MACC TED Talks — Theme of “PASSION”
Hi Everyone!
We will be creating our own TED TALKS under the theme of “Passion” over the next month!
In preparation for this, begin brainstorming ideas about a passion you have that you feel you would like to share with others.
Also, begin watching some TED Talk examples, with live people versus animations, to get ideas about what a TED Talk is. This way, we can discuss it in class when we are together. Here are some possible options that are kid-friendly:
Be thinking of:
- What makes a good TED Talk?
- What will your key problem, question, or topic sentence be to start your talk?
- What evidence will you use to prove your point?
- Is your topic too big for two minutes? Too small?
- Are you passionate about your topic?
- Could you talk about anything you like to do?
- Could you show us anything from home that is important to you?
- Will you need to do any research to find out about your topic?
- Have you thought about what other people who might disagree with you will think? How will you change their minds?
Right now, all you need to do is watch a TED Talk and begin brainstorming ideas. I will let you know of next steps as we are ready.
As we create our speeches, we will be focusing on strong paragraphs, descriptive and persuasive vocabulary, avoiding run-on sentences, and public-speaking techniques. The TED Talk speeches will be given in January, but by the time we go to Winter Break, we will have a very rough draft ready, so we will be ready to refine it when we get back. The speech will be five paragraphs in length. I will be sharing the rubric for performance with you in class.
I look forward to hearing your ideas.
Thank you!