Direct Speech Indirect Speech Indirect speech sometimes called reported speech,
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Del ivering a Speech
• witnessed • cheerleader
• wearing •
graduation • daydreamed
• lectures • eternal
• accompanied • con
À gurations • fascinating
• education • friendships
• almamater • diplomas
• reality
Complete the speech using the words given in the box. Check your answers with your friend
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s.
Your Proj ect
Pretend you are given a task by your headmaster
to give a speech at your graduation day. You can
ask your big brother sister to help you write
the script.
Ive attended this school for thirteen years now, and Ive
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you, my classmates, in quite a variety of clothing–football
jerseys,
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out À ts, and
during spirit week–football players
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cheerleader out À ts. But
now, weve all come together for the last time as a class, sporting
gowns and mortarboards for
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. Remember how many times
weve
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about this moment in the middle of class? We sometimes
drift off during
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, fantasizing about how we would
spend our days if life were an
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summer weekend… and thats usually when the teacher
brings us back to
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with an authoritative–ahem–clearing
of the throat
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by a smug inquiry about the electron
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of the noble gasses. Thanks, Mr Gunawan.
Well, everyone, this daydream is just now becoming a new and
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reality. For in addition to our quality
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from the classroom, weve received an
education in life from each other. Solid, irreplaceable
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with our peers and, yes, even with our
teachers and coaches have been forged through hard work, devotion,
good times and bad, and most importantly, pride for a school that
we should all be grateful to call our
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. We may be receiving
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tonight, fellow classmates, but look around you at your
teachers, coaches and friends, and realize what youve truly
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for four years at Fairmont.
Taken from www.davegustafron.com
Activity
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Developing English Competencies f or Grade XII of Language Programme
With a partner, develop a speech about a new regulation at your school. Pay attention to the
following steps of making a speech until delivering it to the audience.
Get the topic
1. 2.
3.
4.
Start
5.
6.
7.
Finish Introduction
Write a 3-sentence introduction. Tell your audience what youre about to say. If your speech
is persuasive, take side whether you are for or against the regulation.
Body Expand on your introduction. What is the
À rst argument, the second, and the third? Make each
section about one or two paragraphs long.
Conclusion If your speech is informative, make a summary
of the main idea and speci À c purpose. If it is
persuasive, combine a summary with a final appeal to the audience to accept the arguments
offered.
Practising To give a good speech you must sound familiar
with the material; to become familiar with the material requires repetition. Repetition means
reading the material aloud up to 50 times if necessary until you are totally familiar with it.
F
eedback
During the practice sessions, ask your partner to listen to your speech. Ask their comments.
Get prepared for the show
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Del ivering a Speech
For the preparation prior to the presentation, with your partner make the outline of your speech in the
following “ speech recipe” .
Ingredients: • one
headline • one expandable thesis or plan
• three points to support your thesis or plan • one
conclusion Fill in the blanks in the following order and serve it to
your audience with a feeling of con À dence and an eye
on clarity.
Introduction:
Hook: Preview:
Body: Point One:
1. 2.
Point Two: 1.
2. Point Three:
1. 2.
Conclusion: 1. Summary
2. Final appeal
Ask the audience to make an individual assessment of your friends’ performance.
Group Names of
Students Topic
Voice Clarity
Pronunciation Teamwork
Entire Performance
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Developing English Competencies f or Grade XII of Language Programme
After learning the lesson in this chapter, you are expected to be able to: 1. respond to various types of speech;
2. learn how to deliver a speech; 3. practise and deliver a speech;
4. read a speech; 5. identify meanings in speech;
6. prepare a speech; 7. write a speech.
Now, answer the questions:
1. What do you know about speech? 2. What should we do before delivering a speech?
3. What should we consider when delivering a speech? 4. What do we need to become a good public speaker?
If you À nd some difÀ culties, consult your teacher or discuss with your friend.
Learning Re
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