This morning, let's start with a few sample motivational speeches. Listen carefully to the speeches as examples/models for your own speech you will write today.
Inspirational Speech: Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) by Baz Luhrmann
Randy Pausch (advice, 3.5 min.) & his speech on the Oprah show (10 min.)
Who Inspires You (a short inspirational speech; 4 min.)
Finding Your Meaning in Life (short inspirational video: 4 min.)
California Inspires Me: Rashida Jones (3 min.)
30 Day Brainstorm: A Person Who Inspires Me (4 min.)
The 5 Most Inspirational Speeches of Our Time
Make an outline. Use your premise as your thesis. Start with what inspires you. Write specifically, if you can. Make an example of your own life. Then, in your body paragraph connect your thesis or premise with your chosen historical figure who exemplifies what inspires you. Tell us about this person. How do they fit your criteria about what inspires you? Tell us how and why this person fits your model or supports your thesis/premise/claim. After explaining who this person is and why they fit your idea of motivation, name a few other historical figures (artists, politicians, people in your family, etc.) that remind you of the person you chose. Finally, suggest 3 ways that we might become more like the people who inspire you.
Your outline might look like this (this is a sample):
I. Introduction
A. Hook: attention grabbing statement about when my parents went without supper to feed me.
B. Lead-in: connect the hook with the premise.
C. Premise: I am inspired by...people who put others before themselves.
II. Body
A. Ghandi
B. Details about Ghandi's life (who was he, what did he do, etc.)
C. How Ghandi put other people's needs before his own
III. 2nd body paragraph: Others
A. Other figures in my life who exemplify this quality: family members
B. Public figures that I admire, etc.
C. Entertainers/Artists that I admire or who inspire me to put others before myself.
IV. Conclusion
A. Advice about how to be a better person: think beyond yourself.
B. Help people who are less fortunate.
C. Have empathy.
D. Ending remarks.
Write a sketchy outline like this one before you begin writing your speech draft. Organize your ideas before you begin. Tighten the writing of your speech to be concise, specific, and full of imagery.
Find a quote from one of these sources and see if you can use it effectively in your speech.
Inspirational Speech: Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) by Baz Luhrmann
Randy Pausch (advice, 3.5 min.) & his speech on the Oprah show (10 min.)
Who Inspires You (a short inspirational speech; 4 min.)
Finding Your Meaning in Life (short inspirational video: 4 min.)
California Inspires Me: Rashida Jones (3 min.)
30 Day Brainstorm: A Person Who Inspires Me (4 min.)
The 5 Most Inspirational Speeches of Our Time
Make an outline. Use your premise as your thesis. Start with what inspires you. Write specifically, if you can. Make an example of your own life. Then, in your body paragraph connect your thesis or premise with your chosen historical figure who exemplifies what inspires you. Tell us about this person. How do they fit your criteria about what inspires you? Tell us how and why this person fits your model or supports your thesis/premise/claim. After explaining who this person is and why they fit your idea of motivation, name a few other historical figures (artists, politicians, people in your family, etc.) that remind you of the person you chose. Finally, suggest 3 ways that we might become more like the people who inspire you.
Your outline might look like this (this is a sample):
I. Introduction
A. Hook: attention grabbing statement about when my parents went without supper to feed me.
B. Lead-in: connect the hook with the premise.
C. Premise: I am inspired by...people who put others before themselves.
II. Body
A. Ghandi
B. Details about Ghandi's life (who was he, what did he do, etc.)
C. How Ghandi put other people's needs before his own
III. 2nd body paragraph: Others
A. Other figures in my life who exemplify this quality: family members
B. Public figures that I admire, etc.
C. Entertainers/Artists that I admire or who inspire me to put others before myself.
IV. Conclusion
A. Advice about how to be a better person: think beyond yourself.
B. Help people who are less fortunate.
C. Have empathy.
D. Ending remarks.
Write a sketchy outline like this one before you begin writing your speech draft. Organize your ideas before you begin. Tighten the writing of your speech to be concise, specific, and full of imagery.
Find a quote from one of these sources and see if you can use it effectively in your speech.
HOMEWORK: If you did not complete a draft in class, please complete by next class. Draft is due by Friday, Dec. 22.
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