Book+Talk

To use oral interpretation skills to enhance and support your ideas To use outside research to enhance and support your ideas To develop further your extemporaneous speaking skills
 * ENGL. 9 SPEECH: Read This Book/Don’t Read This Book—//Trust me, I know what I’m talking about.//**
 * Points:** 60 + 20 final outline + 20 final annotated works cited = **100 points**
 * Purpose:** To persuade a selected audience to consider and accept your opinion and ultimately, read the book
 * Time Limit**: **7 minutes** (about 5 min. for speech + 2 minutes for question/answer session)

1. Choose an **audience** **to whom you would like to direct your speech**. Publishers? Book club? Church group? Etc.
 * Assignment/Steps**:

2**. Why are you giving your speech?** Are you trying to convince the English department to include your book in the curriculum? Take it out? Ban it? Are you trying to convince Oprah and her producers to select the book for her book club? Into //not// selecting the book? Are you trying to convince your friends to read the book over the summer? Or not?

3. **Do research at the library to gather SUPPORT**. Find statistics or testimony to prove your point to your selected audience. Ie. If you want your book to be added to the curriculum, find institutions or credible organizations that endorse the book like the librarians’ American Library Association. Find at least 3 different types of sources that are in at least 3 different forms (e.g. your own outside reading book, an interview, online review, and magazine article). See below.

4. Create **a logically organized speech**, supported both by book excerpts and convincing research. Final OUTLINE is 20 points of the total 100. Low outline score = lower speech grade. **Follow taught guidelines.**

5. Practice your speech to determine what you need to write on your **notecard. 30 words or less**. **Book excerpts must be in manuscript form**.

6. At the end of your speech, you will professionally **field questions** from the group. Anticipate the kinds of questions the audience may ask. Answer rationally and courteously.


 * __Requirements__**__: Your speech should have three distinct sections: Introduction; Body; Conclusion.__
 * The **introduction** must: 1) Capture the audience's attention and motivate them to listen; 2) Provide clear, yet brief background on your book and author; 3) State a clear thesis of your opinion on your book. This thesis must include the word “should.”
 * The **body** of the speech must: 1) Have three clear main ideas to support your thesis; 2) Offer supporting evidence from the novel and outside sources; 3) Use smooth transitions between main points.
 * The **conclusion** of the speech must: 1) Restate the thesis, using new wording; 2) Summarize the main ideas of the speech;
 * 3) Make a final plea to your audience.
 * Supports**: Must come from a minimum of __three__ different types of sources and be in at least __three__ different forms. Besides your own outside reading book where you gleaned excerpts* for your presentation, you’ll need other forms of sources such as:
 * A __magazine article__ on your book. You could find a __quotation__ from the critic/expert and include it as support.
 * The __author's official website__ that addresses the plot, characters, or composition. You could include a __quotation__ from the author.
 * __Amazon.com website__ which includes __statistics__ from other readers. Cite a percentage of readers who have enjoyed the book.
 * An __example/excerpt__ from the __book__ itself.
 * A __newspaper article__ that discusses the book and offers an __example__ of some aspect of the plot that is realistic.
 * A __personal experience__ that discusses how quickly you read the book because of how captivated you were with the characters, plot and ending. (**//no//** source for this one)
 * An __interview__ with an English teacher familiar with the book (other than your own English teacher) from which you use a __quotation__ about his/her feelings toward the characters, plot, or ending.
 * **Outline**: Follow the guidelines and sample outline you have already used for your information speech. If you did not do that outline correctly, do so this time!
 * **Annotated Works Cited**: You are expected to complete an annotated works cited for this speech.
 * a book excerpt used in speech should be __brief__ -- no more than 2 sentences or so (about 15 seconds).

**Annotate your bibliography using following guidelines:** Write a thoughtful paragraph for each bibliography entry that includes the following information:


 * Describe the content (focus) of the source
 * Describe the usefulness of the source for your speech
 * Discuss any limitations the source may have (e.g. bias, timeliness, difficulty level)
 * Evaluate the reliability of the source

Indent the entire paragraph five spaces from the left margin, using block style. Single space the paragraph. Use proper grammar and punctuation! Proofread!