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Grit Games! Find Your Voice: Public Speaking with Power & Purpose

Students will learn how to think, speak, and present themselves with confidence through a few ridiculous, rapid fire games in this empowering and silly speech session of resilience training!

Alex McGreavey (she/her)

Average rating:

5.0

Number of reviews:

(151)

What's included

1 live meeting

50 mins in-class hours

Class Experience

Train your brain and find your voice in this fast and fun one time class!

We’ll explore some of the quirks about how we communicate, identifying our growth points and the power of YET! Then we’ll dive right into the speaking games, all based around student-voted topics.

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Class includes three rounds of rapid fire game play -

PODCAST - Get into the groove by speaking on a topic you’re familiar with, but be ready to share! This group game involves passing the mic over to your co-host whenever the game says so!

UM, LIKE - We’ll crank up the difficulty in this partner game that focuses on speaking without filler words (like, um, er). Can you clear up your language?!

LONG STORY SHORT - After a feedback discussion to reflect, we’ll wrap things up with a whole-class game of storytelling… and retelling! This summary challenge game asks everyone to tell the same story, but with less time to do so every round!
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This class is meant to be a fun, stress free way to participate in exercises meant to strengthen communication and self-expression skills. Students should walk away knowing that speech and performance skills, like all things, only get better with practice, and that anyone has the power to improve!

Learning Goals

Students will self-identify areas of strengths and weaknesses in public speaking. Students will practice techniques to slow down their speaking, removing filler language as a means of being more succinct and direct. This is meant to serve as a self-contained lesson focused on growth mindset and the power of yet.

Other Details

Parental Guidance

In sections with 4+ learners, this class will utilize breakout rooms in order to maximize every student's time spent speaking. Students will be randomly assigned to groups of 2-3 for up to 6 minutes at a time. Breakout room activity will be guided by a screen shared presentation.

Supply List

An optional one page handout will be provided in print and digital formats, available to any student who may want to jot down a few notes!

External Resources

Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.

Alex McGreavey (she/her)

Joined December, 2018

5.0

151reviews

Profile

Teacher expertise and credentials

Ms. Alex has a teacher’s heart and believes in putting the FUN in fundamental skills. Having worked in the field of education for over a decade, she is a proud Outschool teacher, offering virtual learning experiences to students around the world. When not wearing her teaching cap, Alex is a curriculum creator and education consultant, working with others to improve the future of education. Alex is honored to have taught hundreds of students, with her original curriculum reaching thousands more!