Your informative speeches showed a marked improvement from the first speeches you gave in class. Nice work. I heard some great introductions and attention getters and saw many of you skillfully incorporate images and videos with your speeches.
Now that your informative speeches are over, I want you to begin thinking about the next speech: your persuasive speech. To prep for this, I want you to read Chapter 14 in your book. In this speech you will be given four minutes to convince us to do something. As we watch your speeches, we will decide if it's something we want to do.
Here's how it will work. When you give your persuasive speech, we will "vote" on speeches that spark our interest. After all the speeches are over, you will turn in a list of your top five or ten speeches to me. I will then form new small groups, placing you in one of your top choices, and you, as a group, will attempt to accomplish your objective while taking videos and pictures to share with the class. More on that later.
A few things to keep in mind as you come up with ideas: campus activities are easier to accomplish, if your activity is off campus, tell us how you will arrange travel. Activities that can be accomplished during a class period tend work better than long, drawn out activities. Fundraising activities seem to be difficult for groups. Activities that involve personal changes (see the video below) can work better for people who don't live on campus.
Remember, you goal is to convince a few people to join you in your activity. You don't have to convince the whole class. Analyze your audience and target your demographic specifically if you'd like.
Think of some ideas. Bring questions to class on Thursday and we can talk through them.
If you want to prep for the daily write on Thursday, watch this video. Consider what techniques outlined in the book Graham Hill is using in his speech to persuade us to be a weekday vegetarian.
Have a great Wednesday.
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