How did you all do last week with your impromptu speech? What topic did you choose? Please share your experience! This is the last week of the challenge and we are going to step it up one more time. But I know you are all up to it! This week, I want you to put what you learned this month together and give an impromptu speech on one of the fun topics listed below. This time also watch that you are loud enough for those in the back of the room to hear you and that you aren’t rushing through your speech. Maintain good eye contact with your audience and have fun with your topic! Show your personality! Suggested Topics:...
How are all you homeschoolers finding my mini speech lessons this month? Here's the third in the series: How did you do with your American history speech last week? Feeling even more comfortable now that you know what it’s like to stand up and give a short speech–especially when you know exactly what you’ll say? How was your eye contact? Good for you! The more speeches you give, the more comfortable you will become. Please share your experiences here and feel free to ask questions! This week I want to take it up a notch to an impromptu speech. This time, I want you to give a speech on a topic of your choice. Pick a topic you know fairly...
From the guys at What You Ought to Know, comes this fun video on tips for public speaking...
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Those of you who remember my weekly internet radio show on the Communication Comedy Network will remember my character Professor Wordsmith. She (I) did the Word of the Week segments. In 2011, I'm going to be bringing back some of the old characters I played on the show as YouTube videos. I thought I'd bring her segments here to Communication FUNdamentals for Word Wednesday. This week's word is something most people do associate with communication: speech! But as we'll see, speech is much more than a formal recitation of gun control or abortion rights. According to Merriam Webster, speech is: "1a : the communication or expression of thoughts in spoken words b : exchange of spoken words : conversation 2a...
This month I’m going to challenge all you homeschoolers to teach an intimidating subject, if even for only four short, weekly lessons this month. Each of my Monday posts here on Communication FUNdamentals this month will give you an easy and fun way to have your student(s) give a short speech. This week I’ll start with a very easy one. Have your students stand up and share for a maximum of two minutes on the blessings of winter. What do they like about winter? What are things they get to do during the winter that they don’t get to do at other times of the year? What holidays are there during winter? The goal here this first week is just...
