Over the next two weeks, please memorize your speeches. Please remember the following practices:

-Read your speech 5-10 times a day, both to yourself and for someone else, so they can check your memorization.

-Practice the meditative "balloon breathing" I taught you.

-Practice talking slowly, more so than you think you need to. Record yourself even, and play it back, to hear how you sound, and whether you are loud and clear or not.

-Make sure you know the meaning of the speech, each line, and that you add the appropriate emotional tone to your voice, and pause where needed, for dramatic effect.

-Read your speech in front of a mirror, to make sure you are enunciating

-Mark breathing places on your page

Lastly, please write one page about what you learned during this speech making unit. Did you discover a hidden talent for public speaking? An interest in history or civil rights? A passion for acting to politics?  Share it with me!