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Assignment: You will select a character from To Kill a Mockingbird and

will BECOME this person for the tea party. You are expected to socializewith your neighbors as your Maycomb County self. You are to discussthe recent events in your town and will provide a toast to your neighborscelebrating Maybcombs heroes and expressing how you feel aboutbeing a part of this party.

STEP ONE: Think from the perspective of the character that youchose. Who would his/her hero be? Why?

STEP TWO: Brainstorm. Remember: you will celebrate Maycombsheroes with your toast expressing why one or two people are

heroes to you. Be sure to include evidence from the book thatbacks up why your character would view these people as heroes!You must conclude your speech with a statement about how youpersonally feel being included in this Maycomb event.

STEP THREE: Organize your information in an outline format. I willbe collecting this from you on the day of the Tea Party.

1. INTRODUCTION- (Attention Getting Step) Introduce yourself to the

people of Maycomb. Lead your audience to meeting the

person (the people) that you have chosen to speakabout.

2. BODY- Explain WHY one or two people in Maycomb are heroes

to your character. INCLUDE EVIDENCE from the book thatsupports why your character would view this person(these people) as heroes.

3. CONCLUSION- You must conclude your speech with a statement about

how you personally feel being included in this Maycombevent.

STEP FOUR: Organize your information on to THREE notecardsMAXIMUM. You may NOT write out your entire speech on thenotecards! You DO NOT need to use notecards at all, if you wish!Feel free to memorize your thoughts.

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STEP FIVE: Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse, and then rehearsesome more. Ill be blunt. If you dont prepare, there are manyconsequences, but, here are three that are guaranteed:

1) You will not feel in control of the material. This will

increase your nervousness and you wont do as well as youare capable of and your confidence will be affected.

2) Your audience will be cheated from the great listeningexperience hey may have had if you had given your all.They will feel you are wasting their time.

3) Your instructor knows the difference between nerveproblems and lack of preparation. I will be sympathetic tonerves because I will see the preparation, but I will not besympathetic to a lack of preparation and your grade will be

affected. Winging it is not a good option!

Good luck and have fun with this!

Use this space to take notes. What questions do you have? Who do you think you will

toast to? What is the reasoning behind your choice?

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Dont forget! You will be graded for this!Speech (written work aka outline) 10

pointsSpeech (presentation) 10 points