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Teaching Chapters 9–11: Planning Your Speech
Chapter 9: Your Preparation Schedule
Key Concepts
9-1 Summarize the four phases of creativity.
9-2 Prepare orally through preparation and presentation phases.
Suggested Activities and Exercises
Planning Exercise
This activity can be used as part of each assignment or in conjunction with a single assignment.
This assignment must not be seen as policing the student but as a way of making the planning
process conscious, and of thinking about the decisions of how to spend one’s time. It will also
Speech Timetable
This exercise is a shorter version of the Planning exercise from above and can be done in one
What Would Abe Do?
Either by showing a PowerPoint slide or by passing out a copy (available at:
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Planning Schedule
Task
x
Target
Date
x
Date
Actually
Completed
x
Verified By:
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x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
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10/5
x
x
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Speech assignment
x
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x
Practice with classmate
Refinement practice
sessions
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Analysis of Planning
In a paragraph or so, address these questions. Given the time available, how successfully did you
manage your preparation? Were the interim targets realistic? Why or why not? Did you meet
most of the target dates? Why or why not? What have you learned about speech preparation by
being conscious of your planning decisions?
Tests
True/False Questions
Multiple Choice Questions
3. In planning and practicing his persuasive speech on environmental preservation, Paul
comes to a revelation of how the information could be organized into past, present, and
future, regarding our role of caring for the earth. He has reached the ____________ stage
of the creative process.
Essay and Short Answer Questions
4. What are the advantages of talking aloud throughout the process of speech preparation? [9c]