Level 1, Activity 3-4
Delivering a Speech –
Gestures and expressions. Hand motions and facial expressions can help or hurt your speech. Use them if they are natural to you. Effective hand motions by a relaxed speaker complement a speech and make an audience want to listen. Avoid fidgeting with items in your pockets or on the podium. Smile! The audience will enjoy the speech if you look like you are enjoying it. You can also be dramatic, just match your expression with your words.
Posture. Stand up straight. Use a podium for your notes and avoid pacing. Do not lean on the podium, as this can make you appear tired or disinterested.
Props. Visual aids can keep an audience interested in a topic and help present complex information. Well-chosen pictures, a powerpoint presentation, audio clips or video footage can transport your audience through your mission experiences.
Links –
Speech Organizing
Gestures & Expressions, Posture & Using Props
Level 1 - Agents of Change
Designed for middle school aged youth planning their own service learning projects, this guide helps them learn how to choose a project, research a need, and plan their action steps. Then it’s into the field to do real service! In the process, youth also develop observational skills, use a journal for reflection, tell their own service learning story, and recognize others for contributions and support.
Level 2 - Raise Your Voice
This learn by doing guide walks high school aged
youth through planning and carrying out their own
service learning projects. Youth learn how to assess
needs through a survey, organize a community forum,
plan a project that helps others, and work with the
news media. They also gain valuable insight through
journals, poetry, public speaking, and sharing their
service learning story with others.
Helper's Guide - Service Learning Group Activities
Get everyone in your club, class or group involved in
making a difference with this guide. Exciting activities
help your group create a time capsule, celebrate
success with ovations, design a website about service
learning, take journaling way beyond pen and paper,
and much more. Also provides meeting helps, group
management and service learning tips, as well as
support materials for Levels 1 and 2.
Journaling CD
Journaling prompts for every activity in Levels 1 and 2 help youth reflect on their service experiences while leaving plenty of room for creative thought. The "More Ideas" section suggests ways to engage in reflection with others and additional activities to aid reflection. The journal is designed to support both youth who want to be private in their reflective activities, and those who want to share their feelings about service with others.
Level 1 - Agents of Change
Level 2 - Raise Your Voice
Helper's Guide
Journaling CD
