Prepared speech I

This task is about preparing and giving a short speech.
Your task is to prepare and give a speech on a topic from the list below. Your speech should be 2-3 minutes long.
 
Topics
 
The Olympics
My taste in music
My favourite sport 
The accident
What should school really teach?
My mum/dad
My best holiday
My brother/sister
What I think of fast food like McDonald's or KFC
When I was young
My pet
The problems of growing older
School lunches
Names
What I like about school
What looks good about the future
The way adults drive
What is best about being a Kiwi
My future
Some ideas about the weather

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Write down the topic you have chosen for your speech.

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Decide on the purpose of your speech. Is it to:
inform? (for example, 'How I learnt to swim'entertain? (for example, 'My classmates' swimming techniques')persuade? (for example, 'Why you should join the swimming club')achieve something else?
If you chose 'something else', what is the purpose of your speech?

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Use this planning box to prepare your speech.

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A helpful checklist
Have you...
1. chosen your topic? yesno
2. decided on the purpose of your speech? yesno
3. made a plan of what you are going to say? yesno
4. written the main points of your speech on a cue card?  yesno
     [You do not need to write out all the words you will say].
5. practised giving your speech out loud using expression? yesno