INFORMATIVE/PERSUASIVE SPEECH MODELS-
Friesz-Informative Model Kids On The Block Student Stats
I. INTRODUCTION.
A. Attention Device: The Greeks originated the term “stigma” to refer to bodily signs designed to expose something unusual and bad about the moral status of the person.
B. Credentials: Later in christian times, two layers of metaphors were added to the term.
1. A blemish or birthmark became a bodily sign of holy grace.
2. A religious allusion that a bodily sign of physical disorder was evil sifted down though time and the stigma of a physical disorder created negative attitudes (Hoffman1).
C. Tie to Audience: Attitude can be the greatest obstacle a handicapped individuals will face in the business world and with education (Bowie 175).
II. THESIS SENTENCE. Attitude change is only possible by integration of handicapped and non-handicapped through education.
Transition. By allowing children to play, study and grow together , society will develop individuals with strong and healthy self-concepts based on genuine understanding.
III. BODY.
A. In 1978, Public Law 94-142, coined as “the mainstreaming law” went into effect.
1. The law states that “exceptional children should be educated in the least restrictive environment and the education should be appropriate for an individual child’s needs and should occur with non-handicapped children” (136).
2. John Siegal, noted child psychologist stated in the November 1, 1986 Newsweek article “Opening Eyes to New Attitudes,” that, “This law opened the educational door to many individuals whom had previously been ignored by the public educational system and met with mixed emotions and doubt by administrators, teachers, and parents”(Andrews 96).
B. In 1979, a woman named Barbara Aiello in Washington D. C., recognized the need for a mainstream adjustment program to enhance and stimulate harmony in the classroom (Read 66).
1. She designed a troup of disabled and non-disabled puppets to interact through scripts and named the troups “The Kids on the Block.”
2. The scripts were designed from a collection of questions that non-disabled children ask about handicapped individuals.
3. Aiello’s puppet troupe started with a cast of twenty-one (21) and has grown to over one-hundred (100) puppets (25).
C. The show has been performed in classrooms all over the world.
1. This school year over fifty (50) performances have been held on the Peninsula.
2. The troupe has only six (6) volunteers with nine (9) puppets.
3. Two of the puppets are non-disabled to allow an extended conversation with the audience.
4. The “Kids on the Block” is performed at no cost to the audience by the Junior League.
D. Today, I have chosen Mandy Puccini to share with you. Share - (Visual Aid)-Others
1. Mandy has been deaf since birth. (SOMEONE MAY ASSIST!) 2. She reads lips extremely well.
3. She loves to use sign language. (Practice…Practice…Practice…)
4. Mandy has been mainstreamed in a public school and enjoys teaching her friends sign language.
5. She interacts well with the audience and is a favorite of many children (“Puccini Script” 6-8).
IV. CONCLUSION.
SUMMARY: The puppets strike a balance between sound and positive attitudes toward handicapped people, to create the “least restrictive environment” with a climate of warmth and trust shared by classmates.
Final Statement: The “Kids on the Block” program helps to bring about the change in attitude that cannot be legislated and fosters understanding for concern for the handicapped.
Pause.
Thank you. - Any Questions….
Works Cited - Separate Page - but remember the Senior Speech requires: 2 books/1 CDRom/1 on-line/1 Mag= (5 Total Cites).
Model speech requirement was three-five minutes to include the visual aid - but - Senior Speech is 5-10 Min.
Friesz-Persuasive Model The Right To Die Student Stats
I. INTRODUCTION.
A. Attention device: American poet Emily Dickinson described death as “the dialogue between the spirit and the dust” in her poem “Death Sets a Thing” (Dickinson L2).
1. This bodily process of death has a legal description that varies from state to state.
2. In Virginia, a person is declared legally dead when the absence of spontaneous respiratory and circulatory function… is present; or the absence of spontaneous brain function is present.
B. Credentials: According to the United States Constitution, individual rights take precedence over state rights and the “right to die” is specifically covered by Virginia Law 54-325.9, Article 7.1, the “Natural Death Act” (Va Code 54).
1. This act defines the individual right of choice regarding medical care, including the decision to have medical and surgical means or procedures calculated to prolong their lives provided, withheld, or withdrawn.
2. Virginia is one of the 15 states that currently have a law that recoognize a written declaration “the living will,” as an individual’s right (Shaffer 56).
C. Tie to Audience: As students, our bond for education clearly indicates that we are responsible citizens, striving to learn the best method or technique to make an educated choice, improve our “quality of life, “ and to “protect it.”
II. THESIS. A person with a fatal illness or through an unexpected accident is often today caught up in a strange world of institutions and technology that may bring considerable economic, psychological, and social pain to the individual and family members.
Transition. To prevent some of these hardships and maintain maximum control over future destiny, an individual must take responsibility for unexpected events and evaluate choices; then, clearly indicate these choices by preparing a written declaration, a “living-will.”
III. BODY. (Remember in persuasive - to show the other side - (1) - and negate.)
A. The influence of Christianity on the Western World has created the value of life as sacred and inalienable - at any cost.
1. Individual rights are often denied because of this influence, and any desire to end life before the natural death is considered murder, suicide, and legally wrong (McCormick 26).
a. Euthanasia and mercy killing are against the law in Virginia.
b. Euthanasia originated in Greek times, meaning the “good and peaceful death,” medically assisted and considered morally and legally permissible as “death with dignity” (Hunter 96).
c. Today, Euthanasia was two different meanings:
1. Passive Euthanasia is to refrain from from all possible…. 2. Active Euthanasia is the act of terminating life, by administration….
Negate 1 Argument
d. Mercy-Killing is considered Active Euthanasia, however, a conviction is usually won on the use of a weapon (Andrews 26).
2. The quality of life, has little influence on our legal system, unless the individual is considered terminally ill.
a. For instance, the most recent case fought …. (Marke 67).
b. Legally the problem…. (69).
c. Physicians are caught in a web …. (Dr. Haus 79).
3./4./5. - PERSUASIVE ARGUMENT CONTINUES WITH STATS. Poster - STATS
B. The protection of a will, specifically a “living will,” may protect…… Brochure “Liv Will”
1./2/3/4/5. - The main advantage to a “living will” is that you decide…. (VISUAL AID)
IV. CONCLUSION.
SUMMARY: The Constitutional - “Right To Die” is based upon …. (Jefferson 86).
Final Statement: In Virginia, individual choice is recognized by the “Natural Death Act”….
This speech was prepared for 10-15 minutes (Two Typed Pages) with Works cited on separate page.
