Tell us a story Goals for this speech Improve eye contact Improve vocal variety and tone of voice More exciting and engaging storytellers Tell a detailed story of yourself to the class Review plot graph ID: 413008
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Personal Experience Speech
Tell us a story….Slide2
Goals for this speech
Improve eye contact!!!Improve vocal variety and tone of voice
More exciting and engaging storytellers
Tell a detailed story of yourself to the class
Review plot graph
What makes for a good story
We get to know you more
Work on interesting introductions and a clear purpose for the speech
Work on brainstorming techniques
Speak comfortably for 2-3 min with a manuscriptSlide3
Get out your Journal please.
It is time to go deeper than what you shared in your interview speech.
HOW DEEP?
You are going to share a story with the class of an experience that you have had that is personal to you.
LIKE WHAT?
It
can be humorous, frightening, dangerous or adventurous
. But you must have a point to make… it could be what to do or not to do, a moral or lesson…
Now we are going to work on brainstorming techniquesSlide4
Topic Ideas….
Closest you ever came to death
Most trouble you ever have been in
Time you “got away with something”
Scariest thing that
you’ve witnessed
Strangest thing you ever witnessed
Best trip you ever went onStrangest vacation you ever tookMost unusual/cool person you’ve metBest practical joke Most life-changing experiencePet peevesMost embarrassing momentFavorite thing to do
Brainstorm # 1:
Pick one of the topics on this page and make a cluster/bubble map that addresses all the situations you could talk about for that topic.Slide5
Brainstorm #2
Chose another topic from the list and make a journalistic brainstormWho:What:
When:
Where:
Why:
How:
Topic Ideas….
Closest you ever came to deathMost trouble you ever have been inTime you “got away with something”Scariest thing that you’ve witnessedStrangest thing you ever witnessedBest trip you ever went onStrangest vacation you ever tookMost unusual/cool person you’ve metBest practical joke Most life-changing experiencePet peeves
Most embarrassing moment
Favorite thing to
doSlide6
Brainstorm #3
Pick one more topic either from the list or of your own choosing.I will give you 5-8 min to
freewrite
on that topic. The rule are…you must constantly be writing – no stopping until I say so. Let it go where it may – anything might come to mind.
Topic Ideas….
Closest you ever came to death
Most trouble you ever have been in
Time you “got away with something”Scariest thing that you’ve witnessedStrangest thing you ever witnessedBest trip you ever went onStrangest vacation you ever tookMost unusual/cool person you’ve metBest practical joke Most life-changing experiencePet peevesMost embarrassing moment
Favorite thing to
doSlide7
NOW WHAT?
Once you pick your topic, Write down all the details you can remember.
Some details may include:
Where were you
? (Describe the setting so I could draw it if I wanted to)
How old were you?
Who was with you?
What time of year? Time of day?What happened before and after?Thoughts running through your mind?Small details that will make the story come to life.Slide8
Plot it out – the story graphSlide9
Focusing in on the details
Chose one moment in this story to describe in greater detail(Mrs. Bell will work you through some exercises to practice this)
Focus on Sensory Detail
What did you hear?
What did you see?
What did you touch/how did things feel?
What did you smell?
What did you taste?Add in a simile or metaphorA comparison using “like” or “as”Slide10
Writing your introduction
How can you draw your audience in to your story?Open with action (in medias res) in the middle of the story
Open with a startling statement or fact about you or the situation
Open with a hypothetical situation – “What would you do if you…” “Imagine…”
Open with a relevant quote
Open with a rhetorical question (one not meant to be answered but to get the audience thinking). Slide11
Things to consider when you start writing
Think of this speech as telling the audience the story of “The time when…”
Talk TO the audience rather than AT the audience.
Use wording as if you are having a conversation with the audience, but keep in mind the decorum of the public speaking arena.
ORGANIZATION
Get interest from your audience = HOOK
Tell story: Background, paint a picture, where , when, what, how, etc.
DETAILS ~DESCRIPTIONS ~DETAILSWhat did you learn? Result?Slide12
Requirements
It has to be a story about you - the more specific the better
It has to be school appropriate (no drugs, swearing, sex…)
It has to be 2-3 minutes
long.
It has to be interesting!!
It must have a catchy introduction (use our handout)
It must have sensory description in it (we will practice this)It needs to have a purpose (theme, moral, lesson, larger meaning, point)You will also be graded on poise, eye contact, vocal variety, tone (we will practice this)You will need to write out a manuscript of the entire speech to turn in (and use).