SPEECHES

Speeches should be 3 minutes in length.  They should be persuasive.
You must use cue cards.
Research should be done as homework, but you will write your speech in class. (You will use this research for your formal writing as well. ). You must therefore bring your research to school with you.
You should select a topic from one of the three sections  below.  If you wish, you may formulate your own topic but only on the following conditions:
It should  in some way be connected to our study of Stone Cold
It must be submitted for teacher approval.

                                                 Section A

You need to agree or disagree with one of the following topics:

1.      The government should spend more money on mental health facilities than on prisons.

2.      New Zealand does not pay enough attention to the plight of homeless people

3.      There are no reasons for homelessness, only excuses

4.      It should be illegal to  sleep  on the streets  

5.      More money should be made available for women’s refuge

6.      Everyone feels sorry for women, but there is as much need for  men’s refuges.

7.      There are no  criminals, only victims.

8.      New Zealand does not have a problem with homelessness

9.      Begging is simply a lazy way of staying alive

10.  Modern man has too little compassion

11.  Not enough is done for people who are mentally ill

12.  Taxes should not be spent on trying to find runaways

13.  Boot camps  are a solution to youth crime

14.  Undercover police activity is immoral

15.  Not enough is done to prevent disaffected youth from dropping out of society

16.  Parents should be punished if their children run away

 

                                                   Section B

 

Alternatively, you may wish to present your speech in the form of a formal role play in which you are one of the following characters at the trial of Shelter:

 

As a member of the prosecution you could be

1.      Psychiatrist

2.      Forensic Scientist

3.      Police Officer

4.      Prosecutor

 

As a member of the Defence team, you could be :

1.      Shelter’s lawyer

2.      Shelter’s psychiatrist/psychologist

3.      An army officer giving evidence

 

                                      Section C

 

The National lottery Commission has recently decided to donate $150 000 to a charity for the homeless. They have invited presentations from all the main charities who work with the homeless in order to help them decide which charity to give the money to. Your task is to research a charity and prepare a presentation to persuade the Commission to give your charity the money.

To do this, you will need to research a charity. As a starting point you could read the article at http://www.tewahanui.info/pdfs/2/twn02pg02.pdf (you will need to scroll down to the article at the bottom left of the page -  Auckland city charities count the cost of being homeless).
Using the information you collect, decide which information you will include in your presentation
Plan your structure and your talk
You may use visual aids to accompany the presentation