Activity

Public Speaking Activities Kit

Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Subjects: English Language Arts
A photo of a microphone.

Overview

The activities and resources include a mixture of videos, individual, group, and class activities, to help keep all students interested and engaged as they learn effective public speaking skills. The following activities and resources have been created by the Centre of Excellence for Entrepreneurship and have previously used and well-received by students during Speaking with Confidence workshops that took place during the summer of 2022. The activities and resources are suitable for students of all age groups and abilities, including EAL students.

This resource would be beneficial in preparing students for district wide and provincial PITCHfest competitions.

NB Curricular Connections

English Language Arts (Grades 6-8):

  • Strand: Interactions – Big Idea: Expression, Exchanges
  • Strand: Reading – Big Idea: Reading Comprehension; Text Analysis and Criticality.
  • Strand: Representations – Big Idea: Process, Composition.

English Language Arts (Grade 9):

  • Strand: Interactions – Big Idea: Expression, Exchanges
  • Strand: Representations – Big Idea: Composition

What You’ll Need

  • Power Speaking Series Document (included as attachment)

Instructions 

  1. Follow along the Power Speaking Series Document
  2. Introduction to Public Speaking (confidence, fight or flight)
  3. Composition (structuring a speech, creating the body of a speech)
  4. Delivery (grammar and pauses, voice variation and tone, body language)

Reflection Activity

Please see the attached PDF for several choices on how you and your learners can reflect on today’s activity.

Global Competencies

 

Downloads 

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