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WWI Study – High School Speech

Friday, January 7th, 2011 at 2:31 pm  
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We’ve started our WWI study in preparation for a group of us getting together in August (not sure about the date yet) for a speech day where each of the kids will give a speech on something they’ve been studying related to WWI. To begin Wesley’s study he is reading Lusitania by Diana Preston. For our high school students we have started steering them away from giving an informative speech and are asking them to experiment with new types of speeches.  This year they can choose from the following: Special Occasion Speaking (SOS): SOS is an event where students prepare a humorous speech on a timely and relevant topic. This can be influenced through news, politics, current events, trends, and so on.  It must be geared towards a…

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Speech Writing for the Young

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 at 2:22 pm  
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Just how do you go about writing a speech for younger children that have not learned to do it for themselves?  How can you guide them into being able to eventually do it for themselves?  There are always so many ways to approach something and if you have something that works for you that is different than me – great!  But for those that need some direction, that wonder where to start, I will share what has worked for me. For our upcoming Middle Ages Homeschool Speech Co-op Day I have 5 children giving speeches.  Their ages are 3, 6, 11, 14 & 17.  The older ones wrote their own speeches, including Serenity (age 11), but Audrey (age 3) and Justus (age 6) needed help.  Now Audrey does not…

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Review – Beginning Public Speaking

Monday, August 31st, 2009 at 1:43 pm  
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Beginning Public Speaking Written by:  Teressa Moon  Publisher:  Communicators for Christ   For the past several months I have been teaching a public speaking class to about 13 homeschoolers.  My guide for conducting the class has been Beginning Public Speaking by Teresa Moon, published by Communicators for Christ.  It has been a wonderful resource. There is a Teacher’s Edition, Student Workpack & DVD which are all available from Communicators for Christ for the price of $99.95.  I did not have the DVD’s but used only the Teacher & Student Book and I think you really could just use the Teacher’s Edition and not purchase anything else.  The individual books can be purchased through Christian Book Distributors. The books are aimed at ages 8-12 but I adapted it…

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