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English
QUARTER 4 – MODULE 3

SPEECH
Grade Level Standards
The learner demonstrates communicative competence through his/ her
understanding of Afro-Asian Literature and other texts types for a deeper
appreciation of Philippine Culture and those of other countries.

Content Standards
The learner demonstrates understanding of: East Asian literature as an art
form inspired and influenced by nature; relationship of visual, sensory, and verbal
signals in both literary and expository texts; strategies in listening to long descriptive
and narrative texts; value of literal and figurative language; and appropriate
grammatical signals or expressions suitable to patterns of idea development.

Performance Standards
The learner transfers learning by composing and delivering a brief and
creative entertainment speech featuring a variety of effective paragraphs,
appropriate grammatical signals or expressions in topic development, and
appropriate prosodic features, stance, and behavior.

Learning Competencies
Deliver a self-composed speech using all the needed speech conventions
 What I Need to Know

This Module will help you to better understand speech

conventions and the kinds of speech according to delivery.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. Identify the different speech conventions and kinds of speeches

2. Construct their own speech and deliver it to the class
3. Value and share the importance of expressing oneself through speech

What I Know

I. Identify the following.

__________1. A kind of speech that is delivered without
preparations.
__________2. A kind of speech that is delivered with outlines or
short notes.
__________3. The generally accepted usage or practice.
__________4. A kind of speech that is delivered with a copy.
__________5. A kind of speech that is delivered by a memory.
Lesson
SPEECH CONVENTIONS
1
Writing cohesively is an important writing skill that you need to
master. Cohesion is how you link sentences and ideas together for
clarity and conciseness. In turn, a cohesive text will be easier to read
and understand.

This speech conventions will help you even more to understand

and be able to construct you own speech.

What Is It

Speech Conventions - are usage or practices that are generally accepted in

making your speech.

5 Speech Conventions

1. Salutations – this part is the greeting part to your listeners as a speaker.

Example: Hello, everyone. Thank you for having me. My name is ______
_______, and I am going to be speaking to you today about _______. To
begin, _______ is important because…”

2. Introduction – after your greeting, this will take place. Your topic
should be introduced.

Example: “Pandemic”, “Online Class”

3. Middle – or the body, in this part you will site the importance of
your speech, advantages or disadvantages will all be here.

Example: The effects of Pandemic

 4. Viewpoint/Humor – in this part of your speech you can also put
your own point of view with a sense of humor so that your
listeners will not get bored.

5. Conclusion – every speech should have a conclusion to sum it

up what you have said.

The Truths about Caffeine

To our listeners or even readers. Good Day! How many of you consider
yourself caffeine addicts? How much coffee do you drink in a day? One cup? Two
cups? More? How about caffeinated sodas?

Caffeine is pervasive in our society these days and every few months we hear about
how a study has shown that it is bad for us or good for us. What are we to believe?

Today, I'd like to give you some of the facts about caffeine and its effects on your
body. I may not cause you to change your coffee consumption, but at least you'll be
better informed about what you are putting into your body.

I'm going to talk about the beneficial effects of caffeine, the negative effects and
discuss what are considered to be 'safe' levels of caffeine consumption.

Let's start with the good news. Caffeine, which comes from the leaves, seeds and
fruits of about 63 different plants, is well known as a stimulant. That's why people
drink it, right?

Caffeine does help you wake up and feel more alert and it has been shown to
increase attention spans. This is a beneficial effect for people who are driving long
distances and for people who are doing tedious work. Calling this a health benefit
may be stretching it, though staying awake while you are driving a car definitely
contributes to your well-being!

Caffeine also contains antioxidants, which have been shown to have cancer
prevention qualities.

The negative effects of caffeine are largely dependent on how much you consume.

When consumed in small quantities - for example, when you have one cup of coffee
or one soda - caffeine can increase your heart rate, cause you to urinate more
(which can cause dehydration) and prompt your digestive system to produce more
acid.

In larger amounts, caffeine can cause you to have headaches, feel restless and
nervous, be unable to sleep, and even - in very large quantities - to have
hallucinations. (Don't try that at home!)
When larger amounts of caffeine (over 600 mg per day) are ingested over long
periods of time, they can cause sleep problems, depression and digestion issues.

According to a Medline article on the National Institutes of Health website, having

caffeine in your diet is not of any benefit to your health, but by the same token
moderate consumption is not considered harmful.

They say that having up to 3 eight ounces cups of coffee a day - or 250 mg of
caffeine - is considered (quote) "average or moderate". 10 cups of coffee a day is
considered excessive. Also, remember that the amount of caffeine per cup can vary
greatly depending on the type of beans that are used and the strength of the brew.

Most sodas with caffeine, unless they are specially enhanced, have about 35 mg of
caffeine per 8 ounces. This means that you don't have to worry TOO much unless
you are drinking several 2 liters bottles per day. Also, the effect of caffeine on you
personally will depend on a number of factors, such as your weight, general health,
mood and personal sensitivity to caffeine.

As you can see, caffeine can have both positive and negative effects on our health
and well-being. Nevertheless, the bottom line is that if you drink your coffee or sodas
in moderation, you don't have to worry too much.

So, the next time you are wondering whether or not you should have that second cup
of coffee to perk you up, relax. At least now you know what it will - and won't - do for
you!

Activity 1:
From the given speech identify the speech conventions that are being used.
Just site their paragraphs. For example, Salutations Paragraph 1 -3, just like that

1. Salutation - _________

2. Introduction - ___________

3. Middle - ______________

4. Viewpoint - ___________

5. Conclusion - ___________
 Lesson
KINDS OF SPEECHES
2 ACCORDING TO
DELIVERY
We have four (4) kinds of speeches according to delivery.
1. Manuscript – It is when an already prepared script is read verbatim. The
speaker makes the entire speech by referring to the printed document, or as
seen on the teleprompter.
Example: watch from this link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICCwbhDi2eU&t=91s

2. Memorized – - like it sounds, involves committing your entire speech to

memory.  
Example: watch from this link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4KrXj0T9NU&t=2s

3. Impromptu – a person delivers without predetermination or preparation.

Example: watch from this link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIN7gv50Q8g&t=1s

4. Extemporaneous – planned and prepared but not written out entirely.

Example: watch from this link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-32sNu2q74&t=5s

Those videos or examples will help you how to use these different kinds of
speeches.
 What I have Learned

1. What is the importance of speech in our everyday lives? Write a 300

words about it.
 Assessment
Construct your own speech and record a video of it. A 3-5 minutes
video will do. Then, upload in our google classroom. You can choose your
topics, from the given topics below:

1. GLOBAL WARMINNG
2. PANDEMIC
3. ONLINE CLASSES

Scoring Rubrics
Criterion Rating Rating Rating Rating Score
Excellent Good Satisfactory Needs
Improvement
  Points 5-4 Points 4-3 Points 3-2 Points 2-1  
Introduction (1) Gets Meets any three Meets any two Meets only one  
attention   of the four of the four of the four
(2) Clearly criteria criteria criteria
identifies topic
(3) Establishes
credibility 
(4) Previews the
main points
Body Main points are Main points are Main points Main points
clear, somewhat clear, need clarity are not clear
well supported, some support, and support and have no
and and lack of support
sources are some sources and and no sources
documented documentation documentation or
documentation
Conclusion (1) Reviews Reviews main Brings closure Does not bring  
main points points, brings closure; the
(2) Brings closure audience is left
closure hanging
(3) Memorable
Clarity Speaks clearly Speaks clearly Speaks clearly Often mumbles  
and distinctly all and distinctly and distinctly or cannot be
the time with no nearly all the most of the time understood with
mispronounced time with no with no more more than three
words more than one than two mispronounced
mispronounced mispronounced words
word words

Additional Activity

I. Identify the following.

__________1. A kind of speech that is delivered without
preparations.
__________2. A kind of speech that is delivered with outlines or
short notes.
__________3. The generally accepted usage or practice.
__________4. A kind of speech that is delivered with a copy.
__________5. A kind of speech that is delivered by a memory.