Ms. Nakada's Virtual Classroom: Day 33

Agenda:
Check-in
Q - Q - Song
Graduation Speeches

HW: RJ 17.1 read for 20-30 minutes and record. 

Happy Monday! Our Zoom classes today are at 9:00 and 10:15. See you there. 

Check-In: What is your brightest graduation/culmination/promotion memory?

Our quote this week: "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude." Maya Angelou
What do you think this American writer means?

Our question: What are you concerned about in high school? 

 Song: See You Again: Wiz Khalifah featuring Charlie Puth
Original Oratory
Adapted for the Paladin Essay Contest and 8th Grade Culmination Speeches
What is an original oratory?
·       “A creative, analytical sharing of a truth that has both insight and significance.”
·       An original and persuasive speech about a real world problem in society
·       Usually focuses on an inherent human/social flaws
·       Your goal is to persuade your audience on your particular point of view
What is the structure of an OO?
·       Introduction with a roadmap
·       2-3 body paragraphs with evidence, stories, personal experiences, etc.
Can focus on defining the problem and explaining the causes and effects
·       Solution AKA a call to action for your audience

Subject:

Any appropriate subject may be used, but the orator must be truthful.  Here are some:  foolishness, flops, herd mentality, slang, time management, taking sides, wastefulness, friendship, accepting others as they are, learning a second language, gender, lucky mistakes, audacity, procrastination, reading, conversation, first impressions …
Here is an online topics generator:
http://www.ratespeeches.com/t=Original-Oratory-Topics
Length:
400-500 words (speeches should be about 3-4 minutes)
Content:

Not more than 100 words of the oration may be direct quotation from any other speech or writing and such quotations shall be identified.  
The writer is not expected to solve any of the great problems of the day. Rather, s/he should be expected to discuss intelligently, with a degree of originality, in an interesting manner, and with some profit to his/her audience the topic s/he has chosen.

Although many orations deal with a current problem and propose a solution, this is not the only acceptable form of oratory. The oration may simply alert the audience to a threatening danger, strengthen its devotion to an accepted cause, or eulogize a person.

The use of appropriate figures of speech, similes and metaphors, balanced sentences, allusions, and other rhetorical devices to make the oration more effective are encouraged. 

 Here is a sample from last year: 

 "Stand Up" for the Class of 2019

 Try to write a draft of a culmination speech this week. Anyone who submits one will get extra credit. Auditions for graduation speakers will be held in a couple of weeks. 

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