Intro campaign speech

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• Welcome back!
• Campaign speech structure 
• Ideas for your assignment 

What is a speech and what purpose can they have?

Speech assignment

• 4-5 minute speech to be given in class  
• Your classmates are your audience! 
• You will give a speech to convince people to vote for you or to campaign for change in your community. 
• You will be able to use note cards and 1 powerpoint slide (if you wish). See itslearning for full assignment. 

Greta Thunberg speech:

1. Who is her audience? 
2. Is her language suitable? 
3. Think about how she structures her speech.  

Who is her audience and is her language suitable?

Introduction:

A ) Opening Statement: Grab the audience’s attention and tell your audience who you are and what has compelled you to run or what it is you wish to change.

B)  Thesis statement: End your introduction with your main statement (similar to thesis statement in an essay)

Body 

A) Point out the need:

This could be either to urge a change (point out what is wrong now) or to demand the preservation of present conditions (point out the danger of change & ramifications if they do not vote for you)

B )Explain the need:

* Give additional facts, examples, quotations to make the need convincingly impressive.

* Show the importance to individuals in the audience (Give examples of what your audience is now in need of)

Solution:

A) What are you going to do for your audience? What will you change? What action do you wish to take?

B )Explain your solution (what will happen if your solution is carried out)

Conclusion: 

Your last chance to leave an impression.

A) Restate your main idea

B) Explain why you are the best candidate

C) optional: add a statement that your audience will remember (to recapture their interest)

What Winschoten needs.

To do now: 

* Join the WRTS vocab group via link on itslearning. 

* Re-read through the campaign speech assignment and think about what kind of speech you want to give - what topic?