Sample commencement Speeches

AGENDA:

Work on newscasts first and then Commencement Speeches.  NEWSCASTS WILL BE PRESENTED ON WEDNESDAY!

Read over various commencement speeches and pick one that you will present to the class as an oral interpretation and  reading (not memorized).  Highlight key sections.  Annotate for volume levels (loud or soft), pacing (fast or slow), tone (happy, sad, angry, etc.) and underline for emphasis.

Here are two interesting speeches.  Check out other videos and go to the NPR website from the previous post.

Here's Andy Samberg's speech to Harvard:
http://gradspeeches.com/2012/harvard-university/andy-samberg
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/24/andy-sambergs-harvard-speech_n_1542732.html

Here's Oprah Speech at Stanford:

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2008/june18/como-061808.html