Education is a topic of importance to any school child. By selecting topics that relate to education, intermediate students can both expand their understanding of education-related issues and argue for change in the educational process. Exploring standardized testing is an appropriate option for intermediate students, as a speech on this topic gives the student the opportunity to state whether he feels that this method of student assessment is a good choice, as well as back up his stance with supporting information. Students may also enjoy focusing their speeches on ways in which they could reduce high school dropout rates. Writing speeches on this topic may alert your students to this serious issue and allow them to envision ways to reduce the problem.
Students who delight in spending time with their pets may find animal-related topics to be the best options for them. Students can persuade listeners to keep the animal population in check by speaking about spaying and neutering pets. Or they could enlighten listeners on some of the injustices done to animals by writing about animal testing and arguing for an alternative to using animals as science subjects.
Though intermediate students do not own their own homes or even drive cars, they can still work to make the planet a healthier place by focusing their persuasive energy on Earth protection-related topics. Students can gather information on recycling and compose speeches in which they argue for this planet-friendly practice. Similarly, students may elect to research ways in which people can reduce their carbon footprint and present an assortment of these ways in their speeches, arguing for the adoption of these practices.
Many students spend a lot of time in front of media outlets. By selecting media-related topics, intermediate students can develop a better understanding of how the media has an influence on them and others. Students could, for example, research violence in video games and, in their speeches, explain how this violence impacts game players. Movie-buffs may enjoy looking into the movie rating system and arguing for modifications to the current system or an overhaul of the system entirely.