speech 3

FIRST, THINK: Who is this person and why are they significant? Make a list of people you
might like to talk about and list some adjectives to describe them. Consider how comfortable
and capable you are discussing someone if they are no longer alive.

-My mom (Sara): my mom has always been my rock and role model. I can always count on her for anything and if I ever need anything I can talk to her about anything. She is also very successful and smart. I would feel very confident writing the speech about her because she is my role model.

-my sister (Maggie): my sister is younger than me but she means so much to me and I still look up to her, she is very smart and true to herself which I admire. I would be comfortable writing the speech about her as well.

-my dad (Eric): My dad is probably the person I can count on the most he is very dependable and I know I can call him whenever and he will help me. He is a very hard worker as well and a lot of people respect him at his job. I would like to write the speech about my dad but i’d probably have an easier time writing it about my mom or sister.
NEXT: BRAINSTORM: What other stories or anecdotes can you think of? Continue to add
depth to your outline and speech. (Writing a draft of a toast for your “person,” even if you are
not composing a toast, might help shape your speech.) Imagine that this is a SKETCH.
outline:

opening with a story about my mom from my childhood
story: about my mom going to school for her masters while raising 2 kids
talk about the qualities this shows in her
for the body paragraphs: discuss attributes of my mom for each paragraph:
1- strength: use a short story to show why I think my mom is so strong
2- compassion: use stories about what my mom does for work to show her compassion for others
3- inspiring: talk about how all she’s done for me has inspired me- include specific examples.
conclusion- wrap up ideas and conclude by circling back to my mom being my rock.

first draft of outline:

Intro- my mom(perfect ex of someone to look up to) story about kindergarten field trip

a. Humor-friends needed to be carried-she didn’t complain

b. Discuss how she has always been my rock(from that field trip->present)

c. explain how I think she is someone to look up to

Body paragraph 1- adjective: strength

a. Her going to school for her masters degree while raising my sister and I

Also working as a nurse in the OR at this time
I didn’t see it at the time since I was young but I now appreciate the hard work and dedication she had for her family, job, and education all at the same time while never taking any focus off her 2 young kids

3. Body paragraph 2- adjective: compassion

a. Discuss what shes done for work-how any job she has had has been focused on

taking care of people

1. Went from radtech school->nursing->masters in nursing->achieving her NP->

more recently sitting for her boards to receive her NP3

4. Body paragraph 3- adjective: inspiring

a. How she raised me/ gave me a better life than she had->inspired me to be a better

Person

5. Conclusion

a. Restate 3 adjectives from body paragraphs

b. Wrap up overall ideas->how this ties back to her being someone to look up to

speech 3 dry run video link: https://youtu.be/9-PkcXk7DEo

FINAL OUTLINE:

Intro- my mom(perfect ex of someone to look up to) story about kindergarten field trip