Speech Task
Year 10 Speeches 2013
Choose 1 of the following 4 topic areas for a 3 minute speech :
‘Starstruck’: celebrity topic
Celebrities are big business. The stars of film, TV, music and sport are some of the richest and most influential people on the planet. Their faces sell millions of magazines and products. Every detail of their lives is captured by journalists and the paparazzi and distributed to their legions of fans through traditional media and the internet. * Do we really need all the information now available about celebrities? Is it relevant or important or just fun? * How close should the media and the public get? Should some things be out-of-bounds? Or do celebrities who seek publicity have to deal with the bad as well as the good? * How important are celebrities to you? Do your favourite actors/musicians/ sports stars affect the way you think and act? Do they have any responsibility to be good role models? * Reality TV makes celebrities of ordinary people. Are you a fan? Which shows do you like and why?
‘Eureka!’: invention and innovation topic
Innovation and invention have been vital in helping humans progress. From the invention of the wheel to the development of Facebook, society has been fundamentally changed by someone’s bright idea. Today innovation is being increasingly recognised as important in all fields and education is increasingly about teaching people how to think about new possibilities rather than simply acquiring existing knowledge and replicating old ways. * What are some of the most important innovations or inventions that have occurred in your lifetime? How did they come about and what impact have they had? * What are the characteristics of a person or an organisation that is innovative? Who do you particularly admire as a fresh and creative thinker? Does your education help you to think about new ways of doing things or are you mostly required to regurgitate existing information. * Our knowledge of
Choose 1 of the following 4 topic areas for a 3 minute speech :
‘Starstruck’: celebrity topic
Celebrities are big business. The stars of film, TV, music and sport are some of the richest and most influential people on the planet. Their faces sell millions of magazines and products. Every detail of their lives is captured by journalists and the paparazzi and distributed to their legions of fans through traditional media and the internet. * Do we really need all the information now available about celebrities? Is it relevant or important or just fun? * How close should the media and the public get? Should some things be out-of-bounds? Or do celebrities who seek publicity have to deal with the bad as well as the good? * How important are celebrities to you? Do your favourite actors/musicians/ sports stars affect the way you think and act? Do they have any responsibility to be good role models? * Reality TV makes celebrities of ordinary people. Are you a fan? Which shows do you like and why?
‘Eureka!’: invention and innovation topic
Innovation and invention have been vital in helping humans progress. From the invention of the wheel to the development of Facebook, society has been fundamentally changed by someone’s bright idea. Today innovation is being increasingly recognised as important in all fields and education is increasingly about teaching people how to think about new possibilities rather than simply acquiring existing knowledge and replicating old ways. * What are some of the most important innovations or inventions that have occurred in your lifetime? How did they come about and what impact have they had? * What are the characteristics of a person or an organisation that is innovative? Who do you particularly admire as a fresh and creative thinker? Does your education help you to think about new ways of doing things or are you mostly required to regurgitate existing information. * Our knowledge of