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Assignment Sheet
Informative Speech with PowerPoint
During this speech you will inform the audience about a researched topic while using a PowerPoint.
Expectations
Time: At least 3:45-4:30 (5% deduction)
Outline: NO! You will not have an outline. Only your PowerPoint (1 Notecard optional)
Other: Works Cited with 3 sources, PowerPoint, Printed copy of PowerPoint
Research Requirements:
A minimum of three (3) sources are required for this speech. The sources can be electronic sources
from the electronic databases that Wheaton North subscribes to or credible websites (No blogs,
wiki, etc.). I suggest using Proquest or other scholarly sources. You may use Noodletools or Easybib
to construct a correct and separate bibliography page, but it is your responsibility to double check
the citations!
Instructions
Select a researchable topic that you feel passionate about! Realize that you aren’t trying to
persuade your audience to feel a certain way about the topic, you are simply educating them
about the topic. To inform the audience, you must use 3 credible resources and include a works
cited page when you turn in. Additionally, you must create a PowerPoint with at least 4 slides that
help enhance the purpose of your speech. In order to present this PowerPoint either save it to a
flashdrive or email it to Mrs. C the night before your speech day. Those are your only 2 options.
Turn in
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Rubric
Printed Copy of PowerPoint
Word for Word
Works Cited (print separately if not on ppt)
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Organization of Speech and PowerPoint
Needs Improvement Meets Requirements Exceeds Expectations
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Intro:
Attention Getter
States Purpose and Main Points
Body:
Logical and Informative Main Points
Intriguing and Supportive Details
Verbal Transitions between Main
Points and/or Slides
Conclusion:
Summarize Speech
Creative Clincher
Sources Weaved:
Establishes Creditability
Smooth and Seamless
Effective Research:
Creditable Sources
Applicable and Relevant
PowerPoint Effectiveness:
Showing not telling
Enhances the audience’s
understanding
Informative:
Gives facts and statistics
Avoids bias and persuasion
Delivery
Vocal Delivery:
Volume
Rate
Pitch
Vocal Emphasis / Inflection
Articulation and Pronunciation
Physical Delivery:
Eye Contact
Posture
Gestures
Facial Expressions
Refer to PowerPoint:
Avoid Reading from P.Point
References pictures or text to enhance
the audience experience
Deductions:
Time Requirement 3:45-4:30
Late or Missing Work
Unprofessional Attire
Excessive Filler Words
Distractions
______/50 Points Total
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Category
3 Points
Heading
Contains a
heading
All entries have
the author, title,
etc. in correct
order
All entries are
correctly indented
Correct placement
of author, title etc.
Correct hanging
indent
Correct
capitalization
All of the entries
have correct
capitalization in
titles, names, etc.
Correct
alphabetization
Bibliography is in
alphabetical order
2 Points
1 Point
Most entries have
the author, title,
etc. in correct
order
Most entries are
correctly indented
A few entries have
the author, title,
etc. in correct
order
A few entries are
correctly indented
Most of the
entries have
correct
capitalization in
titles, names, etc.
A few of the
entries have
correct
capitalization in
titles, names, etc.
0 Points
Does not contain a
heading
None of entries
have the author,
title, etc. in correct
order
None of the
entries are
correctly indented
None of the
entries have
correct
capitalization in
titles, names, etc.
Bibliography is not
in alphabetical
order
___________/5 Points Total
Works Cited Example
“Biography.” Toscaninionline.com. 2002. 28 Feb. 2005 <http://www.toscaninionline.com>.
Chotzinoff, Samuel. Toscanini: An Intimate Portrait. New York: Alfred A. Knoff, 1956.
Conly, John M. “Toscanini Records the Ninth.” The Atlantic Oct. 1952: 41-44.
Frank, Mortimer H. Arturo Toscanini: The NBC Years. Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press, 2002.
Taubman, Howard. “NBC Symphony.” The Maestro: The Life of Arturo Toscanini. New York: Simon and
Schuster, 1951. 230-242.
Teachout, Terry. “Toscanini Lives.” Commentary July-Aug. 2002. Rpt. in Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing
Viewpoints Resource Center. Thomson Gale. Wheaton North Lib., Wheaton, Illinois. 28 Feb.
2005 <http://infotrac.galegroup.com/>.
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Student Example
Miss Martin
Communication Studies, Period 3
21 Feb. 2013
Research Informative Plan (THIS IS NOT REQUIRED – JUST AN EXAMPLE)
Introduction: “It is God who tells me how the music should sound.” This was a quotation by
one of the most influential orchestral conductors of the twentieth century Arturo Toscanini.
Many musical scholars would agree that Toscanini’s musical genius was nothing short of divine.
During the next few minutes, I will inform you on the life and musical career of the legendary
conductor Arturo Toscanini.
Transition to First Point: Although Toscanini is regarded as a great twentieth century musician,
a third of his life was spent in the nineteenth century.
I. Toscanini’s Life
a. Born in Parma, Italy on March 25, 1867.
b. Studies the cello as a boy at the Parma Royal School of Music.
c. According to Toscanini biographer Harvey Sachs,
1. Toscanini makes his conducting debut in Aida
2. Conducts the entire opera from memory.
d. Toscanini’s fame grows as an operatic conductor.
1. Conducts the world premieres of such operas as Pagliacci and La Bohème.
Transition to Second Point: As you may have already discovered, Arturo Toscanini’s life was
music. So we move to the twentieth century highlights of his career.
II. Toscanini’s Musical Career
a. According to the Atlantic Monthly, Toscanini began conducting music of the
symphonic repertory on March 20, 1896 conducting Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
b. Director of the famed La Scala Opera Company in Milan.
c. In 1908, Toscanini comes to the U.S. for the first time to be the director of New York’s
Metropolitan Opera.
d. In 1929, Toscanini concentrates more on symphonic conducting be becoming the
Principal Conductor of the New York Philharmonic.
e. In 1937, at the age of 70, Toscanini accepts an offer, to conduct the NBC Symphony
Orchestra, created for him by David Sarnoff, head of NBC.
1. The first broadcast was heard on Christmas night in 1937 in studio 8H, which
was an enormous radio studio created for the orchestra. Later the studio was
converted to a television studio. It is the studio where Saturday Night Live has
been broadcast since its inception.
f. First conductor to be on television in 1948.
g. Last performance as a conductor was with the NBCSO on 4/4/54
1. Toscanini had stopped conducting [or actually beating time] because according
to Time Magazine he was overcome with emotion.
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h. Suffers a massive stroke on 1/1/57
i. Dies in his home in Riverdale, New York on 1/17/57 at the age of 89.
Conclusion: Arturo Toscanini was a man of many firsts in orchestral music. He was the first to
record on records, the first to have an orchestra created for him, and lived long enough to be the
first to conduct the opera Aida on television at age 82, sixty two years after he had conducted it
for the very first time. He was a musical “god.”
Toscanini’s Life
Arturo Toscanini
“It is God who tells me how the music should sound.”
 Parma, Italy on March 25, 1867
 Studies the cello as a boy at the Parma Royal
School of Music
 Makes his conducting debut in Aida
 Conducts the world premieres of such operas as
Pagliacci and La Bohème
Musical Career
A Man of Firsts
 Began conducting music
 First to record on records
of the symphonic
repertory on March 20,
1896 conducting
Beethoven’s Ninth
Symphony
 In 1937, he conduct the
NBC Symphony
Orchestra
 Dies in his home in
Riverdale at the age of 89
 First to have an orchestra created for him
 Lived long enough to be the first to conduct the opera Aida
on television at age 82 (sixty two years after he had
conducted it for the very first time)
Effective Powerpoint Tips:
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Pictures – enhances the audience’s experience!
Trigger Phrases
Don’t have too many bullet points / information on a slide
Catchy heading / Titles