…your homework sheet is posted below!

HOMEWORK

1. Speeches – we will begin presenting our speeches on Tuesday. The more you practice, the more confident, relaxed, and successful you will be. 

Remember the techniques we have explored in class; try at least three of them this weekend:

• Exaggerate the consonants
• Stress only the verbs
• Stress only the adjectives
• Read your speech to someone as if it is a really juicy secret
• Read your speech to someone as if you are really mad and the speech helps explain why
• Read your speech to someone as if you are reading a bedtime story to a little kid
• Sing your speech, as if you were putting a little baby to sleep
• Go outside and use the pointing technique – remember that the end punctuation is like a magnet, drawing you toward the end of each sentence, with intention and conviction
• Go outside and read your speech to someone who is standing far away from you

Underline words that help impart clarity.

Your aim is to be the best version of yourself when you deliver your speech.  You should be relaxed, friendly, open, and vulnerable, not a robot or a speech-reader.

Use the writing checklist to do your final proofing of your text.  You will handing in your final draft after you deliver your speech.

2. Socials. Ask yourself: do I have a deep and rich understanding of my research topic?  If the answer is “no” or “not quite,” get back to work!  Remember, you should also be researching altered book techniques.

If you have not yet been to a used book store, please try to do that this weekend.  A personally chosen book is much better than one you are given from a random pile.  Look for interesting images or words or themes that might match or compliment your research topic.  

Your book needs to have a stitched binding with clearly visible signatures (groups of pages).  It also needs to have a hard cover.  Don’t go too small, unless you like to work in miniature.

3. Lit Circles: meetings begin next week. Use the project outline to make sure you are fulfilling your responsibilities.  Use your sticky notes to help complete your web.   You will hand in your web immediately after your meeting. 

• Monday – Chains
• Tuesday – March
• Wednesday – Sounder
• Thursday – To Kill a Mockingbird
• Friday – One Crazy Summer