DEMONSTRATION UNIT
Comm. Studies
Learning Targets:
I can describe the purpose of a demonstration
speech.
I can effectively organize my demonstration
speech.
WRITE STEP BY STEP
INSTRUCTIONS
• On how to make a grilled cheese sandwich
• On how to dance the Macarena
WHAT IS A DEMONSTRATION
SPEECH?
• Type of informative speech
• Informing the audience “how to” do something
• As long as you are able to present the steps of the
demonstration or process speech topics
• How To Make ...
• How To Fix ...
• How To Use ...
• How To Do ...
• How ... Works
• How ... Is Done, Produced or Made
WHY ARE WE DOING A DEMO
SPEECH?
Applicable to life both formally and informally
Forces you into to use precise instruction
Evaluate different methods of organization
As an audience member you learn something from every
speech!
SPEECH DIFFERENCES
In the introduction, you must give your audience a reason to listen.
Tell them WHY the skill is valuable and what they can do with it in
their own lives.
Introduction:
1. Attention Getter!
2. Purpose (tell them what you are going to teach them)
3. Tell them why you choose to demonstrate this topic or how you
learned this skill
4. Reason to listen (tell them why they should know how to do it. Apply
it to their lives)
5. List the main points (your first main point should map out your
materials)
PROCESS / MAKE CONNECTIONS
IN DIFFERENT WAYS
Activity: Turn to your partner and explain to them how
someone should drive from Wheaton North to Wheaton
College.
Activity: Turn to your partner and explain how someone
should get from the English Resource Room to the
tennis courts.
PROCESS / MAKE CONNECTIONS
IN DIFFERENT WAYS
How did you give instruction?
Directional? (Drive North)
Landmarks? (Go past the nurse’s office)
Gestures? (Head that way)
In relation to? (You know the train tracks? Its next to that.)
Literally? (Go about 1.3 miles)
A combination of these??
IMPORTANCE OF PRECISE
INSTRUCTION
Instruction is an important (and very common) form of
communication
We must realize that people process and make
connections in different ways.
Without precise instruction people can get lost,
frustrated, or complete a task incorrectly.
HOW DO YOU RECEIVE
INSTRUCTION BEST?
How do you like to receive instruction or learn?
1.
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3.
4.
5.
Auditory
Visually
Kinesthetically
Manipulatively
Combination
ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERNS
*Not all of these apply to Demo Speeches!
TOPICAL DIVISION:
Organizes a speech according to aspects,
subtopics, or topics.
Example: Introduction Speech
Roger’s future goals…
Mary’s family consists of…
Michael's favorite sports…
CHRONOLOGICAL DIVISION:
Organizes speech according to a time sequence.
Example: Historical Topics, Process or procedure topics
How to cook
How to change car oil
History of WWII
SPATIAL DIVISION:
Organizes a speech according to the geography or
physical structure of the subject.
Example: Best for topic dealing with parts of an object
or a place
The parts of a gun
Grocery Store
Museum
CAUSAL DIVISION:
Organizes a speech from cause to effect, or effect to
cause. Helpful when you identify / trace a condition
from its causes.
Also useful in persuasion
Example: Recession, Medical topic disease
PRO-CON DIVISION:
Organizes a speech according to arguments for and against some
policy, position, or action.
Since it is balanced approach - easier to use in informative than
persuasion .
Example: Policy options, Political choices
GIMMICK DIVISION:
Organizes a speech according to a special memory
device, such as alliteration, rhyme, or initial letters that
spell a word.
Example: ROYGBIV
PROBLEM SOLUTION PATTERN:
A pattern of organization that identifies and analyzes a
problem and proposes a solution.
Example: Not enough passing time/Extend school day !
ANALYZE THIS EXAMPLE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKKKiF5AdTE
PRACTICE OUTLINING THE GARDEN
EXAMPLE IN YOUR PACKET