2-Minute Paper Bag Speech
This speech is your opportunity to introduce yourself to the rest of us. Place three items
that describe you in a paper bag and bring them in to share with the class. Select objects
that represent significant aspects of your background, personality, values, hopes and
dreams, and/or goals. Each object must illustrate a different part of you, so please don’t
choose three objects that represent the same goal or personality trait. You will also
decorate the outside of your bag. 
I. THE BAG – Outside:
1. Find a paper bag! It can be a grocery bag, shopping bag, or even a lunch bag. It can
have handles or not. Any lettering that is preprinted on the bag MUST be covered by
your work.
2. Decorate the outside of the paper bag according to the four categories below. Each
category must be illustrated on a different side of the bag; you may choose the layout.
Use any supplies you want (magazine or newspaper clippings, artwork, pictures, etc.).
The four categories for the outside of the bag are:
1. Things or people who inspire you (historical people or events, family
members, movie heroes, kind acts, etc.)
2. Words that describe you
3. Hobbies, things you enjoy or are good at
4. Places you love to go or wish you could visit (vacation spots, a tree fort…)
*Please include your name in a creative way somewhere on the outside of your bag.
II. THE BAG – Inside:
Inside the bag place 3 objects that symbolize you. Each object must have a tag or label
attached to it explaining how it represents your background, personality, values, hopes
and dreams, and/or goals. Please try to use objects that are interesting and unique.
Examples of objects:
 If I value time spent in nature I might include a rock or a flower and I would
explain that when I am in nature I find peace and feel freed from daily stressors.
 If the support of family is an important value I might have a family photo in my
bag. I would explain how my family has shaped me in to the person I am today.
III. THE SPEECH:
1. Introduce yourself.
 Name
 Background information (siblings, places you’ve lived, where you were born)
2. Share one side from the outside of your bag (you choose which side).
3. Share the 3 objects that are inside your bag.
Use the following structure when sharing each object:
a. Pull out one object, show the class, and tell what it is.
b. Explain how and why it represents you.
c. Repeat for the other objects
5. Close by telling us something interesting we should know about you! This can
be a fear, a silly fact, a weird habit, a funny quirk, etc.
Presentation Date: Tuesday, September 2,2014