Planning your speech

Step 1: Choose your poem.

Step 2: Justify your choice.

Step 3: Get approval from Mrs Damen (this includes e-mailing your poem, poet and justification)

Step 4: Complete the critical reading poem - annotating as your go. This will require you to print your poem.

Step 5: Complete a SPECS and SLIMS analysis - as a set of notes.

Step 6: Plan your speech - in as much detail as possible. Include notes about evidence, synthesis and          persuasive techniques in your planning.

Step 7: Begin drafting your speech - this includes your PowerPoint!

Step 8: Once a draft is complete, proof-read and edit.

Step 9: Have someone read it aloud to you so that you can hear mistakes.

Step 10: Edit again.

Step 11: Have someone peer edit for you (repeat as needed)

Step 12: Conference with Mrs Damen

Step 13: Edit based on conferencing.

Step 14: Practise your speech as much as possible. In front of an audience and by yourself.