Speech

On this speech page you will find lots of materials and resources to help you with your public speaking, communication skills, or even your ability to apologize.  Simply chose what you want and click J. 

• Top 100 American Speeches—A link that will take you to some FABULOUS American speeches

• Speech Rubrics

  • The Apology Rubric
  • The Argumentative Speech Rubric
  • The Debate Rubric
  • The Motivational/Inspirational Speech Rubric
  • The Pathos Focused Rubric
  • The Pathos and Ethos Focused Rubric
  • The Reader’s Theatre Rubric
  • The Reading Aloud Rubric
  • The Reading Delivery Rubric

• Reader’s Theatre Stories/Scripts

  • For elementary classrooms…
  • Tacky the Penguin
  • Animal Farm

• Famous Political Speeches

  • John F. Kennedy’s “Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You…”
  • Winston Churchill’s “Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat”
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Declaration of War”
  • Patrick Henry’s “Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death”
  • Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream”
  • Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address”
  • Frederick Douglass’s “The Hypocrisy of American Slavery”

• Motivational/Inspirational Speeches

  • “Call to Battle” from the movie 300
  • “Keep Moving Forward” from the film Rocky Balboa
  • “Now Go On Back” from the film Rudy
  • “Freedom” from the film Braveheart

• Apology Materials

  • The Apology Rubric—so you can see what makes a good apology
  • Public Apologies—view these and assess them using the rubric.  Which is effect/honest/real, and which is forced/false and WHY?
    • Marion Jones apologizing for steroid use
    • Andrew Bynum apologizing for a hard foul (in a basketball game)
    • Former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick apologizing for his actions