Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Incredible Person Research Reports and Speeches
For the past few months, my students have been researching incredible people from the past and present. They used research cards to write reports. Then they rewrote their reports to be in the first person so they could be presented to the class. Here are some of the incredible people featured in our public speaking celebration.
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa
"Che" Guevara
Michelangelo
Princess Diana
William Shakespeare
Amelia Earhart
Daniel Boone
Queen Mary, a.k.a. Bloody Mary
Jackson Pollack
Thomas Edison
Muhammad Ali
Rosa Parks
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Mia Hamm
and Queen Elizabeth
After our weeklong presentations, I picked four students to go on to the school wide incredible person speech contest based on 10 criteria, which included volume, enunciation, poise, knowledge, character role and content, to name a few. The winners were...
Rosa Parks, Muhammad Ali, Queen Mary, and William Shakespeare.
Teachers from the lower grades decided upon the two finalists who would go on to the final district competition. They chose...
Queen Mary
and King Tut, a student from another class.
But they were all recognized for their tremendous efforts.
From left to right, me, King Tut, Queen Mary, the other Princess Diana, William Shakespeare, Anne Frank, Muhammad Ali, Andre the Giant, Rosa Parks, and Kathryn.
This is a tremendously long process, getting from point A to point B, but it is well worth it. The kids love it and they get a lot of valuable life experiences and lessons. Among these are that
-some people always win and deserve it
-most people lose even if they work hard
-no matter how hard you practice, stage fright can work against you
-the qualities of a good public speaker, that they were graded on, are important to remember and use in life
-winning is not necessarily the goal for most, it is writing a report and getting up in front of everyone
-it's important to support our peers when they are presenting because we know how it feels to be nervous
-some optional aspects, like a costume or other props, can sometimes help a presentation
-research, writing, and presenting take months of work
-learning about incredible people, will teach us what it takes to be incredible
-some incredible people are famous for evil things
and the list goes on.
# posted by RZV @ 12:21 AM 
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It is in things like these that the tremendous teachers shine!! You are one of those teachers! You are amazing and give so much to your students and everyone in your life for that matter. Oh, I love the Carp pics.
Kar
Kar
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: 5:50 AM
: 5:50 AM
Kari, you always make me feel good. You are such an awesome friend. What would I do without you? -Romy
# posted by : 3:48 PM
: 3:48 PM
Okay, I thoroughly enjoyed this post, but I have to make this comment: Andre the Giant? As in, Andre the "Anybody want a peanut?" Giant? In thousands of years of human history, this kid chose Andre the frickin Giant. I'm surprised he didn't choose Sanjaya. Cute kids, though. Love, Gabby
Very cool. You are so creative and no doubt inspire that in others. Its so cool to see a picture with you and the kids. Its just a little glimpse of seeing you in action, so to speak. Just picturing you interacting with the kids makes me smile. I would love to witness a day in your classroom sometime. (I hope to get a chance to know Kari a little someday too. . . anyone who knows and loves Romy as much as I do is certainly worth knowing.) I'm fading fast. . . gotta go. Love you to bits.
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