Idon't know any interesting people this is due tomorrow me. project: speech here is your goal for this assignment: plan and give an effective speech select one of the following speech ideas to put the qualities of a good speaker into practice. 1. interview an interesting person, asking him or her questions you have prepared in advance. take notes of the answers, organize and summarize the interview, and prepare a speech to give to your teacher or a friend. 2. give an autobiographical speech. select one incident from your life that would appeal to an audience of your peers. organize all the facts or events concerning this incident into a logical sequence. use the outline form as a guide for preparing either speech topic. outline title: i. main point: a. subpoint: (information supporting the main point) b. subpoint: c. subpoint: ii. main point: a. subpoint b. subpoint: c. subpoint: modify this outline framework to meet the needs of your topic. your subject may have from two to four main points and from two to five subpoints under each main point (but having a total of more than about 10 points will weaken your speech). you must have at least two subpoints for each main point. practice giving your speech in front of a mirror or with a partner. if you are able, have someone record your speech so that you can also evaluate it according to the points listed below. have your teacher or a friend evaluate your speech using the following points. did the speaker: 1. know the subject? 2. show enthusiasm? 3. use meaningful gestures? 4. use a pleasant, expressive voice? 5. set a pleasing pace? 6. speak clearly? 7. use humor carefully? comments:

Welcome to the vocabulary assessment. by connecting with words in a more interactive way, through a graphic organizer that includes your own ideas, we hope you will learn new vocabulary strategies to integrate into your course work and your everyday life. objectives: use a variety of techniques to acquire a range of words determine, clarify, and illustrate the meaning of unfamiliar words to ensure that you properly and successfully complete the vocabulary assessment, do the following: complete the assessment using the passage provided. select a word from the passage, and identify/create each of the following for that word: denotation connotations synonyms antonyms affixes the sentence from the passage where the word appears an original sentence using the word a memory trick type your responses in the appropriate boxes. after you have typed your responses, print your graphic organizer and submit it to your teacher. be careful not to refresh the page before printing, as some browsers will not save your work. passage from "the pit and the pendulum" by edgar allan poe very suddenly there came back to my soul motion and sound—the tumultuous motion of the heart, and in my ears the sound of its beating. then a pause in which all is blank. then again sound, and motion, and touch, a tingling sensation pervading my frame. then the mere consciousness of existence, without thought, a condition which lasted long. then, very suddenly, thought, and shuddering terror, and earnest endeavor to comprehend my true state. then a strong desire to lapse into insensibility. then a rushing revival of soul and a successful effort to move. and now a full memory of the trial, of the judges, of the sable draperies, of the sentence, of the sickness, of the swoon. then entire forgetfulness of all that followed; of all that a later day and much earnestness of endeavor have enabled me vaguely to recall.