Download Demonstration Speech - Dubuque Senior Drama

D E M O NS T R AT I O N S P E E C H
PRESENTATION GUIDELINES
General Guidelines
Prepare a 4 - 6 MINUTE speech demonstrating a skill (for example, how something works or how to
make something). When choosing your topic, be sure to keep in mind your…
 Time frame
 Personal skills and abilities
 Audience
A VISUAL AID is REQUIRED for this speech. All visual aids must be appropriate for the classroom.
You may NOT bring in any objects banned by school policy. You must speak extemporaneously (as in,
not reading the speech off of notecards or a draft of your speech) and you may use the front side of
TWO NOTECARDS for this speech. The notecards MUST be written in outline form only.
Please note:
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You are required to bring in your own visual aid materials
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You will only be provided electricity, an easel, or a table
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You must be prepared to clean up any mess that you might make during your speech
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You may bring in any visual aids to Room A209 before school and pick them up after school
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If you forget to take your visual aids home, you will lose points on your speech
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If you have a question as to whether a visual aid is appropriate or against school policy, ASK!
PROCESS
1. Select a Topic
2. Research and identify supporting details – (Facts, opinions, descriptions, definitions, etc.)
3. Organize your supporting details into three main points (What will be your order?)
4. Write an attention-getting device and tie back – (Be sure to bring your speech full circle)
5. Write transitions between each of the main points
6. Create notecards – (2 notecards, front side only)
7. Create or find your visual aid materials
8. Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse
9. Present!
MATERIALS DUE
1. Topic Selection Sheet (10 Points)
2. Outline (10 Points)
3. Two Notecards (10 Points)
Brainstorming Ideas
Personal Care
Cooking
Household Items
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Care for curly/frizzy hair
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Make chocolate chip cookies
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Paint a house
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Get rid of split ends
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Make dirt pudding
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Wallpaper a room
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Get tangles out of hair
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Make a smoothie
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Construct a birdhouse
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Keep hair healthy
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Make a salad
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Balance your checkbook
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French Braid hair
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Make brownies
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Wrap a present
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Decide on hair style for Prom
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Make soap
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Curl hair with a curling iron
School Related
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Wash and fold laundry
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Style your hair for your wedding day
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Prepare for finals
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Blow dry hair straight
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Concentrate more in class
Arts and Crafts
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Make dreadlocks
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Take better notes
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Draw anime
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Care for your fingernails
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Analyze handwriting
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Create a cartoon
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Make your eyes look bigger
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Write an essay
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Make a tie blanket
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Select and apply makeup
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Build a bracelet
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Give a manicure/pedicure
Sports & Recreation
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Create a scrapbook
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Juggle
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Design “Senior Spirit” clothes
Fashion
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Properly exercise
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Tie dye a shirt
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Create a Halloween Costume
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Successfully backpack
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Make origami
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Tie a tie
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Make slipknots
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How to draw Spongebob
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Pin a corsage or boutonniere
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Plant a garden
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Make a lava lamp
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Create school spirit clothes
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Perform a magic trick
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Travel wrinkle free
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Design a memory scrapbook
Technology
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Tie a Windsor Knot
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Make a necklace
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Create a website
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Tie a Bow Tie
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Sew a double needle stitch
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Edit photos in photoshop
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Shine shoes
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Play Euchre
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Create HTML
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Buy a diamond
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Tie a square knot
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Create a PowerPoint
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Pack a suitcase
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Knit a scarf
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Dress for a job interview
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Photography
Music
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Dress for a date
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How to yo-yo
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Play guitar
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Make a tie-dye shirt
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Use a digital camera
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Play the piano
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Decoupage
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Read sheet music
Etiquette
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Tap Dance
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Beginning Violin
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Write a thank you card
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Play Texas Hold’Em
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Sing a scale
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Shake hands
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String a tennis racket
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Play the viola
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Improve your posture
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Assemble a skateboard
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Play the ukulele
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Fold napkins
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Throw certain pitches
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Design a wedding invitation
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Re-lace a baseball glove
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Be a good customer in a restaurant
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Tape a hockey stick
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How to act on a date
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Fix a bicycle tire
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Assemble a computer