Speech Writing and Presentation

Unit Plan

Created By Laurel Peace

One 8th Grade Classroom in West

Virginia Nine boys and eleven girls Eleven Caucasian students Six African-American students Three Asian-American students

My Classroom Demographics

My Unit Plan is designed for students to learn

all the elements of giving and writing a successful speech. My students will learn about speeches, how to write and prepare speeches, and how to identify the parts of the speech. My Unit Plan is three weeks long, and each lesson is for three days. All of the technologies are shown in the Unit Plan that will be used in the class room.

Abstract for Unit

By the end of this unit, which will last three weeks, students well have

learned how to research, write, and present a speech to the best of their abilities. At the end of the three weeks, they will have finished their preparation, and the students will give a well-researched, well-rehearsed five minute speech on their chosen topic. They will learn all about the elements of an instructive speech from a PowerPoint, the elements of an entertainment speech from a YouTube video, and they will be required to attend a speech that will be promoted by a poster in the classroom. They will practice speech writing, researching, and presenting by completing one of the two Webquests provided. Students will make their own visual aids using Photoshop, and practice speaking in front of audiences by making podcasts in groups. Periodically during the three weeks, students will blog about their experiences in the Unit and whether or not they enjoyed it. When their final speeches are written and presented, they must do it in front of the class and the speech must be five minutes long, students must look directly at the audience, talk slowly, articulate properly, and not fidget. These factors in the speech must be followed to 100% degree.

Objective for the Unit

By the end of lesson one, students will have

learned to identify the different kinds of speeches, and beginning skills of how to write and present speeches. They will learn this through videos, a PowerPoint, and an poster with a QR code. They will be evaluated by presenting an entertainment speech on the third and last day of the first lesson to 100% accuracy

Objective for Lesson One