9/29/15 – QUICK WRITE
After I graduate high school, I plan on
___________. This is the best choice for
me because _________. Others who care
about me might envision my path
leading me to ___________ because
__________.
Do this on a fresh piece of paper, you will
be turning it in.
YOUR QUALITIES
Think about your chosen path (what
you mentioned in the quick write).
Now list THREE qualities that you
possess which will support you in
your chosen path.
You have three minutes.
MIND MAPPING
 Create a mind map for each of the three qualities
you listed, brainstorming other career paths that are
connected to them. You have 5 minutes.
NEW QUALITIES
Now list three qualities that you
hope to develop over the next 5
years.
Do these qualities support your
chosen path? Why or why not?
PERSONAL NARRATIVE
 In first-person narrative form, write about an event
that you have experienced in the past that leads you
to believe that you will be successful in your chosen
path.
 What happened?
 What qualities did you exhibit?
 What were you thinking in the moment?
 At the end, add a few lines of reflection.
 If the event happened again, would you react the
same way?
 Why do you think you reacted the way you did?
 How did the event impact who you are today?
9/30/15
Please turn in your Personal Narrative
assignment into the Period 0 box.
We will gave a guest speaker to begin
the class. Please be prepared to listen
attentively.
PERSONAL NARRATIVE SPEECH
 To further find your narrative voice, you will
perform a 3-5 minute speech in front of the
class.
 Your speech will make a statement about YOU
through the telling of a story.
 When writing your speech, you must consider
your audience: who are you speaking to, and
what must you do to get them interested and
keep them entertained?
 The speeches will be performed on Friday and
Monday. I will randomly select the speakers, so
be prepared on both days.
SPEECH OUTLINE
 As you write your outline, consider the following:
Structure your speech like a story: set the scene,
describe characters and conflict, build tension,
then solve it and end with a bang.
You are speaking to a specific audience (your
classmates).
Use of humor is fine as long as it doesn’t pull the
audience away from the importance of your story
or cause them to lose focus.
Use formal, appropriate language.
Invoke the senses: sight, sound, taste, touch,
smell .
THE POWER OF INTROVERTS
As you watch and listen to the TED Talk,
make note of what methods Susan Cain
uses to get her point across.
How does she get/keep the audience’s
attention?
How does she structure her speech?
What worked? What didn’t?