Impromptu speaking 3 rounds
Impromptu-ish Speaking: Three rounds of 2-minute talks - although technically these are somewhat prepared, they need to seem natural. No notes.
Know it, don't memorize it. Rehearse. Be flexible.
The idea is:
* to reflect on your values, your experiences, what you have come to stand for, what you have learned so far in order to share the lessons you have in life.
* to use any of this information as fodder for your short memoir, your article, and/or the TED talk (even your thesis). Use your Life Graph & Patterns for inspiration (these are mine). Use the memoir you are reading to gauge tone, ideas, and also the types of messages to send.
* to practice rhetorical strategies like tone, anecdote, building rapport, etc.
* to help you rehearse for the final exam, one component of which is to write an article. ALL your talks this year are essentially mini-articles.
* to rehearse for the thesis oral defense
* to get comfortable sharing and defending your own ideas in public.
* to practice ENDING ON MESSAGE - never more important than in public speaking when it's the last thing people hear that they remember. This will be excellent practice for your writing - both now, on your final exam, and in the future.
YES - any or all of this work can be used as fodder for any other work done this term.
Know it, don't memorize it. Rehearse. Be flexible.
The idea is:
* to reflect on your values, your experiences, what you have come to stand for, what you have learned so far in order to share the lessons you have in life.
* to use any of this information as fodder for your short memoir, your article, and/or the TED talk (even your thesis). Use your Life Graph & Patterns for inspiration (these are mine). Use the memoir you are reading to gauge tone, ideas, and also the types of messages to send.
* to practice rhetorical strategies like tone, anecdote, building rapport, etc.
* to help you rehearse for the final exam, one component of which is to write an article. ALL your talks this year are essentially mini-articles.
* to rehearse for the thesis oral defense
* to get comfortable sharing and defending your own ideas in public.
* to practice ENDING ON MESSAGE - never more important than in public speaking when it's the last thing people hear that they remember. This will be excellent practice for your writing - both now, on your final exam, and in the future.
YES - any or all of this work can be used as fodder for any other work done this term.
- Round #1 - watch Aimee Mullins TED talk "The Opportunity of Adversity", then plan a 2 minute talk inspired by the breakdown of a single word's meaning. Your choose the word.
- Speaking focus is on poise, stance, & body language; following a structure of the 4 phases: lead & intro, body 1, body 2, move to wrap up and end on message. Make sure your stance is CLEAR.
- Sauve example typed draft - practice yours to get it to the 2-minute mark, then put it down and perform it, some things will change, this is normal - keep in mind the affordances of both written and spoken language - eg don't use ten dollar words that look good in print, but that you trip over orally. Make it engaging - bring the personality (and da funk and da noise)
- If you're having trouble finding a word, make two columns, one one side list all the qualities and values other people think you have / think of you, on the right side list the ones you think you have (they may line up, and they may not. Somewhere in the gap between the columns will be a concept, a word, that you could use to discuss what people think versus what is.
- Round #2 - watch Shawn Achor's TED talk "The Happy Secret to Better Work", then plan a 2-minute talk on a lesson you've in life so far that you value and using anecdote as your central strategy to get this point across, like he does at the opening. Also observe his pacing, and how he alternates between humour and seriousness. I'm calling this game Spinal Tap - Turn it up to 11 - because I want to see variations in tone, emotion, pacing...to engage your audience. Make sure you end on a message we can all learn from your story and at least 3 tips on how to apply this lesson (like he does with 5 ways to retrain your brain toward the positive).
- focus on rhetorical strategies, audience engagement, voice (while still doing all expected in talk 1)
- Round #3 -watch TED talk " " and use this structure to pitch your article to the class.
- Round #4 - watch Cal Newport's TED talk "Quit Social Media" and make an impassioned plea of your own for teens / people to do less of OR to do more of something. For this talk you will use your thesis topic - so make sure you have your argument and your 3 points that you think prove your argument. You can also follow his structure and debunk the common arguments. This talk will let you know if you have a good thesis topic and enough clear points to research.
- Focus on persuasive techniques and oratorical ability. Be convincing. (while still doing all expected in talks 1, 2, & 3)