Final Speech: The Commemoration Speech (The Toast)

For your final in Oral Communications, you will give a two to four minute speech about some aspect(s) of this class that you have enjoyed.  You can choose people, projects, or whatever other part of the class that has been fun, interesting, or beneficial to you.

Below are links to documents that will assist you in the creation of this outline and speech.

This is the last of the five required speeches to pass this course.

Commemorative Speech Rubric

Commemorative Speech Outline

• You can complete this on paper or online; if you do it online; make sure that you share it with me: rpstheatredance@gmail.com

Makeup Work

After going through both 6th and 7th hours grades for the first and second quarter, I have linked the documents that the majority of students are missing. If you are missing other documents or assignments like documents or visuals, send me an email once you have those completed. I will regrade as long as you have submitted assignments to me by December 20.

Any speech redos must be done by Wednesday, January 4.

Quarter 1
Types of Communication YouTube Activity
Informative Speech Reflection

Quarter 2
Denzel Washington's Commencement Speech Address
Monroe's Motivated Sequence YouTube Activity (6th Hour only)
Logos, Pathos, Ethos Worksheet (6th Hour only)
Persuasive Speech Pros/Grows
Persuasive Speech Reflection
Pros/Cons/Questions - 6th Hour
Pros/Cons/Questions - 7th Hour

Additionally, if you want to redo an outline or visual from this semester, you will need to send me an email for what you corrected. Email me at rpstheatredance@gmail.com or ewhite@rps30.k12.ar.us.

StuCo: Friday Updates

Today is the last day to complete your bibliography and outline.

Bibliography

• Do not just use the URL of the website. Go to www.EasyBib.com and format your citations accordingly.
• Write five detailed sentences for each source.

Outline

• Do not just copy and paste from your bill. There should be explanations, examples, statistics, and WAY more detail in your outline.
• Include those 3 in-text citations in your outline.

Pros/Cons/Questions

• After reading each bill, you (by yourself) will create two pros (affirmative points), two cons (negative points), and two questions for each bill.
• 6th Hour Template
• 6th Hour Bill Book
• 7th Hour Template
• 7th Hour Bill Book

Objective/Reflection

• Student Congress Objective  (to be filled out daily by EACH student)
• Student Congress Reflection (to be filled out daily by EACH student)

StuCo: Thursday Updates

YOUR BILL IS TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF CLASS TODAY!

Reminders/Reflections after reviewing bills:

• No personal pronouns in bills; delete all uses of I, you, we, my, our, etc.
• Do not abbreviate proper names/places or use contractions.
• Now you can put bill numbers on bill (6th hour only)
• Review sample bill for: capitalization, tabbing, extra/not enough spaces, section numbering
• Review rubrics to see how many examples I want in each section; more than likely, you need more detail and more professional language.
• Whereas (Clause 1): clearly discusses importance of bill
• Whereas (Clause 2): clearly discusses at least two problems/harms 
• Whereas (Clause 3): clearly discusses at least one reason why the bill hasn't already passed
• Whereas (Clause 4): clearly discusses at least two benefits after passing your bill
• Section I: clearly discusses specifics of bill
• Section 2: gives specific date for passing bill (administration optional)
• Section 3: clearly discusses who will enforce the bill (penalties optional)
• Section 4: clearly discusses how much this will cost and what budget the money will come from (even if you don't think it will cost anything)
• Bibliography / 3 sources minimum:
• 10 points - Students select a credible source.  The citation is formatted  appropriately using APA or MLA (easybib).  Students complete the annotation with 5 or more sentences summarizing the source, not copying and pasting from the website.
• 7.5 points - Students select a source that lacks some credibility.  The citation is formatted; however, there are mistakes with APA or MLA.  Students complete the 4-5 sentences.  Students do not copy straight from the source, but they put the material in their own words.
• 5 points - Students select a source that lacks credibility.  The citation is not properly formatted using APA or MLA.  Students do not complete the 4-5 summary of the source, and/or they just copy and paste from the source.
• Outline
• Do not just copy and paste from bill. The outline should be an explanation.
• Put three sources into bill using in-text citation format.
• According to the National Education Association...
• or "... school is a good thing" (NEA, 2010).
• Complete each section.

Here is a list of topics by class.

Student Congress Objective 
(to be filled out daily by EACH student)
Student Congress Reflection 
(to be filled out daily by EACH student)