Lessons and Homework: Problem Solution Speech
Quarter 3: Unit 2
Wednesday, January 27th
1. Introduction to Problem/Solution Speech Project
*young people + social change = dosomething.org
2. Facts that should change the world
--> CM/Analysis Activity
3. Groupwork:
Homework: Research 2 topics - 2 pages of notes on each topic from 4 sources total
Problem Solution Speech Topic List (RECORD EACH SOURCE!!!!!)
*Link to Problem/Solution Speech resources
Homework: 1.Brainstorm on 3-5 topics, then choose 2 different topics to research further
2. Take 2 pages of notes on two different topics (1 page each: record source and 8-10 facts for each topic)- determine which is more interesting to you/can be more persuasive with your peer group
1. Introduction to Problem/Solution Speech Project
*young people + social change = dosomething.org
2. Facts that should change the world
--> CM/Analysis Activity
3. Groupwork:
- Discuss: Facts that should change the World
- Discuss Homework Articles
Homework: Research 2 topics - 2 pages of notes on each topic from 4 sources total
Problem Solution Speech Topic List (RECORD EACH SOURCE!!!!!)
*Link to Problem/Solution Speech resources
Homework: 1.Brainstorm on 3-5 topics, then choose 2 different topics to research further
2. Take 2 pages of notes on two different topics (1 page each: record source and 8-10 facts for each topic)- determine which is more interesting to you/can be more persuasive with your peer group
Essential Research Question: What is a problem in the world and how can I engage my classmates to participate in a solution?
OUTLINE:
1- Intro (Background Info)
A> Interest Catcher (interesting quote, fact, or question to the audience)
B> Background Info on your subject to engage audience in the topic
C> Thesis (last sentence of Intro): _________ is a problem and we all must be part of a
solution.
2> Prove Severity of Problem - Facts/anecdotes that prove your issue is DIRE!
3> Propose Solutions (propose solutions that you audience can participate in and prove
that this will be effective)
4> Counter-arguments and Rebuttals (Discuss why others would object to your
issue and rebut these oppositions)
5> Conclusion:
A> Restate thesis in new words with added information
B> Summarize your main points
C> Discuss an overarching analysis - implication of the future
D> Leave your audience with a call to action
6> Annotated Bibliography
Sources in the correct format in alphabetical order
Annotations: 1. Who is the source?
2. Why is it credible?
3. How has it helped your research?
Link to Problem/Solution Speech resources
Past Student Examples:
Nuclear War
Deforestation
Global Warming
Air Pollution
Sex Trafficking
Body Image/Eating Disorders
Homelessness
World Hunger
Healthcare
Ideas for Projects:
Misperceptions
Homelessness
Discrimination (Gender, Sexuality, Race)
Global Warming
Ocean Pollution
Endangered Species
Environmental Pollution
Deforestation
Bullying
Child Soldiers
Overpopulation
Overconsumption
Eat Organic
Eat Local
Factory Farming
Animal Cruelty
Sex Trafficking
Teen/ Suicide
Anorexia/Bulimia/Body Image
Mental Illness
Guns in Schools
Guns in America
Skateboarding is not a Crime
Plastics in the Environment
Violence in Video Games/Media
Addiction to Technology
Drugs/Drug Addiction
Drugs in Sports
Gap between the rich and the poor
Child Labor
Corporate Oppression
War/International Violence
Death Penalty
Legal Issues/Infringement on Rights
People in Prisons & Jails
Obesity in Children/in America
Dependence on Oil
Alternative Energy
Poverty
Economic Issues
Health Topics
Child Abuse
GMOs
Homework: 1.Brainstorm on 3-5 topics, then choose 2 different topics to research further
2. Take 2 pages of notes on two different topics (1 page each: record source and 8-10 facts for each topic)- determine which is more interesting to you/can be more persuasive with your peer group
1- Intro (Background Info)
A> Interest Catcher (interesting quote, fact, or question to the audience)
B> Background Info on your subject to engage audience in the topic
C> Thesis (last sentence of Intro): _________ is a problem and we all must be part of a
solution.
2> Prove Severity of Problem - Facts/anecdotes that prove your issue is DIRE!
3> Propose Solutions (propose solutions that you audience can participate in and prove
that this will be effective)
4> Counter-arguments and Rebuttals (Discuss why others would object to your
issue and rebut these oppositions)
5> Conclusion:
A> Restate thesis in new words with added information
B> Summarize your main points
C> Discuss an overarching analysis - implication of the future
D> Leave your audience with a call to action
6> Annotated Bibliography
Sources in the correct format in alphabetical order
Annotations: 1. Who is the source?
2. Why is it credible?
3. How has it helped your research?
Link to Problem/Solution Speech resources
Past Student Examples:
Nuclear War
Deforestation
Global Warming
Air Pollution
Sex Trafficking
Body Image/Eating Disorders
Homelessness
World Hunger
Healthcare
Ideas for Projects:
Misperceptions
Homelessness
Discrimination (Gender, Sexuality, Race)
Global Warming
Ocean Pollution
Endangered Species
Environmental Pollution
Deforestation
Bullying
Child Soldiers
Overpopulation
Overconsumption
Eat Organic
Eat Local
Factory Farming
Animal Cruelty
Sex Trafficking
Teen/ Suicide
Anorexia/Bulimia/Body Image
Mental Illness
Guns in Schools
Guns in America
Skateboarding is not a Crime
Plastics in the Environment
Violence in Video Games/Media
Addiction to Technology
Drugs/Drug Addiction
Drugs in Sports
Gap between the rich and the poor
Child Labor
Corporate Oppression
War/International Violence
Death Penalty
Legal Issues/Infringement on Rights
People in Prisons & Jails
Obesity in Children/in America
Dependence on Oil
Alternative Energy
Poverty
Economic Issues
Health Topics
Child Abuse
GMOs
Homework: 1.Brainstorm on 3-5 topics, then choose 2 different topics to research further
2. Take 2 pages of notes on two different topics (1 page each: record source and 8-10 facts for each topic)- determine which is more interesting to you/can be more persuasive with your peer group
Monday, Feb. 1st
1. vocab: paramount, cardinal, predisposed, zealous, partial
2. Ethical Inventory
3. journal: Checklist: Profiling your Audience
4. Plagiarism:
- RECORD YOUR SOURCE, AUTHOR & DATE ACCESSED!!!!
- Quotes get quoted!
- Paraphrasing gets citations
Homework: 5 TOTAL pages of notes from 3-5 credible sources.
*Keep track of sources - take notes on ONLY ONE side of the page, skipping lines between notes
--> Find facts on...
A> Severity of your problem
B> Quotes from Experts in the field
B> How it relates affects your audience
C> Other Sides of the issue & counter arguments
D> Solutions for this problem
E> Proof that these solutions are effective
Wednesday, Feb. 3rd
1. vocab: rebuttal, refute, correlate, deduce
2. Persuasive Example: Ethos, Logos, & Pathos in Animal Cruelty Propaganda Pamphlet
3. journal: A) They Say, I Say: Responding to Animal Cruelty Arguments in the pamphlet
--> CD, CM (relate fact to audience)
4. Worktime: Problem/Solution Speech
**Finish taking notes, then create an outline with these notes
1. Create a code for each of your credible sources (1-5 or A-E) and record this code next
to each fact from that source) [ie - all facts from source "A" should have an "A" next to
the fact before it is cut from the page]
2. Cut out each fact from the page (make sure each individual fact includes the source code)
3. Take 5 sheets of blank paper and label them with the following categories:
A- Intro (Background Info)
B - Facts that prove Severity of Problem
C - Solutions & Proof that solutions are effective
D - Counter Arguments & Rebuttals
E - Overarching analysis
3. Sort your notes into the corresponding category pile
4. Paste down the notes on each page in the order you will use them in the paragraph,
leaving space for commentaries in between.
5. You now have the outline for your essay
6. Add CMs between CDs
Homework: Complete outline for Problem Solution Speech
Friday, Feb. 5th
1. vocab: extrapolate, elucidate, endeavor, exacerbate, exordium
2. journal: Complete Checklist: The Beginning & Introducing the Problem (packet)
3. Writing Lesson: The Introduction:
1. Hook 2. Background Info 3. Thesis
->Hooks: Interest Catcher
- Imagine…. (detailed imagery/ set a scene)
- Shocking Fact: Since a suicide occurs every 17 minutes, and each suicide intimately affects at least 6 other people, then there are about 6 new suicide survivors every 17 minutes (suicide.org).
- Rhetorical Question: How would you like to experience...?
- Quote: "Be the change you want to see in the world." - Ghandi
- Anecdote (short story told to engage interest): In 2008, Mayra Rosales was labeled the
- “Half Ton Killer”, for murdering her two year old nephew by sitting on him (ABCnews.com).
- Hook: examples
- Ex 1: Text Them GoodBye
- Ex 2: Childhood Obesity
- Ex 3: GMOs
- Ex 4: Gender
- Ex 5: Endangered Species
*Refer to the following website and USE MLA format as you begin to write:
- ____________________argues that "XYCVB" (nationalgeographic.org), while I contend ____________.
- ___________________ must be stopped because "JGKHGJHVJHV" (Jones).
- Paraphrase/ summary in my own words/but taken from a source (bbc.com).
A) MLA Format &
B) Citing Sources - Citing your sources IN THE TEXT as you write
- Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (263).
- Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).
- Wordsworth extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process (263).
A) Write your introduction:
A> Hook (interesting quote, fact, or question to the audience)
B> Background Info on your subject to engage audience in the topic
C> Thesis (last sentence of Intro): _________ is a problem and we all must be part of a
solution.
Homework: Write your Introduction, MLA FORMAT, due Wednesday at START OF CLASS
*Use IN-text citations
-> resources tab
2. Independent Project: Due March 9th
Monday, Feb. 8th: NO SCHOOL
Homework: Write your Introduction, MLA FORMAT, due Wednesday at START OF CLASS
*Use IN-text citations
-> resources tab
2. Independent Project: Due March 9th
Wednesday, Feb. 10th
1. vocab: proliferate, manifestation, indicative, pandemic, depreciate, repercussion
2. journal: Analyze ethos, logos, pathos in the following:
Video Speech Example:
Jamie Oliver: Teach Every Child About Food
- Analyze: How does Oliver make the problem relevant?
- How does he prove the severity of his issue?
-->Persuasive Examples & Analysis:
- Analyze Student Work Examples in Groups: FIND 2 examples of each: ethos, logos, pathos in...
- Real World Example:
- Advertisement: Texting & Driving_
Homework: Write first body paragraph/section of speech: Prove Severity of your Issue
*MLA Format, using IN-text citations
-> resources tab
2. Independent Project: Due March 9th
Monday, Feb. 15th: NO SCHOOL
Homework: Write first body paragraph/section of speech: Prove Severity of your Issue
*MLA Format, using IN-text citations
-> resources tab
2. Independent Project: Due March 9th
Wednesday, Feb. 17th
1. vocab: imperative, declarative, mandate, inexorable, ineluctable, obligatory, disperate
2. journal: Analyze ethos, logos, pathos in the following:
*Video Speech:
Topic: Stopping Sexual Slavery https://www.ted.com/talks/sunitha_krishnan_tedindia?language=en
- Clip: A Call to Action!
- Analyze: Relevancy of problem: why the audience should care; how the topic relates to the audience; effective use of evidence to make claim relevant; practical solutions
-->Persuasive Examples & Analysis:
- Analyze Student Work Examples in Groups: FIND 2 examples of each: ethos, logos, pathos in...
- Real World Example:
Homework: Finish Solutions Paragraph (propose solutions that you audience can participate in and prove why they will be effective)
*MLA Format, using IN-text citations
2. Independent Project: Due March 9th
Friday, Feb. 19th
1. vocab: rebuttal, refute, debunk, invalidate, fallacious, repudiate, conversely, albeit
- Transition Words: Conversely, Albeit, Hence, Although, Consequently, However, Therefore, Thus...
-->Persuasive Examples & Analysis: 3. journal:
- Peer writes 5 reasons that they would not care about solving your problem
- You must defend each
- Discuss why others would object to your issue and refute these oppositions
- "I understand why you would feel....."
- "Conversely, that is not the case due to..."
*MLA Format, using IN-text citations
2. Independent Project: Due March 9th
Monday, Feb. 22nd
1. vocab: horative sentence, elicit, impassion, recur, concur, salient
2. journal: Analyze ethos, logos, pathos in the following: 3. Lesson: The Conclusion: Overarching Analysis & Annotated Bibliography
>Conclusion
- Restate thesis in new words
- Summarize salient points of your argument
- "Imagine a future where..." and show illustrate what the world will look like if we don't SOLVE problem
- Tie your points to a universal analysis of human nature and how we can make the future brighter
- Horative Sentence: CALL TO ACTION (list of simple steps for peers to follow...)
Sources in the correct format in alphabetical order
Annotations: 1. Who is the source?
2. Why is it credible?
3. How has it helped your research?
---> Student EXAMPLES
4. worktime: Write: Conclusion & Annotated Bibliography
A) Transition Words: Hence, Although, Consequently, However, Therefore, Thus...
B) Conclusion TIES IT ALL TOGETHER & Calls audience to action
C) Annotated Bibliography: easybib.com
Homework: Add conclusion & annotated bibliography and be prepared to peer edit on Wednesday at start of class (have a COMPLETE DRAFT OF SPEECH printed out at beginning of class)
*MLA Format, using IN-text citations
* easybib.com
2. Independent Project: Due March 9th
Wednesday, Feb. 25th
1. vocab: conglomerate, circumvent, reappropriate, obsolete, imperative
2. Visual Presentation example
- use Google slides, Powerpoint, or Prezi
- use pathos (images, video clips (2 min max), interview clips, music, etc...)
- use logos (shocking fact paired with photo)
- use ethos (Bibliography Slide at end with all sources cited)
- 1-3 bullet points per page, paired with image
- COPY & PASTE WILL RESULT IN A ZERO
4. Write FINAL DRAFT of Speech
5. Work on Visual Presentation
Homework: Complete Final draft of Speech
Begin Visual Presentation
*MLA Format, using IN-text citations
2. Independent Project: Due March 9th
Monday, Feb. 29th
1. vocab: disparity, dichotomy, analogous, pertinent, pervasive, feasible, eradicate
2. journal: verbal & non-verbal speaking techniques
3. Famous Speeches: analyze verbal & non-verbal speaking techniques:
--> Robert F Kennedy: On the Death of Martin Luther King
--> Malcolm X: Who Taught You To Hate Yourself?
--> Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman": Nkechi at TEDxFiDiWomen
--> Mellody Hobson: Color blind or color brave?
4. Visual Presentations
- Past student visual presentations
- Depression
- Texting & Driving
- Racial Profiling
- Animal Abuse
- Libraries in Need
- Skating is not a Crime
- Water Pollution
Homework: Visual Presentation due Wednesday
Rehearse Speech: Be prepared to present on Wednesday (DRESS FOR SUCCESS!!!)
*MLA Format, using IN-text citations
3. Independent Project: Due March 9th
Wednesday, March 2nd
Present Speeches
Homework: Rehearse/Prepare for your speech
2. Independent Project: Due March 9th
Friday, March 4th
PRESENT SPEECHES
Homework: Rehearse/Prepare for your speech
2. Independent Project: Due March 9th
Monday, March 7th
1. PRESENT SPEECHES - ALL MUST BE PREPARED!!!
2. journal: Self-Assessment of Speech
Homework: Independent Project: Due March 9th
Wednesday, March 9th
1. vocab: explication, finite, infinitude, infinitesimal, impertinent, fallacy
2. journal: Self-Assessment of Speech
3. Logical Fallacies
4. Sound Bytes Student Example
5. Sound Bytes Project:
Sound Bytes Project Guidelines
PROJECT STEPS:
1. Choose an appropriate song, keeping in mind that you will be sharing this in class
2. Research the artist & context of the song
3. Analyze the song, line by line, noting in the margin what each verse and stanza means
4. Highlight each literary device (metaphor, alliteration, etc…)
5. Answer the guiding questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES!! You should type or write neatly on separate paper.
6. Present your song & Analysis to the class
Guiding Questions
1. Context: artist/group background
Who are they? Where are they from? What time period?
What genre of music do they play? What instruments?
What is the context of this genre?
Lyrics: what themes do they sing about?
What important details does a listener need to have to help them understand the music that you are presenting?
2. Audience: who is the song written for? Who is meant to hear it? Purpose: Why was it written? What does the artist intend for the audience in presenting this song (general)?
Teenagers fans of: pop music relate an idea to others
Adults Hip-hop teach a moral lesson
Children metal change people’s minds
General Public punk incite revolution
Generation X electronica tell a story
make a political/social statement
3. Message: What is the point of the song? What specific argument is being made?
Presentation: How is the message sent? What forms of media are employed to reach the mass public, or to the intended audience?
To change (in a certain way) Television: MTV, VH1, etc…
To not let wealth change you Radio: Which stations?
To present and follow an ideal What kind of stations are these?
To teach a moral lesson CDs – where sold & marketed?
To be yourself/unique Film – heard on a soundtrack?
To help get over a problem LP, music video, album, greatest hits
Internet – Youtube, Spotify, Soundcloud…
4. Verbal techniques: strategies used to aid voice in public speaking
Non-verbal techniques: strategies used to aid overall impression in public speech
Verbal Non-verbal
Project voice Eye contact
Annunciate Body Language
Repetition Posture
Language of the Audience Visual Aids
Relates to the People Gestures
Uses Credible Facts & Sources Movement
5. Stylistic/ Literary Devices: Discuss and give examples of any literary techniques that illustrate the author’s voice, tone, style, such as…
1st/2nd/3rd person Figurative language: metaphor, extended metaphor
prose simile, personification, symbolism, imagery
narration Irony allegory, parable
ballad/poem/rap allusion stream of consciousness
alliteration biography/autobiography foreshadowing
flashback fiction/non-fiction humor
juxtaposition persuasion (with justification) stereotype
6. How do these techniques enhance and persuade the audience? Your thoughtful reflection.
Make the audience feel included/ they can relate
Stirs emotions, Evokes Imagery in listener’s mind
Argument is justified – based on credible evidence
Entertaining
7. Persuasive techniques: Any other techniques used to persuade the audience of the message.
repetition
audience is persuaded by artist’s status, persuaded by context
logical fallacies, biased information, non-credible sources
relates to and is in the language of the audience
8. Logical fallacies: Are there errors in reasoning; faults in the arguments? Are biases present? Are sources credible?
overgeneralization (“Everyone is doing it!”)
circular argument (“You should do it because it is good!”)
either/or fallacy (“If you don’t do this, then something else will occur.”)
cause & effect fallacy (“If you do this, it will definitely cause…..”)
Monday, March 14th
1. vocab: demographic, eclectic, cadence, euphony, cacophony, dissonance
2. Presentations: Sound Bytes Project
3. Smarter Balance Test Introduction
4. Logical Fallacy Presentations
Homework: Create a slideshow with 10 slides, identifying at least 10 different logical fallacies
Wednesday, March 16th
1. vocab: discreet, amiable, disgruntled, debauchery, convoluted, confluence, depravity, discrepancy,
2. Sound Bytes Project Presentations
3. Smarter Balance Test Prep
4. Logical Fallacy Presentations
Homework: Independent Project Proposal: Quarter 4 Project
(write a minimum of a half page discussing how you will spend the 10 hours to complete your independent project)
Friday, March 18th
1. Sound Bytes Presentations
2. Logical Fallacy Presentations
3. Smarter Balance Test Prep
Homework: Film Analysis Worksheet
Monday, March 21st
1. vocab: Columbine Set 1
2. journal: KWL chart: Columbine & List of Topics
3. poster activity: write your current perspective on each poster topic
4. Read: Columbine --> p. 18 & annotate for your chosen topic
Homework: Find and read an article about Waco Texas and one about Timothy McVeigh
Print & Annotate OR Write a summary of each
RECORD SOURCES
Wednesday, March 23rd
1. vocab: Columbine Set 2
2. journal: quote response: preface quotes
3. activity: Characterization of _____
4. Read: Columbine --> p. 45
Homework: Read Columbine --> p. 45 & annotate for your chosen topic
1. vocab: Columbine Set 2
2. journal: quote response: preface quotes
3. activity: Characterization of _____
4. Read: Columbine --> p. 45
Homework: Read Columbine --> p. 45 & annotate for your chosen topic
Friday, March 25th
1. vocab: Columbine Set 3
2. Read: Columbine --> p. 45-98
3. journal: Response to Shooting Scene
4. Discussion
Homework: Read Columbine --> p. 98 & annotate for your chosen topic
1. vocab: Columbine Set 3
2. Read: Columbine --> p. 45-98
3. journal: Response to Shooting Scene
4. Discussion
Homework: Read Columbine --> p. 98 & annotate for your chosen topic
Monday, March 28th
1. vocab: Columbine Set 2
2. activity: Media Reports of Columbine
3. journal: Can we ever be certain of how an event occurred due to the excessive amount of biases and the changes to information as it passes down? How do you think this affected the people involved in the shooting?
4. Read: Columbine --> p.
Homework: Read Columbine & annotate for your chosen topic
1. vocab: Columbine Set 2
2. activity: Media Reports of Columbine
- In groups, students will read the articles and gather information about what happened.
- Analyze for biases, tone, audience, intention
- Effects on audience?
- Groups Share out
- Discuss
- The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/apr/21/usgunviolence.usa
- NYTimes http://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/21/us/terror-littleton-overview-2-students-colorado-school-said-gun-down-many-23-kill.html?pagewanted=all
- CNN: http://www.cnn.com/US/9904/20/school.shooting.08/
- Denver Post: http://extras.denverpost.com/news/shot0420a.htm
- NYDaily: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/high-school-bloodbathgun-toting-teens-kill-25-article-1.822951
3. journal: Can we ever be certain of how an event occurred due to the excessive amount of biases and the changes to information as it passes down? How do you think this affected the people involved in the shooting?
4. Read: Columbine --> p.
Homework: Read Columbine & annotate for your chosen topic
Wednesday, March 30th
1. vocab: Columbine Set 4
2. journal: Questions for Guest Speaker: Deputy Huntsman
3. activity: Guest Speaker: Deputy Huntsman
4. Read: Columbine --> p.
Homework: Read Columbine --> p. & annotate for your chosen topic
1. vocab: Columbine Set 4
2. journal: Questions for Guest Speaker: Deputy Huntsman
3. activity: Guest Speaker: Deputy Huntsman
4. Read: Columbine --> p.
Homework: Read Columbine --> p. & annotate for your chosen topic
Friday, April 2nd
1. vocab: Columbine Set 5
2. journal:
3. Read: Columbine --> p.
Homework: Read Columbine --> p.
1. vocab: Columbine Set 5
2. journal:
3. Read: Columbine --> p.
Homework: Read Columbine --> p.