Kyle

Persuasive Speech Assessment This speech was supposed to persuade people into having something which was a big issue to change. I chose the topic of starting school later. This was a bad speech and I felt I was really unlucky because I got thrown off and had to do the speech three times. I didn’t really do anything good because after the second time I didn’t even care anymore, I just wanted it to be over. I did badly on many things though because I appeared to be boring and it looked like I didn’t want to do the speech. I didn’t do any movements, I was looking down at my note card most of the time, my volume was soft, I wasn’t fluent with my speech, and my final time was well under the minimum time. My speech didn’t seem to make any point because it was lifeless and boring to watch. I need to be able to still be poised even if something goes wrong. That was a really big part of my speech. If I were to do this speech again without any interruptions I feel that I would have been able to do a whole lot better. If I were to grade myself, it would probably be either a D or a C- because it was so bad.

Inspirational speech self assesment

This speech was different than all the other speaking projects we had done before. Our assignment was to write about something that had happened to us and was a challenge in life or something hard to endure. My speech was about the time I was hospitalized when I was a boy. I tried to show that I was lucky to be alive and I try not to take things for granted because it can be taken away from you at any moment. Though i did better than the day before i still feel like i could have done better than i had done. I think i did well on my rate because i think it was long enough to reach the three minute mark because if i had not then i would have had points taken off my speech. My posture looked good to me because i didn't seem to be moving around while standing up there. I could have done better on things like volume, eye contact and doing hand motions. I didn't seem to have any hand motions at all or show much emotion even though it was a speech. I didn't seem fluent in my speech because I'd have to stop and remember what i was going to say. I think this was a good start to doing speeches because i felt prepared for this speech. I now know what it feels like to do speeches and what to do now. I have learned what i need to do in my performances and all the things that i didn't do as well on i need to improve on.I think i deserve a "B" or something because it wasnt that bad and it was that good.

Kyle Makishima 1/14/10 English 9

//Where the Red Fern Grows// Self Evaluation

This particular assignment was about a book which we needed to read. The book that I read was //Where the Red Fern Grows//. I was supposed to try to convince people to read the book or have others not read the book. This performance I had felt that I didn’t do too well on this assignment. My rate was able to be within the time limit which means my timing is good. I would look down sort of often and have short choppy sentences which made my volume and my fluency falter. But it’s hard to remember five minutes of a speech so I wasn’t that sure on what I was going to say next. I was able to read a book and I gained a better idea for longer speeches such as this one. Also I should try to speak louder to make it sound louder when my speech records on the camera. I think I would deserve a “B” for this project because I felt like this was an okay speech.