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The morning assemblies in schools on September 5 is always a special one as senior students in most schools are dressed up in ‘teacher’s clothes’ and performing the duties that are usually performed by their teachers. The students from junior classes stand excited for the big day when they get to show gratitude for their tutors.
What grabs the eyeballs usually on this day is that perfect Teachers’ Day speech. Usually, it is the school’s ‘head boy/ girl’ who gets the chance to deliver a Teachers’ Day speech in the morning assembly in front of the whole school. Sometimes, different classes also do their separate celebrations with Teachers’ Day speeches.
If you are that student who has been selected this year to deliver the Teachers’ Day speech, then here are a few points you need to be careful about:
— Always start your speech with a school chant or prayer, which should be followed with a good thought or saying that you may have heard — preferably related to Teachers’ Day. This should be followed by the school cheer, which will get everyone in high spirits, and also create a sense of pride and celebration.
— Make a draft of the important points you want to cover in your speech. If you simply start writing your speech without creating an outline, then you may go all over the place and confuse your listeners. So, list out the main themes, sub-topics and anecdotes, and then start drafting it. This will help you in creating a structure, which will make your speech more enjoyable for your audience.
— Follow your sub-topics with examples. For example, if you are talking about how teachers help you be more disciplined then give a personal example of how some teacher(s) would have impacted your life, or helped your classmates be more disciplined. Similar examples can be listed for some teacher who may have used games to help you understand a Math problem, or a movie to explain a scientific notion etc.
— Keep it simple. There is no need to use heavy or difficult vocabulary, or try and be a poet. Remember that this is not a competition or a test, but an opportunity for you to show gratitude to your mentors. Sometimes the simplest gestures and words are the most heartwarming ones.
— Always show (or better, read it out loud) your speech to your siblings, cousins, parents, grandparents, best friend or someone else. This will help you in assessing your performance. They will also be help you in ensuring that your grammar and sentence structuring is simple.
