PRESENTATION speak note -ryan

Cultural Narrative Speech

10 points

Tell a true story that incorporates a stereotype that has been placed upon you based on your membership to a particular culture.

YOU ARE BEING GRADED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:

Delivery (7 points) Speech Familiarity (do not read presentation)

5 X 7 Notecards Eye Contact Enthusiastic/Passionate Volume

Content (3 points) Appropriate Depth (when in doubt—use more descriptive details about feelings, environment, etc.)

Identified Stereotype

Organization (story flows in a comprehensible manner)

Time: 3-5 Minutes (1 point deduction for every minute under the time requirements)

Brainstorming Suggestions: You are not required to tell a story about your ethnicity or race. You may tell a story about any culture in which you feel that you belong/or don’‛t belong (work, family, extracurricular activities, fan- based groups, etc). Whatever story you share, within it you must share a stereotype that was placed upon you based on people’‛s previous conceptions of the group that you identify with. For example, maybe you were once told by one of your students that you look too young to be a college professor. You could share a story with the class about that experience. You could construct this story in a number of creative ways. Maybe you start with a quotation like “Never judge a book by its cover” and begin to elaborate how you were judged based on what you look like. Then, you could use your story as a specific example of being judged. Or maybe you start with descriptive details about the first day of class. Or maybe you begin with asking the class what they think a teacher should look like. As you can see, there are several different approaches that you can use to create your narrative. Be creative.

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