ToastMasters Club 8262, Area 27, Central Division

Resources

Forms

> Speech Manuals
   - Communication & Leadership
   - Communicate on TV
   - Discussion Leader
   - Entertaining Speaker
   -Humorously Speaking
   - Interpersonal Comm.
   Interpretive Reading
   - Management Speeches
   - Persuasive Speaking
   - Professional Speaker
   - Public Relations
   - Speaking to Inform
   - Special Occasions
   - Specialty Speeches
   - Storytelling
   - Technical Presentations

Speech Track
   (CTM, ATM)

Leadership Track
   (AL, CL, DTM)

Contests

Interpretive Reading

(Advanced manual - 5 speeches. May be used to achieve ATM awards)

Read a Story
Objectives: To understand the elements of interpretive reading. To learn how to analyze a narrative and plan for effective interpretation. To learn and apply vocal techniques that aid in reading effectiveness.
Time: 8 – 10 minutes

Interpreting Poetry
Objectives: To recognize how poets use imagery, rhythm, meter, cadence, and rhyme to convey meaning and emotion. To apply vocal techniques that aid in reading effectiveness.
Time: 6 – 8 minutes

The Monodrama
Objectives: To assume the identity of a character and to portray the physical and emotional aspects of this character.
Time: 5 – 7 minutes

The Play
Objectives: To portray several characters in one reading, identifying them to the audience through voice changes and movement.
Time: 12 – 15 minutes

The Oratorical Speech
Objectives: To interpret and present a famous speech.
Time: 10 – 12 minutes