Your Name Type the Speech Title Here I. Introduction a. Attention Getter: Tell a surprising fact, a short story, use a quote, and ask a question to the audience. b. Preview: Main point 1, main point 2, and main point 3. c. Thesis statement: The knuckle ball is an unconventional baseball pitch, when thrown properly it can be used to strike out any batter, however; it is difficult to prefect and to throw it consistently. A knuckleball can be a pitcher’s best friend, or his worst enemy. II. Transition: We will first discuss “main point 1” III. Body a. Main point 1: The knuckle ball is difficult to throw i. Sub-point 1: “A small number of pitchers have made a career using the knuckle ball” (Source, 2010). ii. Sub-point 2: Source iii. Sub-point 3: Source IV. Transition: a. Main point 2: The knuckleball can strike out any batter i. Sub-point 1: Source ii. Sub-point 2: Source iii. Sub-point 3: Source V. Transition: a. Main point 3: The knuckleball can be a pitchers best friend or worse enemy i. Sub-point 1: Source ii. Sub-point 2: Source iii. Sub-point 3: Source VI. Transition: VII. Conclusion a. Restate preview b. Restate thesis c. End with quote and final words. Suggest action: “Go look it up!” References · APA style: examples on 365, 400, and 463. · You need to cite 6-9 sources in the outline and in the speech. SPEECH DETAILES: (No excepts) · Sources must be from books, print or online news articles, or other texts. Sources must be from printed or text media. · You are graded on your outline and APA format. · Dress business casual (formal, nice, etc) · Your speech is 4-6 minutes long, no shorter, no longer. · You should time yourself while you speak. · You must orally cite 6-9 sources, also on a reference page. · You must create a bullet-point power point, you may use images (No videos) · The outline is worth 10 points. · Speech days are on the syllabus. Week 11 Thursday: Discuss Public Speaking Ethos: Credibility / Trustworthiness Pathos: Passion / Emotion Logos: Logic / Reason · Chapter 12: Preparing and Researching Presentations a. Public Speaking: speaking to an audience with a specific purpose and goal. b. Informative Speeches: to increase audience knowledge by presenting new, relevant and useful information. c. Audience Analysis i. Demographics: college students and teacher. d. Choosing Your Topic i. Impact of Social Media e. Thesis statement: a statement that summarizes the message you want your audience to accept. f. Evidence: The sources has to be from 6 to 9 sources i. Sources ii. Credible sources g. Reference page i. APA · Chapter 13: Organizing, Writing, and Outlining Presentations a. Main points: the central claims in your speech. i. Organizing main points: MP1, MP2, MP3 ii. Sub-points: support for your main points, each main point has to have 2 to 3 sub-points b. Pattern i. Chronological ii. Problem – Solution iii. Cause – Effect iv. Motivated – Sequence c. Signposts: transitions d. Introduction: i. At.

1. Your Name
Type the Speech Title Here
I. Introduction
a. Attention Getter: Tell a surprising fact, a short story, use a
quote, and ask a question to the audience.
b. Preview: Main point 1, main point 2, and main point 3.
c. Thesis statement: The knuckle ball is an unconventional
baseball pitch, when thrown properly it can be used to strike out
any batter, however; it is difficult to prefect and to throw it
consistently. A knuckleball can be a pitcher’s best friend, or his
worst enemy.
II. Transition: We will first discuss “main point 1”
III. Body
a. Main point 1: The knuckle ball is difficult to throw
i. Sub-point 1: “A small number of pitchers have made a career
using the knuckle ball” (Source, 2010).
ii. Sub-point 2: Source
iii. Sub-point 3: Source
IV. Transition:
a. Main point 2: The knuckleball can strike out any batter
i. Sub-point 1: Source
ii. Sub-point 2: Source
iii. Sub-point 3: Source
V. Transition:
a. Main point 3: The knuckleball can be a pitchers best friend or
worse enemy
i. Sub-point 1: Source
ii. Sub-point 2: Source
iii. Sub-point 3: Source
VI. Transition:
VII. Conclusion
a. Restate preview

2. b. Restate thesis
c. End with quote and final words. Suggest action: “Go look it
up!”
References
· APA style: examples on 365, 400, and 463.
· You need to cite 6-9 sources in the outline and in the speech.
SPEECH DETAILES: (No excepts)
· Sources must be from books, print or online news articles, or
other texts. Sources must be from printed or text media.
· You are graded on your outline and APA format.
· Dress business casual (formal, nice, etc)
· Your speech is 4-6 minutes long, no shorter, no longer.
· You should time yourself while you speak.
· You must orally cite 6-9 sources, also on a reference page.
· You must create a bullet-point power point, you may use
images (No videos)
· The outline is worth 10 points.
· Speech days are on the syllabus.
Week 11
Thursday: Discuss Public Speaking
Ethos: Credibility / Trustworthiness
Pathos: Passion / Emotion

3. Logos: Logic / Reason
· Chapter 12: Preparing and Researching Presentations
a. Public Speaking: speaking to an audience with a specific
purpose and goal.
b. Informative Speeches: to increase audience knowledge by
presenting new, relevant and useful information.
c. Audience Analysis
i. Demographics: college students and teacher.
d. Choosing Your Topic
i. Impact of Social Media
e. Thesis statement: a statement that summarizes the message
you want your audience to accept.
f. Evidence: The sources has to be from 6 to 9 sources
i. Sources
ii. Credible sources
g. Reference page
i. APA
· Chapter 13: Organizing, Writing, and Outlining Presentations
a. Main points: the central claims in your speech.
i. Organizing main points: MP1, MP2, MP3
ii. Sub-points: support for your main points, each main point
has to have 2 to 3 sub-points
b. Pattern
i. Chronological
ii. Problem –
Solution
iii. Cause – Effect
iv. Motivated – Sequence

4. c. Signposts: transitions
d. Introduction:
i. Attention getter: surprising fact, short story, a quote, ask a
question.
ii. Preview of main points
iii. Thesis: a statement that summarizes the message you want
your audience to accept.
e. Conclusion: Restate your topic, preview, thesis, main points,
and call to action.
f. Speech Outline
i. Sentence outline
ii. Phrase outline
iii. Key-word outline
g. Outline Samples: page 397
· Chapter 14: Delivering Presentations
a. Performance visualization: imagine yourself confidently
speaking before the audience.
b. You will speak from memorization and note cards. You will
get “0” points of you “read” to your audience. Make it
conversational.
c. Vocal Delivery:
i. Monotone is distracting and bores the audience
ii. Speaking too fast or too slow
iii. Use pauses for effect (you should work on pauses)
iv. Dress to impress: credibility

5. v. Scan audience to maintain eye contact and built immediacy
d. Body movements:
i. Display a confident posture
ii. Use gestures and illustrators to compliment
e. Emotion:
i. If you’re bored, we’re bored. Put life into your speech.
ii. Create immediacy
f. Visual Aid: create a bullet point - power point with images,
graphs, models, etc.
g. Practicing: memorize your outline, simulate the situation,
practice delivery,
· Chapter 15: Informative Speaking
a. Informative Speaking is simply to teach your audience
something new.
b. We’re not persuading, be objective.
c. Speech Topics: People, Places, Objects, Phenomena, Events,
Processes, Concepts, Issues, Plans and Policies.
d. Make your speech simple and to the point, don’t overwhelm
the audience
e. Define your terms before you speak them, do not alienate the
audience
f. Speech outline: page 464.
Week 12

6. Tuesday: No School
Thursday: Informative Speech outline due.