Commemorative Speech Assignment
Name: __________________ Date: ___/____/___ Period: ____
Assignment: You will be delivering a commemorative speech honoring a person or
place as we have discussed in class. Refer to your notes, class handouts,
and page 432 in your speech book for assistance.
General Purpose:
Occasion:
To Commemorate
A commemorative speech is given to mark an important event or to
honor a person. A testimonial speech honors a living person, and
a eulogy honors a person who has died.
Content & Tone:
* Discuss the significance of the event or person honored.
* Include brief anecdotes to illustrate your points.
(anecdotes should be light & illustrate person’s qualities)
* Include details and ideas that honor the person/event.
* Adopt a respectful/formal tone.
* Avoid slang and informal language .
Your speech will be delivered extemporaneously.
- Your speech will be prepared using a detailed outline.
- You should practice your speech a minimum of two times (with timer).
- You will be able to use a note card.
Topics: Everyone will be required to sign up for their speech. You should print
your name and the topic of your speech. The order that you sign up is
not the order that you will be speaking.
Time:
Your speech must be a minimum of two minutes, maximum 10 min.
Students should have no difficulties in reaching 2 minutes. Practice and
rehearse to ensure that you will make time.
Visual Aid: You are required to have a picture of the person or place that you’re
commemorating. Points may be deducted for not having a visual aid.
TIME DEDUCTIONS:
Points Earned:
Under 1:00 = -20
Under 2:00 = -15
Due after your speech:
Note card(s)
Detailed Outline
RUBRIC: Commemorative Speech
Delivery (eye contact & body language)
Commemorative (more commemorative than informative)
Content & Tone
Clear Introduction, Body, Conclusion
Visual Aid
Outline
15 pts
15 pts
15 pts
15 pts
15 pts
15 pts
Example Topics:
Commemorative Speaking
TO COMMEMORATE:
Places: (why is a particular place special and worth of respect?)
Dale Hollow Lake
Vatican City
Key West
Las Vegas
New York City
St. Marys, Ohio
My bedroom
The woods where I used to play with my grandmother.
Toronto, Canada
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (Civil War site)
Chicago
Staples Center, arena for the LA Lakers NBA team
People:
My brother, sister, father, mother, grandpa, grandma, aunt, uncle, cousin
JFK
Senior Soccer Players
Vietnam Veterans
Fred Astaire
George W. Bush
Judy Garland
Martin Luther King Jr.
Johnny Cash
Mr. Cheslock
General George Patten
Muhammed Ali
Hulk Hogan
Joel Osteen
Bill Gates
Steve Jobs
Wayne Gretzky
Julia Childs
Eleanor Roosevelt
Events:
9-11
United Flight 93
WWII
Vietnam War
Tearing down of the Berlin Wall
Veterans Day
Earth Day