Interesting Presentation

Yesterday, I had a student presenting on presentation delivery. She wanted to demonstrate the differences between impromptu, extemporaneous, and manuscript delivery. So she found three volunteers. She told the first to do a 90 second speech on Oreos, and he did predictably. She gave the second volunteer a notecard with a brief outline and told him to do a 90 sec. speech on Oreos following the outline. He did better, but hadn't practiced so it wasn't very polished (we discussed how typically extemporaneous means that you've practiced and know your material ahead of time). She gave the third volunteer a scripted speech about how to eat Oreos. I could be completely wrong, but I don't think the student in charge knew why everyone laughed at this third speech. When someone told her after class, she turned completely red and seemed genuinely surprised. Word choice is key. When you describe the details about how to eat an Oreo, a few words can make the speech sound very sexualized. The class was crying and falling out of their chairs they were laughing so hard. Like I said, maybe I'm gullible, but I don't think it was on purpose. Either way, it was an interesting speech.