Impromptu Speech!

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Impromptu Speech!

• Lets get started!

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But wait! Lets go over outlines!
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How to Write an Outline

• Organizing your Information

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Title your Outline

• Give your outline a title that matches your
  thesis statement.
• For example
• People Should Not Buy Puppies
• from Pet Stores

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Roman Numerals, ABCs, and 1,2,3s

• Start with your main ideas. Use Roman numerals
  for the BIGGEST ideas.
• Write out roman numerals up to 10
• The next biggest ideas get capital letters.
• Under those, we use 1,2,3s
• For our smallest parts, we use lower case letters.

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First Main Idea

• Pick your first main idea, and start off with a
  Roman Numeral I with a period and 2 spaces after
  it, like this
• Pet stores get dogs from puppy mills
• (You dont need a period or a complete sentence.)

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Support Your Main Idea

• Use a capital letter for your first main support.
  Indent for each level you go down from the main
  idea.
• Pet stores get dogs from puppy mills
• A. Inhumane conditions in mills

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No As without Bs, or 1s without 2s, etc.

• You must have at least 2 points if you go to the
  next level.
• Pet stores get dogs from puppy mills
• A. Inhumane conditions in mills
• B. Unhealthy puppies

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Add more support to each idea, as needed

• Pet stores get dogs from puppy mills
• A. Inhumane conditions in mills
• 1. females bred too often
• 2. crowded conditions
• 3. often unsanitary

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If you need more details, add lower case letters

• Pet stores get dogs from puppy mills
• A. Inhumane conditions in mills
• 1. females bred too often
• a. Unhealthy for mother and
• puppies

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When you finish your first main idea

• Start again with Roman number II.
• Not bred for personality
• A. May be harder to train
• 1. too much time in crates
• 2. may be more aggressive
• B. May suffer from anxiety

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Each idea MUST support the one above it.

• NOT
• I. Get dogs from puppy mills
• A. Labrador Retrievers currently
• most popular breed in U.S.
• (Were talking about puppy mills not breeds.)

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Complete Outline

• Be sure all of your ideas are on your outline
• Outlines contain ideas, not complete facts or
  quotes
• Outlines can contain notes such as quote from
  USA Today about breeding to show where your
  quotes belong

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Example

• I. Pet stores get dogs from puppy mills
• A. Inhumane conditions in mills
• 1. Females bred too often
• a. Unhealthy for mothers
• and puppies
• b. Quote from CNN about
• frequency of breeding

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Review

• Title to match thesis
• Thesis (Intro)
• II. Main points use Roman numerals
• A. All numbers and letters are followed by a
  period and
• 2 spaces
• B. Indent with each new level
• 1. Roman numerals
• 2. Capital letters
• 3. Numbers
• 4. Lowercase letters

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In a group, try to put outline in order.
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Great. Now lets just brainstorm.

• Generate a list of nouns. Be different/interestin
  g

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Step 2. Develop quick thinking!

• Come up with as many words you can that associate
  with at least 6 of these nouns

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Now, Write an outline

• Develop a speech off of one noun and the
  associated words. You can develop a persuasive
  speech, informative, opinion based, advice based
  
• You need to have at least three main points and
  several sub points under each.
• Share!

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Impromptu Reflection

• What was easy, fun, or difficult about this type
  of speech?
• What would you do differently if you did this
  speech again?
• When might you use impromptu speaking?
• What could you do to improve your impromptu
  skills?
• Whose speech did you like and why?