Fourth and Fifth Periods:
Yesterday we read two speeches: the iconic "This is Water" by the late, great David Foster Wallace, and a speech that I delivered at U of H a few years ago. If you would like to view a video based on this speech, click on the link below:
http://www.upworthy.com/the-earth-shatteringly-amazing-speech-that-ll-change-the-way-you-think-about-adulthood-4?g=2&c=o98
Your final exam is to compose a speech on a topic that interests you. You may speak as your self today or how you imagine yourself to be in the future. Please peruse the following guidelines:
750 words - maximum grade is 90
750 words and read to class - maximum grade is 100
1,000 words - final exam grade and one make-up grade
1, 250 words - final exam grade and two make-up grades
1,500 words (could be two 750 word speeches) - final exam grade and three make-up grades
Please see me with any questions.
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