Speech Teacher Resources

Abraham Lincoln's words carried American democracy through one of its most tenuous and violent moments in the nation's short history. Explore an interactive timeline that places events of the 19th century in the context of Lincoln's...

A short PBS video introduces viewers to Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman" speech.

Students examine what makes a speech persuasive. In this speech lesson plan, students recognizes what is needed to make a good persuasive speech and create their own persuasive speech about something related to the human body.

In this parts of speech activity, students read 15 crossword puzzle clues and fill in the missing letters in the crossword puzzle boxes. Some of the letters for each answer are provided as clues, and students must fill in the missing...

Students write their own speech about their hopes and dreams and deliver it to the class.  In this "I Have a Dream" lesson plan, students create a speech using the Martin Luther King, Jr. speech as a model and for inspiration. ...

Students examine how can technology be used as an asset in public speaking. They develop their public speaking skills through the use of a PowerPoint presentation and integrate animation into their presentation.

Students demonstrate the eight parts of speech with personal photographs. In this parts of speech activity, students take photographs and label them with the appropriate concrete example of each part of speech. 

In this parts of speech instructional activity, students choose the correct part of speech for words alone and words in sentences. Students complete 2 activities total.

In this parts of speech review worksheet, students read over definitions and examples of adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, articles, nouns, and verbs.

“Is this a dagger which I see before me . . .” As part of a study of Macbeth, class members engage in a series of activities that get them up and moving. Individuals practice, then deliver, a line from the Scottish play. The entire class...

Guide members of the educational community in understanding and supporting autistic learners. A kit from Autism Speaks includes an array of tools designed for parents, teachers, and community members. 

Look at different case studies to discuss the ethics of journalism. Twelve real-life events are written up and your learners get to be the editors. Encourage your class to think about the implications of publishing decisions. After each...

Goldilocks and the Three Bears provide the text for a direct and reported speech worksheet. Pupils decide whether the model sentences are direct or reported speech and highlight the differences in the sentence pairs. They then...

Have your class practice their punctuation by studying direct speech.  A rather convoluted but fun way to explain speech marks is explained, using sheep, and punctuation marks to represent their pen. Your class will see how each...

When your audience leaves, you want to leave them with a strong impression. You can end with a summary or a call to action with practical steps. This is basically what our British speaker tells us, along with a few examples, in this...

According to this speaker, you have ten seconds to grab your audience's attention. Quotes, startling statistics, and audience participation all work great.

This basic presentation gives students examples of a variety of parts of speech including: conjunctions, interjections, adverbs, adjectives, nouns, verbs, and prepositions. Each slide uses the part of speech in a sentence. This would be...

As a quick and easy way to review public speaking skills, this resource could be used in an upper elementary or higher-ed classroom. It offers simple strategies like maintaining eye contact with the audience for three seconds. A...

If used as part of an exploration of figures of speech, this short presentation defining similes, metaphors, and analogies could be used as a review tool in an English classroom. A teacher could augment this resource with more examples...

Students discuss the elements of an effective speech. They use Inspiration to create a graphic organizer or map of how to effectively organize a speech. Students share their graphic organizer/map with the class.

This video is about vocal volume and inflection while presenting. Ironically, the sound is not the best since it is filmed outside, but the tips are helpful.

A good idea. To build both speech and social skills special ed students go on a scavenger hunt. They locate people around the school and say a series of words, when they say the words correctly they receive a prize. They also ask for...

Practice your speaking skills! Using a chosen visual aid, pupils present a previously written essay to the class. During the oral presentation, the listeners identify and write down the author's purpose and a question for the author. At...

This video gives quick tips to know when presenting. It is a little outdated, but the tips are short and to the point.