Motivational Speech

Presentation

Directions: Now that you have written your speech you will be
presenting it to a group of your peers. Your peers will act as the
workers that Leiningen is trying to convince to stay at his farm.
Remember that you are Leiningen and you really need to get your
workers to believe in what you are saying to them.

While presenting, remember to:

 Use short sentences that will hold your listeners’ interest
 Maintain eye contact with your audience

Criteria for presentation:

 Be prepared to present your speech
 Speak Clearly
 Have good posture & eye contact
 Play the part of Leiningen – Remember that you have to
convince your workers to stay
 Rubric for Presentation

4 3 2 1
Preparedness Student is Student seems The student is Student does
completely pretty somewhat not seem at all
prepared and prepared but prepared, but prepared to
has obviously might have it is clear that present
rehearsed needed a rehearsal was
couple more lacking
rehearsals
Speaks Clearly Speaks clearly Speaks clearly Speaks clearly Often mumbles
and distinctly all and distinctly and distinctly or can not be
the time, and but most of the understood;
mispronounces mispronounces time; mispronounces
no words one word mispronounces more than one
more than one word
word
Posture & Eye Stands up Stands up Sometimes Slouches
Contact straight, looks straight and stands up and/or does
relaxed and establishes eye straight and not look at
confident. contact with establishes eye people during
Establishes eye everyone in the contact the
contact with room during presentation
everyone in the the
room during the presentation
presentation
Enthusiasm Facial Facial Facial Very little use
expressions and expressions expressions of facial
body language and body and body expressions or
generate a language language are body language.
strong interest sometimes used to try to Did not
and enthusiasm generate a generate generate much
about the topic strong interest enthusiasm, interest in topic
in others and but seem being
enthusiasm somewhat presented
about the topic faked
in others