Choose an issue that has been in the media in the last 12 months.
Present a POV on the issue in a speech format, with the time limit being 2 minutes.
Use as many persuasive devices as possible.
Make sure your speech has structure: ie introduction with contention and signposting, at least 2 arguments and a conclusion.
You may use visuals to aid your argument.
You have two lessons to prepare, we will do these THIS Thursday.
Topics you can choose from:
Climate change induced weather events- fires, floods etc
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Reality TV shows- The Biggest Loser- educative or exploitative
Reality TV shows- our obsession with cooking shows
Australian sporting heroes behaving badly- cricketers sledging and tweeting
A-League soccer fans behave badly
Australian economy affected by industry shutdowns- Toyota, SPC etc…
Pageant kids... Honey Boo Boo has her own show- what next
There is no original music any more.
That this generation's literacy will be adversely affected by YOLO, LOL,etc…
The VCE is a system that stifles free thought
Melbourne needs CCTV to combat violence
Hugh Jackman speaks out against Australian adoption laws- is celebrity activism the only way to promote causes?
Whaling
Shark culling in WA and SA
The Sochi Olympics in Russia are not in keeping with the Olympic spirit- corruption, racism, homophobia, removal of homeless
That products using Palm Oil should be outlawed
Australia’s asylum seeker laws
The sexualisation of advertising
Syringe supplies for drug addicts- Needle vending machines
Abbott's criticism of the ABC for not providing balanced news
Dredging of barrier reef
Phone tapping of Indonesia
EastLink tunnel protesters
Bikie laws in Queensland
Cutting foreign aid budget
Asylum seeker conditions in detention centres
Treatment of asylum seekers
Processing of asylum seekers
‘One punch law’
Street violence in Melbourne
Should mathematics be compulsory in schools?
The end of car manufacturing in Australia
Sex education and homosexuality
Work-for-the-dole scheme
East-West tunnel
Cory Bernadi’s book – The Conservative Revolution (Abortion)
Should we smack our children
The Indigenous employment/ education gap
Tecoma McDonalds
Sexism in the media
Animal cruelty
Treatment of fare evaders
Wearing the hijab in schools
Carbon tax
The government funding of private schools
The distribution of inappropriate Christian publications in State Schools
Religion classes compulsory in schools
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