Your second speech is a Discovery speech. In it you will accomplish two tasks. First, you will “discover” a new topic from a limited set of topics I present to you. Second, you will prepare a brief speech on this new information. [Optional: You will create and use a visual aid during the presentation according to the guidelines provided in class/textbook/Blackboard. This is NOT an electronic aid – you will not be using Power Point, or other computer-assisted devices. Any visual aid usage will be graded; this creates a videography concern – does the video show the visual aid during the speech – that students must account for. The use of a power point or other electronic aid will result in zero points for the DELIVERY caption.]
The Discovery speech will be 4 to 6 minutes in length. Your evaluation is broken down into three large sections: visual aid design and usage, if used; preparation and presentation of content; delivery skills.
- View the topic list on the other side of this sheet. Select one topic.
- Research THREE (or more) documents that assists you in discovering information about the selected topic. These resource document(s) must be current within the last 2 years (if possible; if not, student must justify, in their speech, why they are not using current resources. Create an annotation for each – an annotation is a 25- to 50-word summary of the “central idea” and relevance to your speech. You will submit the annotated bibliography via SafeAssign (Module 6). You will also “fact check” yourself and create an “additional source materials” section to the bibliography. These sources may not be complete (ie, good sources, but no author or date of publication), or they may be used because you need additional information on your primary expert (because your other sources do not include that), or for confirming the validity of things mentioned only in one other source.
- Create a “general purpose” statement (“to inform…”) and “central idea” statement (complete sentence; thesis) for your presentation.
- Note in 25-50 words the exigency you experienced – why did you choose this topic? what discovery or inspiration did you encounter? You should use this as a central theme in your speech.
- If you choose a person…you are NOT doing a biography of a person listed on the topic sheet. You are using that person as an inspiration for your discovery of knowledge. If you chose a place…you are NOT giving a travelogue.
- Using your acquired knowledge from the introductory speech assignment, create notecards (one max, plus 1-2 for quotations you use) for yourself that provides a cheat sheet for your speech.
- Optional: create a visual aid that can be used to enhance/supplement what you are saying. Please follow in-class and textbook guidelines for effective visual aids. No electronic or computer-assisted aids, please.
Summary: select a topic; acquire resources on the topic chosen for your speech; craft notecard, purpose and idea statements, and a visual aid, if applicable; prepare annotated bibliography; present a great speech
