Burnside Rostrum
THE INFORMATIVE SPEECH
Speech purposes: Inform, Entertain, Persuade, Others, or a combination of these
1. Can I Pick my topic?
2. PREPARATION (HO 13)
3. What is my Topic? (HO 16)
4. The thinking phase (Notepad)
5. What do I want to tell the audience?
6. Research/ Collect Information/Brainstorm (What do I know? what can I find out?)
7. Do I have any personal experiences?
8. Is there a strong message I want to leave people with. - The CONCLUSION - HO 16
9. Do I have an attention grabbing OPENING? (HO 15)
10. Pick the main 2 or 3 points
11. Can I use humour?
12. CONSTRUCTION (HO 14)
THE FIFTY CENT COIN
Central ideas for a 5 min speech
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Physical Characteristics
Historical Events
Where minted – How, when, where & why?
Coin collecting
Decimal Currency
OPENINGS X 5
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS - SHAPE – dodecahedronal or 12 sided.
Other than the initial Australian 1966 50 cent coin which was round, all subsequent Australian 50 cent coins
have been dodecahedronal or 12 sided.
WHERE MINTED – New lamps for old, new lamps for old..... (Genie – Arabian Knights) brand new 50 cent
coins, only $1.00.
England, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Canberra
COIN COLLECTING – Why would anyone want to collect coins, for profit, to trace historical events, a hobby,
to track their travel around the world.....
A coin collector is a person who collects coins, while numismatist is a person who studies coins.....I consider
myself a......
DECIMAL CURRENCY
In come the dollars, in come the cents,
to replace the pounds and shillings and the pence.
Be prepared for changes when the coins begin to mix,
on the 14th of February, 1966.
You can throw a silver dollar, down upon the ground and it will ro –ooll, because its rou-uond – so goes the old
song from the 1920s, but all this changes in
HISTORICAL EVENTS - I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this
decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth". - U.S President John F.
Kennedy, 1961.
MAIN POINTS- HISTORICAL EVENTS
1. To see the 50 cent coin as a way to trace the history of the world/Australia
2. To see coins as something more than just money to spend.
3. To use the example of the 50 cent coin as an example of why we should consider collecting coins
generally.
CONCLUSIONS - HISTORICAL EVENTS
In concluding your speech consider
1. summarising the main points you want people to remember,
2. try to link back to your opening statement .
3. Leave them with a memorable memorable closing sentence,
In the example below, all 3 of the above are incorporated in the conclusion of the speech.
Landing on the moon in 1969 was a giant leap forward for mankind, immortalised on our 50 cent coin with
other great events. The 1988 bi-centenary of the first fleet’s arrival in Australia and the 50th anniversary of the
end of WW2......by 2020 we may have landed on Mars.... like all great events I expect that day will be
immortalised on our 50 cent coin, a time capsule of the world’s history.
IN SUMMARY
When preparing any speech, but especially an informative one consider:
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Opening – Main Body – Conclusion
Focus on one main message
Stick to at most 3 main points
Draw on personal experience as well as research
Prepared by
Ron Johnson
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For Burnside Rostrum Club
2009