Write a five-minute oral presentation about The Call of The Wild, writing for an audience of your peers. What did you find most fascinating or interesting about the story, and what did you think were its most important points? Include one visual element to support your ideas; this may be a short slideshow. Then, make small changes to your speech to adapt it to be presented to a formal audience. Enter both versions of your speech (informal and formal) in the space below, and include your selected visual element. If possible, present your speech to an audience to receive feedback. Click here to view the rubric for this project.

Read the excerpt from "mother tongue." lately, i’ve been giving more thought to the kind of english my mother speaks. like others, i have described it to people as “broken” or “fractured” english. but i wince when i say that. it has always bothered me that i can think of no other way to describe it other than “broken,” as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness and soundness. what best supports the inference that tan believes nonstandard english is no less valid than standard english? tan spends a lot of time thinking about her mother’s “fractured” english. tan has trouble thinking of descriptive words when she is writing. tan’s american education makes it difficult for her to understand her mother. tan winces when she describes her mother’s english as “broken.”