TED TALK

TALKS

framework

Use for any Ted Talk.

Analyze for impact and/or delivery.

Share personal responses.

Outline, next slides.

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Developed from: https://languageartsteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Valentine-1.pdf

framework

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1. Warm-Up
2. Watch the Talk
3. Discussion
4. Optimistic Closing

warm-up

All Students: Share one word that comes to mind when you think of insert Ted Talk Topic.

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watch the talk

Graphic Organizer: To help prepare for the discussion, you might provide students with this graphic organizer. Choose the boxes for focus that match your class and/or objective(s).

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discussion (the class talk)

Next 2 Slides: Use the next slides to guide discussion. Choose prompts that are most useful for the class.

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the talk: Analyze the impact of the talk on the audience.

• Title of Ted Talk? What could have been a better title?
• The speaker wants the audience to believe, understand, or do what?
• The main idea the speaker conveys to the audience is that--
• An anecdote is a brief personal story used to make a point. Summarize an anecdote the speaker used in the Ted Talk. What point was the speaker trying to make by using this anecdote?
• If the audience acts on the speaker’s message and decides to apply it to their lives, it would mean what?
• Which part of the speaker’s message do you agree with? Which part of the speaker’s message do you not understand or not agree with?

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the speaker: Analyze the speaker’s delivery skills.

• How much walking or how much space on the stage is the speaker using?
• Describe where the speaker is looking all throughout the Ted Talk. Are they looking at one spot? All around? More to the left or right side of the room? What do you notice?
• What does the speaker do with their hands and arms during the Ted Talk? Did you notice any repetitive movements? Did the speaker use their hand or arms to emphasize a particular point?
• Fidgeting: How much or how little did the speaker touch their hair, face, jewelry, clothing, etc.?
• What about the speaker’s voice? Was it clear or muffled? Did they use inflection (making voice louder or softer) to make certain points stronger?
• Think about the pacing of the speaker’s voice. Was it too fast, too slow, or just right? Did the speaker speed up or slow down on purpose to emphasize a key idea?

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optimistic closing

Share Out/Exit Ticket

(choose one below):

• How has the Ted Talk changed YOUR ideas about the topic -- what you thought about the topic and what you think now?
• What does the speaker want YOU to do with this new understanding?

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