For my future dry run, my hope is to have an uplifting effect about my mom. The type of speech format I chose was a toast. My idea is to bring a cup in with my mom’s name on it. My mom has received a lot of teacher gifts from students, a couple with her name on them, referring to her as “Mrs. Hast.” I wanted to bring up how being a teacher and a mom can have similar roles. My mom has to take on a patient and empathetic part in the classroom. I also am planning on bringing some of her personality into the speech. I want people to have a clear understanding of why I chose to speak on her. A challenge I found was trying to describe a story that meant a lot to me but would also be understandable to the audience. In preparing for my final speech, I’m definably going to revise my outline and make sure it sounds smooth. Because it is toast, to elevate the speech, I want a strong conclusion. I am still working on how to word that correctly. As the dry run comes sooner, I plan to read and edit my outline to give the best idea of my mother Jessica.
For my next upcoming dry run, I want people to know how my dad has affected my life and how important he means to me. I am doing an introduction about my dad, I am going to explain who he is to me, some of his traits and how they affect me and I have a few small stories about him. I am having some challenges describing the stories, I want them to have emotion and feel story like, so I will definitely be working on that. For my final speech, I am going to go over this speech with my roommate or my friends, to make sure my outline sounds smooth and that the intro, body and conclusion all flow nicely. This week I was working on the intro and conclusion to make sure they both are strong, especially the conclusion trying to wrap the speech up and make it sound smooth. I am excited for the dry run speech this Wednesday and from this figure out what else I need to add, change or remove parts from the speech.
For my upcoming dry run, I really want to emphasize my main point that my mom is more than a mom, and the extra steps she takes. I decided to do a toast, because I think it’s best fitting for the setting. I am having struggle with the anecdotes; there’s so many stories I just have to pinpoint a few. I think my outline and format of it is really taking shape, I think it flows well, but adding a couple more anecdotes is my priority. The next steps I need to take to perfect the final speech is to practice, practice, practice. I’ve already been practicing with my roommate.
I am choosing to do a toast, and after my dry-dry run, I realized I needed to add more about how my sister helps me and not just talk about her as a person. It’s hard to compile all of the things she helps me with and inspires me to be when sometimes it’s so subtle. I have done a lot of editing and practice on what to say; all I have to do is complete my outline. Then I will be ready for my speech
I am nervous to talk about all of the stuff in class, and I hope the class is interested in what I have to talk about. I hope that I don’t forget what I need to say, and just be natural about it, and try not to be nervous. After the first and second speeches, I have gotten a lot less nervous about speaking out in front of the class.
As I am preparing for my third speech, I think the form my speech is taking is formatting a inspiration speech. My speech is directed towards my mom and how her influence inspired me to be where I am today. My ideas of starting with an intro that has a good thesis, a body with some stories to support the thesis I am arguing, and then a strong conclusion to tie everything together so my speech has some clarity. There were definitely some challenges with this speech. I think it is a lot easier to talk about a person with a heavily influence on you, rather than physically writing an outline for the person that inspired you, and the background history as to why they are inspiring. I think to help this problem, just writing it all out exactly how I would say it helps and then take that to help construct a better outline. I think I am moving in a positive direction to making a well rounded speech. To elevate the speech it is important for me to keep practicing and re-writing so I can perform to the best of my ability. I may also present a picture so that people can understand my speech visibly.
Abigail Chapman
Prof. Miller
SPC 100
14 October 2025
To prepare for the upcoming dry run of our speech #3 I’ve spent time thinking about the overall form and structure of my speech. I’ve decided to deliver it in a commemorative style, since I’m honoring someone who’s still alive and who has made a deep and lasting impact on my life, my dad. This form feels most appropriate because it gives me space to be personal, reflective, and emotionally honest, whilst also celebrating his strengths and contributions as both a firefighter and a father.
So far I feel pretty good about several of the parts of my speech. First, my overall message feels clear and meaningful, my dad is both a public hero and a private one, and I think the speech communicates that well. Second, I’m confident in the personal examples I’ve chosen to include, like that story about my game. I’m also pretty confident in just the overall structural flow of my speech, it gives the speech a chronological order to it that adds to the emotional aspect of it.
My main challenge right now is just the delivery and flow/memorization of my speech. I want the speech to go very smoothly and I want it to have specific wording in it to properly get my point across, so I need to work on memorizing certain if not all parts of the speech. I’m going to work on practicing my speech out loud to help with the flow and to maybe add or cut some parts to make it go together better.
As I was thinking about my speech and what form I wanted it to be in, I decided I wanted it to be an introduction. I want to introduce my mom and her qualities. From our dry dry run I found I had a lot to work on and get the words I want to say stuck in my head. I am finding it a little more challenging and I’m more nervous because I am by myself. Since I am talking about my mom. I’m hoping it can help my nerves. I need to be able to let my words flow without having to look at my paper and be comfortable talking to my mom and about everything I enjoy about her. I am going to continue to practice my speech and focus on the areas that I have a hard time with. Practice makes perfect and that’s what I am going to do to help my speech progress and not feel as if im trying to pull teeth and infighting with myself.
What needs to happen next is to give specific examples of things or topics I am speaking about. I could give memories or stories with my sister that can give more feelings like heartwarming, funny, and more. I think another thing I need to do is organize it better and more clearly so the transitions are good and smooth. My speaking is going more like a toast for my sister I feel like. It could be something like at a wedding or a future event that is more uplifting and during a celebration. Something I am nervous about is how I deliver the speech. This is because I feel like I am not good at speaking emotionally and about other people. So I am worried about my overall delivery and how I sound. I need more practice to make it better but I think I will get there and practice will make it better.
As I am working on my speech 3, I have realized that I will need to make the speech longer to make the 4 minute mark for the dry-run next class. I am very worried about not being able to make that 4 minute mark during my speech, but I am also worried that making it longer will just make it seem ingenuine, as if I only added more to my speech just to make the minimum time limit. I will also need to practice my speech in order to make sure that I don’t speak too fast or too slow, and that I will speak at a good pace while still bringing the emotion that I need for this speech. I am happy, however, with how the wording of my speech is going; I feel like it is genuine, mature, and vividly portrays my Great-Grandmother and how she led her life with love and kindness. I am hoping that, for both the dry-run and my final delivery of the speech, the whole class will be able to feel the love that I felt for my Grammy and learn about the importance of love and the incorporation of it in everyday life.
After giving my dry-dry run version of Speech #3 – An introduction to my grandfather. I realized I really needed to formulate my speech. I knew I had to get more of a formulation of my ideas rather than just the outline and talking points, so I have worked on typing this speech. I have rehearsed a little but will definitely need to work more. I am hoping I learn from my dry run next class. My speech is very easy for me to talk about and shares a good message. I have added personal stories and what I look up to about my grandfather.
This past week I’ve been rehearsing my speech and timing myself to see how close I am to the 3-4 minute mark. I’ve been trying not to rely on notes, but for some reason this speech has been tougher for me, it seems as if my flow is a bit jerky, but I’ve been slowly working through those kinks. The more I rehearse though, I’ve realized how I chose the right person for this topic because I get so much pride and joy talking about my mother and talking about why she’s so important to me. I think it’s important that people pick a topic that gives them joy because if you’re faking it it won’t sound authentic and natural. The biggest positive to my speech is my story and it really captivates the listener and keeps them engaged.
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For my future dry run, my hope is to have an uplifting effect about my mom. The type of speech format I chose was a toast. My idea is to bring a cup in with my mom’s name on it. My mom has received a lot of teacher gifts from students, a couple with her name on them, referring to her as “Mrs. Hast.” I wanted to bring up how being a teacher and a mom can have similar roles. My mom has to take on a patient and empathetic part in the classroom. I also am planning on bringing some of her personality into the speech. I want people to have a clear understanding of why I chose to speak on her. A challenge I found was trying to describe a story that meant a lot to me but would also be understandable to the audience. In preparing for my final speech, I’m definably going to revise my outline and make sure it sounds smooth. Because it is toast, to elevate the speech, I want a strong conclusion. I am still working on how to word that correctly. As the dry run comes sooner, I plan to read and edit my outline to give the best idea of my mother Jessica.
For my next upcoming dry run, I want people to know how my dad has affected my life and how important he means to me. I am doing an introduction about my dad, I am going to explain who he is to me, some of his traits and how they affect me and I have a few small stories about him. I am having some challenges describing the stories, I want them to have emotion and feel story like, so I will definitely be working on that. For my final speech, I am going to go over this speech with my roommate or my friends, to make sure my outline sounds smooth and that the intro, body and conclusion all flow nicely. This week I was working on the intro and conclusion to make sure they both are strong, especially the conclusion trying to wrap the speech up and make it sound smooth. I am excited for the dry run speech this Wednesday and from this figure out what else I need to add, change or remove parts from the speech.
For my upcoming dry run, I really want to emphasize my main point that my mom is more than a mom, and the extra steps she takes. I decided to do a toast, because I think it’s best fitting for the setting. I am having struggle with the anecdotes; there’s so many stories I just have to pinpoint a few. I think my outline and format of it is really taking shape, I think it flows well, but adding a couple more anecdotes is my priority. The next steps I need to take to perfect the final speech is to practice, practice, practice. I’ve already been practicing with my roommate.
I am choosing to do a toast, and after my dry-dry run, I realized I needed to add more about how my sister helps me and not just talk about her as a person. It’s hard to compile all of the things she helps me with and inspires me to be when sometimes it’s so subtle. I have done a lot of editing and practice on what to say; all I have to do is complete my outline. Then I will be ready for my speech
I am nervous to talk about all of the stuff in class, and I hope the class is interested in what I have to talk about. I hope that I don’t forget what I need to say, and just be natural about it, and try not to be nervous. After the first and second speeches, I have gotten a lot less nervous about speaking out in front of the class.
As I am preparing for my third speech, I think the form my speech is taking is formatting a inspiration speech. My speech is directed towards my mom and how her influence inspired me to be where I am today. My ideas of starting with an intro that has a good thesis, a body with some stories to support the thesis I am arguing, and then a strong conclusion to tie everything together so my speech has some clarity. There were definitely some challenges with this speech. I think it is a lot easier to talk about a person with a heavily influence on you, rather than physically writing an outline for the person that inspired you, and the background history as to why they are inspiring. I think to help this problem, just writing it all out exactly how I would say it helps and then take that to help construct a better outline. I think I am moving in a positive direction to making a well rounded speech. To elevate the speech it is important for me to keep practicing and re-writing so I can perform to the best of my ability. I may also present a picture so that people can understand my speech visibly.
Abigail Chapman
Prof. Miller
SPC 100
14 October 2025
To prepare for the upcoming dry run of our speech #3 I’ve spent time thinking about the overall form and structure of my speech. I’ve decided to deliver it in a commemorative style, since I’m honoring someone who’s still alive and who has made a deep and lasting impact on my life, my dad. This form feels most appropriate because it gives me space to be personal, reflective, and emotionally honest, whilst also celebrating his strengths and contributions as both a firefighter and a father.
So far I feel pretty good about several of the parts of my speech. First, my overall message feels clear and meaningful, my dad is both a public hero and a private one, and I think the speech communicates that well. Second, I’m confident in the personal examples I’ve chosen to include, like that story about my game. I’m also pretty confident in just the overall structural flow of my speech, it gives the speech a chronological order to it that adds to the emotional aspect of it.
My main challenge right now is just the delivery and flow/memorization of my speech. I want the speech to go very smoothly and I want it to have specific wording in it to properly get my point across, so I need to work on memorizing certain if not all parts of the speech. I’m going to work on practicing my speech out loud to help with the flow and to maybe add or cut some parts to make it go together better.
As I was thinking about my speech and what form I wanted it to be in, I decided I wanted it to be an introduction. I want to introduce my mom and her qualities. From our dry dry run I found I had a lot to work on and get the words I want to say stuck in my head. I am finding it a little more challenging and I’m more nervous because I am by myself. Since I am talking about my mom. I’m hoping it can help my nerves. I need to be able to let my words flow without having to look at my paper and be comfortable talking to my mom and about everything I enjoy about her. I am going to continue to practice my speech and focus on the areas that I have a hard time with. Practice makes perfect and that’s what I am going to do to help my speech progress and not feel as if im trying to pull teeth and infighting with myself.
What needs to happen next is to give specific examples of things or topics I am speaking about. I could give memories or stories with my sister that can give more feelings like heartwarming, funny, and more. I think another thing I need to do is organize it better and more clearly so the transitions are good and smooth. My speaking is going more like a toast for my sister I feel like. It could be something like at a wedding or a future event that is more uplifting and during a celebration. Something I am nervous about is how I deliver the speech. This is because I feel like I am not good at speaking emotionally and about other people. So I am worried about my overall delivery and how I sound. I need more practice to make it better but I think I will get there and practice will make it better.
As I am working on my speech 3, I have realized that I will need to make the speech longer to make the 4 minute mark for the dry-run next class. I am very worried about not being able to make that 4 minute mark during my speech, but I am also worried that making it longer will just make it seem ingenuine, as if I only added more to my speech just to make the minimum time limit. I will also need to practice my speech in order to make sure that I don’t speak too fast or too slow, and that I will speak at a good pace while still bringing the emotion that I need for this speech. I am happy, however, with how the wording of my speech is going; I feel like it is genuine, mature, and vividly portrays my Great-Grandmother and how she led her life with love and kindness. I am hoping that, for both the dry-run and my final delivery of the speech, the whole class will be able to feel the love that I felt for my Grammy and learn about the importance of love and the incorporation of it in everyday life.
After giving my dry-dry run version of Speech #3 – An introduction to my grandfather. I realized I really needed to formulate my speech. I knew I had to get more of a formulation of my ideas rather than just the outline and talking points, so I have worked on typing this speech. I have rehearsed a little but will definitely need to work more. I am hoping I learn from my dry run next class. My speech is very easy for me to talk about and shares a good message. I have added personal stories and what I look up to about my grandfather.
This past week I’ve been rehearsing my speech and timing myself to see how close I am to the 3-4 minute mark. I’ve been trying not to rely on notes, but for some reason this speech has been tougher for me, it seems as if my flow is a bit jerky, but I’ve been slowly working through those kinks. The more I rehearse though, I’ve realized how I chose the right person for this topic because I get so much pride and joy talking about my mother and talking about why she’s so important to me. I think it’s important that people pick a topic that gives them joy because if you’re faking it it won’t sound authentic and natural. The biggest positive to my speech is my story and it really captivates the listener and keeps them engaged.