Mini Speeches - Personal Connections to Thoreau

As I described at the end of class today, you will be giving a short speech on Monday.  These will be no more than two minutes long and must include the following:

• Two quotations from Thoreau
• Analysis of what the quotations mean
• A personal story or other connection you want to make (to a TV show, current event, story of a friend, etc.)
• Synthesis - connection between the two stories and how the ideas overlap and inform each other (how your story helps you to understand Thoreau, how Thoreau helps you to think about your story)

The speeches will be evaluated using this rubric:

Thoreau Speech Rubric