Virtual Grades 6-8 Public Speaking

Grades 6-8 – 1x per week 

In this exciting workshop students will gain a thorough introduction to the art of public speaking. Providing an overview of the elements of oral presentation (e.g., tone of voice, body language, diction, rhetoric, and persuasion), the course will give students strategies for expressing themselves clearly, effectively, and convincingly. Encouraging youth to articulate their ideas on a range of social issues, each session will critically analyze an influential speech. Students will also develop their own speeches, gaining the opportunity to apply what they are learning in class by workshopping and performing their speeches.

Throughout the course, students will:

• Cultivate their communication and persuasion skills through exercises that enhance their written and verbal expression.
• Learn techniques for building confidence, remaining calm in front of audiences, and warming up before speeches and debates.
• Learn to master the techniques of body and voices that make for effective speeches.
• Engage in conversation and debate relating to important social issues.
• Analyze persuasive speeches.