Persuasive Speeches: Some things to consider

Today we heard from Adam and Jules about why they decided to major in communication studies and why we should consider that major/minor. They did a really good job of incorporating supporting material, and I hope you all were inspired to incorporate some of their techniques in your next speech.

Speaking of which, here are a few things to keep in mind as you prepare your next speech.

1. The goal of your persuasive speech is to convince members of the class to join you on a mission, activity, event, or experience. Part of your presentation should focus on how your proposed project could be accomplished during the final weeks of class.
2. Post your topic on our facebook page. First come, first served for topic ideas. If you are stumped, read other ideas to gain inspiration or post a help message on facebook and we can all give you ideas. I will also try to help you if you email me. Post your topic idea before Thursday's class.
3. Your speech should be at least 3 minutes long and no longer than 4 minutes.
4. Your only visual will be what can be displayed on the doc cam. Your visual can be an object, a flyer, or a picture. 
5. During other speeches, you will take notes on what you like/don't like about the topic/activity being proposed, not on the speaker's presentation. This will help me decide what group you would feel comfortable joining. 
6. After these speeches, I will form tribes based on your responses and you will actually join a group to complete one of these proposed missions, activities, events, or experiences. 

Many of you turned in your reflections on your informative speeches. If you didn't turn yours in today (Tuesday) then bring it to class on Thursday.

For Thursday's class, read chapter 10 and focus on memorable word structures. I also want you to skim chapter 12.