Pangasinan State University

Bayambang Campus
College of Teacher Education
Laboratory Integrated School – High School

A SEMI-DETAILED LESSON PLAN

IN
ENGLISH 10
Roast Speech

Prepared by:
John Lexter G. Gloria
(Teaching Intern)

Prepared for:
Ms. Jearica B. Ico
(Cooperating Teacher)
I. Objectives
At the end of this lesson, the students should be able to:
A. define roast speech;
B. identify the steps in writing a roast speech
C. differentiate roast and toast speech;
D. write a roast speech; and
E. perform a roast speech.
II. Subject Matter
A. Topic: Roast Speech
B. References:
a. Roasts Retrieved from: (https://courses.lumenlearning.com/wm-
publicspeaking/chapter/roasts/)
b. How to Write a Roast Speech Retrieved from:
(https://www.ehow.com/how_2104874_write-roast-speech.html)
C. Learning Materials:
a. PowerPoint Presentation
b. Laptop
c. Smart TV
d. Chalk
III. Procedure
A. Preliminaries
1. Prayer
The teacher will assign a student to lead the prayer.
2. Checking of Attendance
The teacher will call the names of the students and the students will
respond if they are present.
3. Review
The teacher will ask the students to recall their previous lesson.
B. Lesson Proper
1. Motivation
A question will be flashed on the screen and the teacher will
call three to five pairs of students to answer the question.
“What's the worst and the best thing about your friend?”
2. Presentation of the Lesson
Using the descriptions given by the students from the
motivation activity, the teacher will introduce the main topic – roast
speech.
3. Development of the Lesson
The teacher will now discuss the roast speech.
A roast speech is a type of speech meant to tease, joke around with
and make fun of someone - all in good humor - often for an important
event. It is a very interesting and peculiar speech because it is
designed to both praise and good-naturedly insult a person being
honored. Generally, roasts are given in honor of someone’s life
achievements and often followed by synchronous consumption of
beverages.
In preparing a roast speech, there are factors that you must
consider. First, you want to really think about the person who is being
roasted. Do they have any strange habits or amusing stories in their
past that you can discuss? When you think through these things you
want to make sure that you cross anything off your list that is truly
private information or will really hurt the person. The goal of a roast
is to poke at them, not humiliate them. Second, when selecting which
aspects to poke fun at, you need to make sure that the items you choose
are widely known by your audience. Roasts work when most of the
audience can relate to the jokes being made. If you have an inside joke
with the honoree, bringing it up during roast may be fun for the two of
you, but it will leave your audience unimpressed. Lastly, end on a
positive note. While the jokes are the fun part of a roast, you should
leave the honoree knowing that you truly do care about and appreciate
the person.
You can follow these steps in preparation prior to giving a
roast speech:
1. Understand the honoree’s personality
 You don't want to singe-roast someone who can't take a
joke, who is sensitive, who has had a hard life and doesn't want
to revisit it or whose parents are in the audience and are
unaware of the honoree's "other side". You want to leave the
honoree and everyone else in tears of laughter, not tears of
embarrassment. Don't use vulgarity if the honoree doesn't use
vulgar language. Don't be brutal. A roast speech should make
everyone laugh with love.

2. Researching the roast speech

Go back in your memory to experiences you've shared,
both funny and touching. Remember that you're writing to honor
with a little embarrassment thrown in. The guests may include
family members, so you don't want to be mean or shocking.
3. Writing the speech
A roast speech must be organized so that the audience
grasps the content. Being vague leaves them questioning what
you mean. You're going for humor, laughter and sentiment, all
mixed with tasteful vulgarity. The punch line, which is your
"gotcha" moment, is the heart of the joke and should be either
at the beginning or end of the sentence.
4. Delivering the speech
Make notes, whether bullet points or written in
sentences, but rehearse and rehearse until you are no
longer dependent on those notes. Be sure to leave a pause for
the laughter if the punch line is at the end of the sentence. You
don't want to waste the next joke if it's buried in the laughter of
the previous joke. Pace yourself and your audience.
5. Always be gracious
Judge your honoree's behavior or reaction as you give
your speech. Also note the audience's response to your jokes.
Recognize if either look uncomfortable and realize if you've
gone too far. Cut back if that's the case. A nice touch would be
 to have the speech printed and bound in a folder and present it
to the honoree at the end of the roast speech.

Roast and Toast

Roasting someone is a lot like toasting them thus, the

preparation can be the same.
Brainstorm a list of traits or characteristics you associate with
that person. But now rather than using this material to show how great
the person is, use the traits to poke fun at them. Most characteristics
that make a person distinctive can also be funny. In terms of our categories
of humor roast jokes are often a combination of character humor and
hyperbole. Identify a distinctive trait, exaggerate it, and then see
where it takes you.
Toasts are given to acknowledge and honor someone on a
special occasion. Roasts are speeches designed to both praise and
good naturedly insult a person.

4. Enrichment of the Lesson

After discussing the lesson, the class will be divided into two
(2) groups to do an activity.
Directions: Each group will be given seven (7) minutes to prepare a
short roast speech. Then, each group will be given another three (3)
minutes for the presentation of their speech.

5. Generalization
After the discussion, the teacher will wrap up the lesson and ask if
the students still have questions. Then, the teacher will ask a
question:
“What should you keep in mind before delivering a roast speech?”
“A roast is not an opportunity to say something mean and
humiliate the honoree. If you don’t think the guest of honor will
laugh it off, don’t say it. Roasts can hurt feelings, and that misses
the point of a roast speech.”
IV. Evaluation
A. Fill in the Blanks
Directions: Fill in the blanks with the correct answer
1. A _______ speech is a very interesting and peculiar speech because it is
designed to both praise and good-naturedly insult a person being honored.
2 – 4. The goal of a _______ is to poke _______ at them, not _______ them.
5. _______ speech is given to acknowledge and honor someone on a special
occasion.

B. True or False

Directions: Write T if the statement is true and F if it is false.

1. Toasts are speeches designed to both praise and good naturedly insult a
person.

2. You can say anything in a roast speech as long as it's funny.

3. Roasts work when most of the audience can’t relate to the jokes being
made.

4. One purpose of a roast speech is to make everyone laugh with love.

5. A roast speech must be organized so that the audience grasps the content.

Answers:
A.
1. Roast
2. roast
3. fun
4. humiliate
5. Toast
B.
1. F
2. F
3. F
4. T
5. T
V. Assignment
Directions: It is the birthday of your best friend and you are assigned to give a speech for
this event. Write a roast speech that will be given the day of your friend's birthday. Write
your speech on a full sheet of paper
Criteria Strong Effective Developing Missing
(5) (4 – 3) (2) (1 - 0)
Acknowledgment Roast has an Roast has an Weak No
appropriate attention attention attention
opening attention getter, but it is getter getter
getter. not appropriate
or does not
relate to the
speech.
Address to Speech clearly Roast has an Address is Speech has
identifies the attention present but is not
Situation
situation and the getter, but it is confusing. included an
speaker's not appropriate address to
relationship to the or does not situation
situation. relate to the
speech.
Central Thought All required Some required Very little No content
information and information is required
some interesting presented. information
supplemental Thoughts are is presented.
information are inconsistent.
presented.
Thoughts are
meaningful and
specific.
Closing Gesture Speech has a Speech has a Speech has a Speech
closing gesture closing closing does not
where people in gesture, but gesture but have a
attendance are instructions are no closing
asked to: raise a confusing or instructions. gesture.
glass, join me, incomplete.
please rise, etc.