Name _________________________
Date ______________
Period _____
Brown Bag Speech
Part One: Brainstorming
Complete the following questions to help you think of a subject to talk about for this first speech.
1. Where have you lived since you were born?
2. What interesting places have you visited?
3. What hobbies do you have? (Music, art, collections, etc.)
4. What do you like to do on the weekends?
5. What is one thing that you must do every day?
6. What do you think is the biggest problem facing teens of your age?
7. What is something you could teach us to do?
8. What is the funniest memory you have?
9. Who is a person you admire?
10. If you could meet anyone, who would it be?
Part Two: Narrow down a topic.
Looking at your answers for the above questions. Circle three answers above that you have an object (a
souvenir, a gift, a card, etc.) that you can show us to explain this object’s relevance to your life.
Part Three: Ideas of speech
Complete the following guide to help you organize your thoughts of your speech topic.
1. Purpose of this speech: What do you want your audience to learn about you?
2. Introduction: How do you want to get your audience’s attention?
3. Body: What are the objects you are going to share? Explain each object and how it connects to your life.
4. Conclusion: What is the main point about your life you want the audience to learn about you, as a result of
showing us these three objects? Why?
Part Four: Outline of Speech.
You will complete the information below for your outline of what you will say when you present these three
items to the class. You will be given a notecard to write down these bulleted points for your use when you give
your speech.
1. Introduction
a. Attention-Getter
b. Overview/Preview of three objects
2. Object One
a. What is it?
b. What does it represent?
c. How does it represent you?
3. Object Two
a. What is it?
b. What does it represent
c. How does it represent you?
4. Object Three
a. What is it?
b. What does it represent?
c. How does it represent you?
5. Conclusion
a. Summary
b. Concluding Statement/Tag