Lucas' 5th grade classmates will be holding a speech contest in a few weeks. The speech topic is, Someone Who Has Overcome Something in Their Life. With the help of his teachers and some guidance from us, his topic is himself and his journey in learning English.
His classroom teacher has helped him form an outline and explained, rewritten and explained a lot. He was very scared...still is to speak in front of people but once he understood that he would be talking about a subject he knows, himself, he has gotten more comfortable.
Last night, we sat down together and went over the outline, his assignment last night was the rough draft.
He could tell me what it was that he wanted to say and then we'd work at putting it into a complete sentence. Sometimes his structure isn't always correct and he doesn't want to be embarrassed.
Out of his rough draft he has a rough 7 minute speech. He says a lot about himself but I know there was a lot more he wanted to say. He doesn't quite grasp the time limit concept.....he has stuff to say. With his permission I will post his speech tomorrow for you all to read. Perhaps it will be simplistic to some but to others you'll see a little bit of his journey through his eyes.
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