GRADING CRITERIA FOR SPEECH ON “A CHANGE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN MONTGOMERY”:

Outline with introductory and concluding paragraph (Minor Grade)

Worksheet on Persuasive Techniques  (Minor Grade)

Participation in library research during class period  (Minor Grade)

Rehearsal of Speech for feedback  (Minor Grade)

Participation in Constructive Feedback  (Minor Grade)

Final Delivery of Speech  (Major Grade)—must include at least 4 properly documented sources.  Grade based both on content and effectiveness of delivery.

Hard Copy of Speech (typed and double spaced)—Minor Grade

Tips

10 Persuasive Speech Tips for Your Persuasive Speeches

1. Choose a subject about which you feel strongly. You will be more persuasive
2. Open by stating your belief e.g. that smoking should be banned worldwide
3. Give reasons for your belief
4. Describe how things can be improved in accordance with your belief.
5. Tailor your speech to your audience. Teenagers won't care about cancer in old age but would hate to be thought smelly by the opposite sex. So if you are speaking about smoking that would be the angle to take if you had a young audience.
6. Know your facts but don't give too many,
7. Try to give word pictures e.g Smoking kills more people than the plague.
8. Your speech should be persuasive in tone, not aggressive
9. Keep it short. Audiences have a short attention span.
10. Summarise your speech and end on a memorable note.

http://www.speech-writers.com/persuasive-informative-speeches.htm

Montgomery Links:

http://www.montgomeryal.gov/

http://visitingmontgomery.com/

http://www.wsfa.com

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com

http://www.montgomerypatch.com