English - Show and Tell Speeches!

 English 8:

Reading log:  If one of the characters in your book could go back in time and say something to their old selves, what would they say?

Read the poem "At Seventeen".  What is "the truth" according to the poet?  What do the following words mean (in the context of the poem):  charade, obscenities, haven, debentures, dubious.  You aren't seventeen yet, but do you understand what Janice Ian is talking about? Explain.

Show and Tell speeches:  Bring an item from home.  It should be an item that generates a good story.  Talk about the item (for about 2 minutes).  You can describe it, tell us the circumstances through which you got the item (on holiday, as a gift, as a baby, etc.), tell us a lesson you learned through the item, or how it expresses your philosophy of life or something we can all learn from looking at the item.  

You can write down what you want to say but you don't have to.  You probably want to practice to make sure you have about two minutes worth of material.

We will present the speeches on December 12 and 13.

How to write possessives:

1.  Use an apostrophe!

2.  For single possessors -- Jean's hat, the girl's dress, the boy's dog

3.  For plural possessors -- the players' uniforms, the students' tests