Commemorative Speech Planning Sheet

Speech Planning Sheet
For Commemorative Speech

Your name: Daniel Paull

Topic of your speech: My Grandma

General purpose: Inspire

Specific purpose statement:

My specific purpose is to inspire my audience by praising my Grandma.


Introduction:
Attention step: Explain or write out how will you hook the audience?


It was 100 years ago that one of the greatest ships ever, the Titanic, crashed into an iceberg and sank.  Over a thousand people died and many lost friends and family. It was one of the biggest tragedies ever. Just 4 months earlier a few days after Christmas in the summer heat of outback Australia, in a time of horse drawn carriages, with no planes, electricity, or TV, a young dairy farming couple gave birth to their first child. This child would be one who would bless many. One who would be a great example. One who would always put others before themself. One who would stand firm in any trial and remain faithful to God. This child was my Grandma. To me, and all those who knew her, she was an amazing woman. 

Talking about the Titanic gets the audience wondering whom I am talking about.


Credibility step: To me, and all those who knew her, my Grandma was an amazing woman. Although she lived on the other side of Australia to me, she was a great example for me.


Central idea: one sentence (sometimes called a thesis) that sums up whole speech that you say in the introduction.

Today I would like to pause and praise my Grandma, Sarah Marie Paull, who was an important person in my life. I would like to share her life with you and some of my memories of her and show how she was such a great example for me.


Preview: Road map for the audience your main points. (May be part of central idea).


I would like to share her life with you and some of my memories of her and show how she was such a great example for me.

Main Points: (sum up how you will develop the body of the speech. First you will ______, then you will _______...)

Body:

I.               History/Overview of my Grandma’s life

II.             My Grandma’s favorite poem - explain how the meaning of the poem showed in her life.

III.           Stories of Grandma that revealed some of her characteristics

IV.           Message from my Grandma to her Grandchildren