4 | English 8-25.26

Please create some sort of outline or plan that captures the anticipated structure of your speech! You may choose to complete an outline in your notebook and attach a picture. If you wish to complete it digitally, please use the second tab in the attached doc.

Please note that the purpose of an outline is to provide an overall idea of the piece's structure, and that while most types of writing have some kind of distinct opening/introduction and conclusion/closing, different types of writing often follow different structures in the middle (take a look at some of the mentor speeches). Consider a list of scenes with key details, for example! Another way to say this: Since this isn't an essay, you might not have three body paragraphs! 

If you wish, you may choose to adapt the attached outline doc that I have provided in the past! You can copy and paste a template from that doc into your own.

I'll be putting your Tiny Memoirs on display at Open House. Please make your way back down to assignment C.9 - Tiny Memoir. Review what you've written, and if you want to make any modifications or revisions, do so! It's okay to unsubmit the assignment to make changes.

Then...
Check for errors in spelling, grammar, capitalization, or other "polish" - fix them!
Have two classmates review for polish or any other adjustments
Make sure that you have deleted the instructions so the only words on the page are your title, name, and memoir
In the end, it should be ready for me to print and cut off any empty space at the bottom of the page!

Please attach the document from assignment H.2 - Speech Outline or Plan to this assignment. Then use it to write a draft of your speech in the top tab. All of your digital draft work must be completed in the doc you attach to this assignment. Avoid copying and pasting from somewhere else! You do NOT need to "turn in" this assignment (you'll lose edit access if you do!), but your document must be attached by the due date.

This draft is not necessarily "finished," but it should be "solid" and complete. You may still need to revise and can revise up to your delivery date. Still, by the due date for this assignment, you should have enough of a speech that you could present a full speech to the class on demand.

Please write a Where I'm From Poem in the attached doc. Be sure to add your name in the by-line and delete the directions when you're done so that the first words in the document are "Where I'm From" with your name on the next line.

Consider accessing the linked Board for resources!

At the end of the week, we're going to try to make a 3-D Where I'm From Artifact. Be thinking about what you will make and come to class with an idea!

I'll have plenty of art supplies for you, but if you need any non-standard supplies, plan ahead and bring what you will need to bring to class!