Wednesday 4/2 ~ Do you have enough information to write your opening or closing speech?

WARM-UP

  • More impromptu partner talking based on a drawn topic from the bowl.

DEBATE


Please download the Debate Speeches Outline handout.
  • Use this handout to write your speech. Include your main focus areas with a bit of evidence. 
  • Don't give all of your evidence in the Opening, just say enough to introduce three main THEMES.

 HW: Finish your speech and print it out. Your heading should look like this example:

Jennie Mason                                                                                                   Mason 1
Mrs. West
English 205
19 March 2015

Debate Topic: Should MV change their chapel format? 
Opening Speech ~ Status Quo

Thesis: No, MV should continue to meet corporately for chapels on a weekly basis because in is important to continue to teach a Christian culture, model worship, and address students as a unified community.

Outline:

....And your speech goes on from here... Follow the outline given in the link above.