1. Hero Speech

2. requirements You will write a speech as your hero, in the first person. 2 minutes long Dress as your hero (props are allowed but must be OK’d by Miss Mihelic)

3. What your speech needs… The time period in which your hero lived When your hero was noble When your hero was brave When your hero was (your third trait) What your hero is most remembered for

4. Remember that the purpose of your speech is to persuade the audience that you are an American hero.

5. Hero roll call?!?

6. On January 16 th and 17 th we will do classroom roll call where you will present your speech to your class.

7. 1 Representative from Brookwood 2 from 5M2 from 5Sw2 from 5Sh 1 Brookwood Representative

8. Rating the speeches While you give your speech, your classmates will be evaluating your…. Speech: speaks loudly, clearly, and at an appropriate rate Eye contact: looks confident, looks at audience, and rarely glances at notes Costume: represents hero well Content: clearly explains heroic traits of hero Scoring for each category 1= OK 2= Good 3= Great

10. Once we have narrowed it down to 2 students in each class, we will do the roll call for the entire grade level with the same scoring to narrow it down to our 1 Brookwood representative. The Grade level roll call will take place on January 21 st with all 3 fifth grade classes. We will hear and score the 6 speeches.

11. Our hero roll call representative will get to be a part of the Hero Assembly on our field trip to SMS on February 4 th.