Speech titles, deadline this Friday!

You will write a speech of 150-250 words for next Friday. After I have read them, you will present them in small groups. Check for tips on writing a speech on p. 116.

Write your essay on a Google document and share it with me at sanna.tarvainen (at) edu.hel.fi. The deadline is this Friday! Do not hand in your essay late. Every day your essay is late will lower your essay score by ten points. For example: if you hand in the essay two days late and your essay deserves 72 points (that's 7+), your score will be 62 points because it was handed in late. So be on time!!

Here are the titles.

1) It is your best friend's wedding. Write a speech where you congratulate the happy couple.

2) Stop bullying  (yo 2014)

Your school has launched a campaign against bullying. As the chair of the student council, you have been asked to give a talk about the issue in English at your school, which has a number of exchange students. Write an opening speech for the campaign.

3) Chalk and Talk or More Modern Technology? (yo2012)

You have been invited to give the students’ point-of-view in a youth delegation discussing what makes good teaching. Are traditional methods, like blackboards and exercise books, enough, or do we need the latest gadgets? Write your speech.

4) It is your 18th birthday and your friends have thrown you a surprise party. Write a speech where you thank your guests and share your feelings on this special day.