SPEECH ACTIVITIES FOR MORE EFFECTIVE ORAL COMMUNICATION

Monologues

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Quickwrite: Think about speeches or dialogue by characters you may

have seen on television. What made them catch your attention? What was interesting or memorable about them?

Monologue

A speech given by one character in a play, movie, or story.

A monologue is an extended speech, written from the first-person point of view, in which a performer presents his or her—or a character’s— thoughts on a subject.

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What is a synonym for a monologue?

• Arguement

• Speech

• Acting

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How many people speak in a monologue?

• Two

• One

• As many as you want

• Its just music

LET'S LOOK AT AN EXAMPLE

AS YOU WATCH, TRY TO IDENTIFY WHAT MAKES THIS A MONOLOGUE

What makes a speech a monologue?

• Monologues have a certain structure: a beginning that hooks the reader, a middle that sequences and develops ideas, and an end that offers a conclusion.

• Content is tailored to the purpose and audience. 

Dialogue

Narrative-Descriptive Writing

What is Dialogue

Dialogue is the conversation in a story or anytime something is said aloud by the story's characters. Dialogue states the character's exact words.

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What is dialogue?

• narration

• text written by the author

• exact words spoken by a character

• thoughts

Dialogue Rules

• Quote any spoken words.

• Capitalize the first word of the quoted sentence.

• Separate spoken and unspoken words with punctuation.

• Use tags to show who is speaking and their mood.

• Indent/ write on a new line for each new speaker and use dialogue with correct punctuation.

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Select ALL of the following that are necessary when writing dialogue in stories.

• punctuation

• indentation

• capitalization

• tags

Punctuation

Dialogue Tags

Punctuation

Writing Dialogue

Fill in the Blanks

When a question mark or exclamation mark comes before the dialogue tag, then there is no need to put a

.

Try these instead of said...

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Which of the following is the dialogue tag?

• "You won't believe what I saw!"

• she bellowed

Review

Interviews

IGCSE Sociology

Interviewer - a person who interviews someone

Interviewee - a person who is interviewed

​Guidelines for good interviews

• ​make the interviewee feel comfortable (what study's purpose, confidentiality, etc.)

• ​create a certain amount of order

• ​make sure the language used is understandable and relevant

• ​avoid leading questions or questions that make assumptions

• ​keep a fact sheet record (interviewee's name, age, gender)

• ​make sure the interview takes place in a quiet and private setting

• ​use a good quality recording machine and microphone (ask permission)

Some types of questions used in interviews

• Introductory questions such as, 'Can you tell about...? Have you ever...?'

• ​Follow-up questions to get the interviewee to elaborate, such as, 'What do you mean by...? You mentioned...?'

• ​Probing questions, such as, 'Could you say a bit more about...?'

• ​Specifying questions asking for detail or elaboration, such as, 'What did you do then?'

Some types of questions used in interviews

• ​Indirect questions. For example, 'Why do many people feel that...? is probably a roundabout way of asking 'Do you feel that...?'

• ​Silence, so that interviweers can reflect on and amplify an answer.

• ​Interpreting questions such as, 'Do you mean that...?'

Business Meetings

Discuss the questions.

1 Do you ever have to run a meeting?

2 Have you ever rescheduled a meeting? Why?

3 Why can a meeting be cancelled?

4 Should there always be a facilitator in a meeting? Why/Not?

5 Would you make a good facilitator? Why/Not?

Reorder

Reorder the following steps of facilitating a meeting.

• Plan your structure

• Create an agenda

• Guide and control the event

• Record and action

• Reflect and improve

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

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What is a meeting?

• A training session

• Anywhere a lot of people gather

• A gathering of two or more people convened for the purpose of achieving a common goal.

• Is one person meeting other people to tell them the changes that will be made in an organization.

Group Discussions

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What is one thing you do well in a group setting?

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What is one thing you need help with in a group setting?

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What does "collaborative" mean?

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How should a group discussion sound in this class? What should it look like if the teacher jumped into the breakout room?

Accountable Talk

When we have class discussions, it can feel awkward to start or to lead the group. These phrases are created to help you start and respond to classmates using language that is respectful and keeps the conversation going.

First Comment:

• I discovered that...

• I noticed that...

• I wonder if...

• I was confused by...

• This reminds me of...

• I predict that...

• I like/don't like...

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A recent article published by NASA states that they found a new solar system which works similarly to ours. If they are correct about the sun, there may be habitable conditions on up to three of the planets!

Using the first comment sentence stems, comment on the paragraph above.

Replying:

• I agree because...

• I disagree because...

• In my opinion...

• Can you tell me more about that?

• Can you show me?

• Can you explain in another way?

• Why do you think that?

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First comment: I wonder if humans would be able to live on these new planets. I think it would be really cool to live in different places in the universe.

Respond using one of the replies:

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How does foreshadowing help build tension in "The Seventh Man"?

First comment phrases: I think that... I believe that... I noticed that....

​MEDIA

​The physical objects used to communicate with, or the mass communication through physical objects such as radio, television, computers, film, etc. It also refers to any physical object used to communicate messages.

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The definition of media is:

• the use of technology

• the analysis and evaluation of media messages

• a form of communication often through the use of technology

• the internet

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What is the main purpose of the media?

• To convey information

• To design advertisements

• To post on social media

• To make people angry

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Literacy is the ability to

• publish media

• read and write

• post and share

• write a book

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If you are "media literate", you can

• analyze and evaluate the media messages you receive

• create a post on Facebook

• get a large amount of likes on Instagram

• communicate with your friends

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It has no use of costumes, nor props, nor choreography the choir simply speaks or reads a literary piece.

• Conventional Speech Choir

• Theatrical Speech Choir

• Voice quality

• Tempo

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It is also called “dynamic” in speech choir.

• Conventional Speech Choir

• Theatrical Speech Choir

• Voice quality

• Tempo

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The ability to combine successfully the light, medium, and dark voices in the choir. 

• Conventional Speech Choir

• Theatrical Speech Choir

• Voice quality

• Tempo

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It refers to the rate of speed at which a reading progress. 

• Conventional Speech Choir

• Theatrical Speech Choir

• Voice quality

• Tempo

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These selections are typically poems or poetic passage such as from Greek dramas or Shakespeare's plays.

• Pieces

• Staging

• Pitch

• Power

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The ability to successfully organized and position the choir on stage or risers for performance effect.

• Pieces

• Staging

• Pitch

• Power

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It refers to the variations of the voice on the musical scale is generally referred to as infection.

• Pieces

• Staging

• Pitch

• Power

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It is the ability to use volume, force or loudness as emphasis in appropriate places to better express feeling and meaning. 

• Pieces

• Staging

• Pitch

• Power

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It refers to strongly in rehearsal and in your everyday life.

• Articulate

• Members

• Diction

• Text

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A speech choir is typically the same size as a singing choir having more participants.

• Articulate

• Members

• Diction

• Text

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Your words will be clear and vibrant and it is a learned skill of speaking.

• Articulate

• Members

• Diction

• Text

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It is your guide, it's what the audience came to see and hear you perform.

• Articulate

• Members

• Diction

• Text

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A performance group that recite speeches in unison.

• Chambre Theatre

• Speech Choir

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A type of Speech Choir which does not require to use costumes, props, nor choreography.

• Traditional Speech Choir

• Theatrical Speech Choir

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A type of Speech Choir which requires the use of costumes, props, nor choreography.

• Traditional Speech Choir

• Theatrical Speech Choir

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The one who performs the Speech Choir.

• Members

• Groups

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It refers to the selection or passage to be performed through voice.

• Pisces

• Pieces

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This is the overall arrangement of the performance in Speech Choir, the position of the members, the costuming and others.

• Choreography

• Staging

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The reverse of traditional speech choir.

• Chambre Theatre

• Dynamic Theatre

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This refers to balancing of rhythm of a piece and the beat of performance

• Rate

• Tempo

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It is the use of voice on stage in appropriate places to effectively express the piece’s meaning.

• Phrasing and Rhythm

• Blending

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It is the variation of the voice on the musical scale

• Tone

• Pitch

Match

Match the following theater to its country of origin.

Japan

China

Indonesia

• Japan

• China

• Indonesia

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Readers read a script and reading parts are divided among readers

• Readers Theater

• Chambers Theater

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Cast members use reaistic costumes and make real movements around the stage.

• Chamber Theater

• Readers Theater

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It may involve multiple actors and incorporate narration.

• Readers Theater

• Chamber Theater

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Performers look at the other characters when delivering their lines, but when it comes to the narrators part, the performers look at the audience.

• Chamber Theater

• Readers Theater

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The focus is to read the text with expressive voices and gestures.

• Readers Theater

• Chamber Theater

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In a Readers Theater, movements are not limited, but in a Chamber Theater, movements are limited.

• True

• False

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Performance should hold efficiently and discreetly their scripts in their hands even though they have memorized their parts.

• True

• False

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It is usually sung by groups who express lines with certain actions.

• Speech Choir

• Raps

• Jazz Chants

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It is commonly used to teach certain sounds.

• Speech Choir

• Raps

• Jazz Chants

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It is presented through a dialogue.

• Speech Choir

• Raps

• Jazz Chants

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It uses informal language.

• Speech Choir

• Raps

• Jazz Chants

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It usually has pieces that are meant to be sung.

• Speech Choir

• Raps

• Jazz Chants

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It is used to improve one’s vocal and body techniques.

• Speech Choir

• Raps

• Jazz Chants

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It is delivered with smooth transitions.

• Speech Choir

• Raps

• Jazz Chants

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It imitates the stress and intonation of a natural, spoken language.

• Speech Choir

• Raps

• Jazz Chants

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It commonly has 12–100 members.

• Speech Choir

• Raps

• Jazz Chants

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It follows a rhyme scheme.

• Speech Choir

• Raps

• Jazz Chants