11 Monologue or Children's Story // Due the week of Dec. 16, 2014

Hi Everyone!

For our next speech assignment, you will have a choice between two assignments—however, you will eventually have to do both (it's simply a question of which you want to do first).

The options are:

1. Monologue: 
1. Pick a pre-written monologue from a movie, book, TV show, etc. in which a character is talking for 1.5-2.5 minutes about something dramatic, funny, clever, sad, etc.
2. You can search for monologues online by searching for famous movie monologues—or sometimes you can find a book at the library with a variety. **Not all things online will be school appropriate. Be sure to either pick one that is, or to adapt one to be school appropriate.
2. Children's Story:
1. Pick a 4-5 minute (when read aloud) children's story, in which you could have a very dramatized exciting voice.
2. Check out the library if you don't have any at home.

For next week, I just want you to bring one of these to class—you don't need to do anything with them yet. Memorization will come later.

Thanks and email me if you have any questions!

10 Self-Critique // Due the week of Dec. 8, 2014

Hi Everyone!

In class this week, you all performed a 1 minute speech that we video-taped on your own phones so you could have it for later.

For homework, write a paragraph for the speeches that critiques what you did well, or what you could have done better.

If you were absent this week, you can wait until next week and we'll videotape you giving a speech.

Thanks!