Internet Speech Project Guidelines

For Term 2, each student will read a speech from an Internet website. Here are the details:

1. Select a speech
A. Choose part or all of a speech from the website www.americanrhetoric.com.
- Go to the site and look on the left side and click on “Speech bank” or “Movie Speeches”.
- Speeches are listed in alphabetical order by speaker or by movie.
- Make sure to choose one that has both text (T) and an audio (A) file (or video (V) file).
- You can choose a speech from a different website, but make sure the teacher knows the
source.
B. The speech must be between 200 - 250 words
Example

2. During a speech performance, the student will…

- Give a description of the situation of the speech (where was the person, what was the person
doing, what were the circumstances, what was the mood/emotion); you might need to do some
research to find out
- Read the text with proper letter sounds, stress, and intonation - try to make it sound as close to
the original as possible! However, if the speech is fast, you can speak slower.
3. This project is worth 5% of your mark for Speaking & Pronunciation Term 2
 Internet Speech Rubric

Mark Description

10 No discernable errors in letter sound (LS), word stress (WS), or sentence stress (SS);
all words easy to understand; proper pausing and rhythm; uses intonation correctly to
fit sentence types and emotion; smooth flow

9 No more than a couple (2) errors each for LS, WS, SS; wording generally clear,
with mostly good pausing and rhythm; intonation generally fits the sentences and
feeling of the situation; generally easy to understand

8 No more than few errors each of LS, WS, SS; almost all words clear; generally good
pausing and rhythm; most intonation fits the script and situation; most of reading is
easy to understand, but the listener might occasionally require the text script to get the
words exactly.

7 Some of each type of error (LS, WS, SS); a listener might not understand a few of
the words; some difficulty with pausing and rhythm; intonation errors, but sometimes
still used to show emotion; listener needs the text script to catch some of the words

6 Some of each type of error (LS, WS, SS) and some errors cause misunderstanding
for normal listeners; problems with pausing and rhythm; intonation errors and/or
some lack of intonation; need the text script to catch some of the words and phrases

5 Regular LS, WS, SS errors throughout the reading, causing some definite
misunderstandings; little concern for pausing and rhythm; intonation errors or lack
of intonation, speaker fails to capture emotion; need the text script to catch many of
the words and phrases

4 Many LS, WS, SS errors throughout the reading; clear lack of awareness about
about placement of stress as well as pausing, rhythm, and intonation; most of the
speech would be hard to understand without the script

3-1 Filled with errors; no sense of timing, stress, or intonation; hard to match speaking
to the script

0 Did not give a speech