[TEA-GEA] ENG3U, Eng ...

This assignment is worth 5% of your Final Course mark

Overall Expectation:

Speaking to Communicate: use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes;                          

Learning Goal(s): 

I will be able to incorporate in a brief speech a variety of vocal strategies (i.e. tone, pitch, volume, body language, visual supports etc) in what I say and how I say to interest a general audience.

Success Criteria: 

I am successful when I can demonstrate confidence in public speaking with the use of effective oral communication techniques and strategies to keep an audience focused and interested in what I am saying.

Assignment Description: 

To demonstrate that you can incorporate effective speaking techniques and strategies that were demonstrated and studied in the active listening and speaking lessons, you will prepare, practice and present a 5-6 minute speech (without hand-held notes); using PowerPoint. 

You may select any topic that interests you, but you must obtain the teacher’s approval before beginning the assignment.

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