Solo Talk

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Solo Talk

• LI I will understand how to achieve a credit
  grade for my solo talk.

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Talk tips to boost your grade

• The difference between a general level talk and a
  Credit level talk is the sophistication of your
  presentation. As Talk counts for a third of your
  final grade, it has a big influence on your final
  grade in May.

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The Credit GRC

• The Credit GRC expect you to give an Individual
  Talk of considerable length and which is made
  up of ideas of quality, relevance and
  distinction. This means you have a lot of work
  to do preparing your Talk, and getting all that
  information into a format you can easily use.
• The aim of this presentation is to give you some
  helpful and practical tips that will help you to
  talk at length on a subject, and achieve the best
  final grade possible. Good luck!!!

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Tip 1 Good Openings!
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Effective Openings

• Look at the following openings. Which one do you
  think achieved the Credit grade?
• Doctors, nurses, patients..As youve probably
  guessed I spent my work experience week in a
  hospital.
• Im going to talk about my weeks work
  experience. I spent my time in a hospital.

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Well

• You should have spotted that the first one is the
  Credit one. The distinctive difference is that
  the Credit speaker draws the audience in,
  intrigues them, and immediately starts painting
  pictures in the listeners heads, while the
  General speaker starts by saying something
  everyone probably knows already.
• Tip 1 - Make sure that your own opening has
  maximum impact and immediately catches the
  attention of the audience.

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Tip 2 Varying Vocabulary
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Tip 2 Varying Vocabulary

• The GRC ask you to use varied and accurate
  vocabulary and to use a wide range of spoken
  language structures which means varying the
  lengths and types of sentences you use as well.
• This means that any boring repetition should be
  avoided, and that you should make use of
  sophisticated language as appropriate, just as
  you would in your writing. As well as varying
  your vocabulary, you can also use.

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Tip 3 Humour and Anecdote
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Tip 3 Humour and Anecdote

• One of the easiest ways to win over your audience
  is to give them something to laugh at
  especially if that something is you! Being funny
  to order may sound like a hard thing to do, but
  we all make our friends laugh all the time in
  real life by using anecdotes. An anecdote is an
  amusing story, often one we tell about, or even
  against, ourselves. Consider the following
  openings

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Im going to talk to you today about the first
time I went away without my parents. I was just
ten when I went away to Cub camp.

• or.
• Ive never forgotten my first Cub camp. It
  started pretty badly. I had just managed to prise
  my weeping mother off me at the scout hut door. I
  was on my way to join my Irn Bru crazed wee pals
  when she appeared again. To my horror she was
  waving the teddy bear I had had since birth and
  yelling at full pitch, Darling you forgot Mr
  Snuggly and I know you never go to bed without
  him!

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Which opening is more likely to capture your
listeners?

• Although anecdotes are especially useful in
  personal talks you do not have to personally star
  in each one that you use. An anecdote can just as
  easily be something you observed, or an
  experience that you know happened to someone else.

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Tip 4 Make eye contact and gestures
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• You must engage your audience by looking directly
  at them.
• When you are having a conversation, you make
  facial expressions and hand gestures to show your
  emotions. You must do this during your solo talk
  to show how you feel about your topic.

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Tip 5 Use your voice
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• Vary the tone of your voice to express emotion
• Speak loudly and clearly so everyone can hear you
  and understand what youre saying

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What can we learn from these speeches?

• YouTube - Barack Obama Speech on Race (Tuesday,
  March 18, 2008)
• YouTube - Clueless Theatrical Trailer

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Learning Intention

• I will start to plan my solo talk and make the
  content as interesting as possible.

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Top tips!

• Be original
• Explain what you mean
• Give examples
• Engage with your topic
• Show an interest

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Choosing a topic.

• You can do your solo talk on a topic of your
  choice.
• Choose something you are interested on and know
  lots about.
• Try to pick something that will interest people
  and nobody else is doing.

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Some examples.

• Hobbies
• Favourite film
• Favourite band
• A current affair
• What you want to do when you leave school
• Work experience

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Learning Intention

• I will prepare for my solo talk in order to get
  the highest grade possible.
• Tasks
• Develop ideas
• Write notes
• Make visual aids (power point, poster)
• Practise the talk
• Time the talk it should be 5 minutes long