorm the content and delivery of their speech.
PROVIDE EXPECTATIONS: Provide students with details regarding the expectations of both the presenter and the audience.
STUDENTS PRESENT FOR ONE MINUTE: Provide one minute for the student to present their response to the question or topic. This can be done as a whole group or in small groups.
DEBRIEF: Close the activity with a debrief, either verbal or written, using a few of the questions from Teacher Resource: Debriefing Prompts at the very end of this chapter.
SCAFFOLDS:
To adapt this lesson for primary classes:
Have students work with a partner to prepare for their speech.
Have each student select a picture from the container and create a speech describing the picture or making an inference about what is happening in the picture.
Students then present speeches to partners or in small groups.
EXTENSIONS:
To increase rigor:
Have students help generate the list of speaking prompts, based on the current class learning concepts (e.g., content-related science pictures, main ideas from a story being read, maps of different locations from social studies content).
Choose increasingly difficult topics.
To integrate technology:
Have audience members compile feedback for each speaker using a social media platform, such as Edmodo or Google Classroom.
Allow students to generate prompts by researching content related educational sites.
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