Persuasive Speech Assignment with 32 Fun Topics

Ease your students into public speaking with this fun persuasive speech assignment!
 
Public speaking is daunting for most students. This oral presentation engages students with light fun topics that will make them smile. Perfect to develop their planning, sequencing, techniques of persuasion and oral delivery, students will enjoy listening to and supporting each other as they conquer the nerves of classroom presenting.
 

Included

 
Fun persuasive speech assignment sheet

• Single-page assignment sheet to print or assign digitally
• Customizable PDF – add the speech length to suit your learners, and set your due date

 
32 fun speech topics

Goldfish make the best pets… Narnia exists… French fries are good for you…

• Distribute the full list and let students choose, or assign topics yourself if you prefer. The list contains a column to record who has chosen which topic.
• Alternatively, students can select at random using the topic cards (see below).

 
Topic cards

• 32 fun speech topic cards, 9 to a page for printing single-sided
  cards on US letter paper
• Each card contains a fun speech topic and matching image
• Four blank card slots to add your own topics – easy type and click!

 
Simply print, cut along the dotted lines and laminate (if you want to!)
 
Fully customizable Rubric
Slaving over rubric writing is laborious – so here’s one that’s done for you, that you can customize to the way you grade!

• assessing five aspects including content, delivery and effort
• fully customizable… tailor to the way you grade
• print and write, or type and tick in the fillable PDF fields

 
BONUS Quick-Marking Template

• use this handy tool to assess as you listen
• print, listen, tick, add notes! Makes marking a dream and allows you to focus on the presenter!

Looking for other speech / oral presentation resources?

• • #QuickTIPS: Oral Presentation Public Speaking Tips on pace, tone, body language and more
  • #QuickTIPS: Video Interview Oral Presentation Film Tips – tips for presenting on screen – tips for presenting on screen
  • Persuasive Language Techniques Quick Guide – definitions and examples of 23 commonly-used persuasive techniques plus activities to help students learn techniques