TO BEGIN: Create a Speech Three page and copy and paste the questions/sections below in the page and answer these questions in detail.
Done!
FIRST, THINK: Who is this person and why are they significant? Make a list of people you might like to talk about and list some adjectives to describe them. Consider how comfortable and capable you are of discussing someone if they are no longer alive.
- Father – outgoing, outdoorsy, friendly, kind-hearted, looks at the world in a great way, helping hand
- Mother – creative, friendly, so kind, helps everyone, great listener
- Eriksen – brother, playful, outdoorsy, always active
- Pops – great grandfather, famous words that resonate with me
NEXT: BRAINSTORM: What other stories or anecdotes can you think of? Continue to add depth to your outline/speech. (Writing a draft of a toast for your “person,” even if you are not composing a toast, might help shape your speech.) Imagine that this is a SKETCH.
- Our Hill behind our house stories
- Teacher autism story
- Kayaking business – keeping his prices low
- Created a hiking trail on his own to represent his extended family
- Impact on others through community
This man has never, ever, put himself before anyone else, he has truly taught me the way of life and how to go about things the correct way. This man is my father. He’s not only a father, he’s a brother, a friend, an uncle, and an inspiration to many people. So many people look up to my dad, because of all of his acts of kindness, and him going out of his way to help other people.
- Father – created his own curriculum for his students
- Lowers prices at his kayak store
- Hand-built a hiking trail in the woods where he grew up and used to play with his family. Brought together everyone for the opening
- He would take us up on the hill and have us look around and point out things, big activist for learning by doing
- Late nights delivering kayaks
NEXT: NARROW: Pick one person and focus on what you think your audience should know about this person.
Father – ultimately, at the end of this speech, I want them to know that my father goes above and beyond and never ever puts himself before others. I want everyone to know that my dad thinks of things to help others when no one else would. I truly just want to portray how special of a human being my father is and I hope I can get that message across.
NEXT: STRUCTURE: Layout 3 clear parts on paper: Intro, Body, and Conclusion and start to budget the time you will spend delivering each part.
Intro – Let me start off by saying I think it’s super cool how we all have such important people in our lives. Recognizing them in these speeches probably only begins to show the appreciation we have for them. It’s important we don’t take these people for granted, and everything great they have done for us.
Body- Selflessness
My dad’s a successful small business owner, who has a drive and work ethic like none other. He started up a kayak business in midcoast Maine when he was in college. It all started when he would buy a couple of kayaks, a couple of life jackets, and a couple of paddles and take people out on tours and show them the Maine outdoors. Little did he know, 30 years later, he’d be running the same business, Seaspray Kayaking, and it would turn into the main source for kayaking in Maine.
Body- Family
When we were very young, he would take us up on the hill behind our house, he’d have us look around and point out things and just take in every aspect of the world around us. These were special moments and have definitely led to me being more appreciative of my surroundings and enjoying the outdoors. My dad is a big activist for learning by doing and would always give me and my two brothers great opportunities to experience the outdoors and learn by doing.
Body- Teaching others
He teaches kids in ways I’ve never seen before. For example, my father had this kid in his class who has low-functioning autism. He rocks back and forth in class and has a very hard time focusing and would just sit on his phone watching videos. Five professionals came in and tried to help him because he would just shut down and wouldn’t want to listen/learn anything. Unfortunately, the professionals didn’t work. However, my father stepped up and took control into his own hands. Although, not in his job description, he began to look into how to help this kid out. Because he wanted to help him learn not only in his class, but skills he can take with him well past high school. At the time they were learning knot-tying. My dad did a little digging. He asked the kid’s old English teacher what he was interested in, and apparently, he would not do anything in that class other than write about history and world war II. So, my father then looked up a bunch of stuff on world war II and printed out pictures of soldiers tying knots. My dad went home that day and took videos of himself tying these knots because he knew this kid would only watch videos on his phone during class. The very next class, this kid was watching these videos, he was interested, and he was tying the knots on his own, and actually began to teach his other classmates. It’s a beautiful story, and it’s a testament to who my father is.
Conclusion-
My dad has impacted so many people’s lives, especially mine in such a great way and I’ll always be thankful for that. and the truth is, the best way I can put it, The world honestly just needs more people like my dad.
NEXT: IN MOTION: Draft, add, subtract, practice, revise, repeat. This speech, like all the others, is meant to evolve as you keep working with it throughout the week.
Revision and Practice Done.
SPEECH 3 DRY-RUN VIDEO: https://youtu.be/717_uILhYIc
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