All Speech Contest students in grades 5-8 will begin presenting their individual pieces to the class on Tuesday, February 4th. Students chose their pieces the first week of the quarter, and have been working on perfecting them since then. Students will begin working on duets upon completion of our presentations. Students will be presenting the following pieces:
Sabina B. "The Little Match Girl" Serious Prose
Gracie S. "The Fall of Freddie the Leaf" Serious Prose
Livia L. "The Sniper" Serious Prose
Claire C. "The Last Piece of the Puzzle" and "Fan Letter to a Favorite Author" Humorous Prose
Kendall O. "Is It Good for Me or Not?" and "I Need a Cellphone" Humorous Prose
Riley A. "Alexander, and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" Humorous Prose
Hannah O. "Morning Are Meant for Sleeping" and "Why It Took Me Four Hours to Make My Bed" Humorous Prose
Chloe P. "Kidnapped," "Crazy Dream," Obedient," and "Ladies First" Humorous Poetry
Josh W. "The Good Man," "Death of an Innocent," and "Untitled" Serious Poetry
Zach M. "Casey-Twenty Years Later" Serious Poetry
Chris M. "Dead Wreckoning" Serious Poetry
Collin M. "A Request For a Declaration of War" Standard Oratory
Shannon R. "Ashes" Serious Prose
Matthew S. "Can We Wave the Flag Too Much" Serious Prose
Becca N. "Spiderman and Peter Pan" Humorous Prose
MacKenzie D. "Exploring Human Life Through the Eyes of a Cockroach" and "Jump on the Batwagon" Humorous Prose
CeCe S. "Women Are Saner Than Men" and "The Perils of Pinatas" Humorous Prose
Abby S. "Lost Innocence," "Speechless," "My Life," and "Hush, Little Sister" Serious Poetry
Kade L. "Transparent Tim" and a collection of Shel Silverstein poetry Humorous Poetry
Nathan H. "Smart" and a collection of Shel Silverstein poetry Humorous Poetry
Connor H. "What Was I Scared Of?" Humorous Poetry
Jacob O. "Bleezer's Ice Cream" and a collection of Jack Prelutsky poetry Humorous Poetry
Bri M. "Little Abigail and the Beautiful Pony" and a collection of Shel Silverstein poetry Humorous Poetry
Sadie B. "Apple With One Bite Missing" and a collection of Shel Silverstein poetry Humorous Poetry
Shelby F. "The 9/11 Speech" By: President George W. Bush Standard Oratory
Ben M. "The Memorial Service in Remembrance of Those Lost on September 11th" By: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld Standard Oratory
