Purpose and thesis statement 

Now you have nailed down a topic its time to think about what it is you want to say about that topic and produce what we call a thesis statement. the fist step is to decide what type of speech this is. Typically speeches fall into three main categories they are persuasive, motivational and informative. 

Use the links below as a starting point for your reading

Reading 

http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/speaking/infomod/pop2h.cfm

http://www.speech-topics-help.com/speech-thesis.html

http://www.saidsimple.com/content/How-to-Write-a-Thesis-Sentence

Task 

simply write your thesis statement and share it with us via your blog