The first half of your assignment is to turn your argumentative research essay from Lesson 2 into a speech. The second halfofthe assignment is to provide a works-cited page that lists all
yoursources. You will also need to go back over the parenthetical citations in youressay so
that sources match up with the entries on your works-cited page.
To prepare your speech, you must boil down your essay into an outline. Your outline can appear
on sheets of paper, note cards, or some other medium. You'll then present your information
out loud to your classmates, using visual aids to help them understand your argument and get
them interested. The visual aids can be the same ones that appeared in your essay, or you can
use new ones.
Your speech should include the following elements:

Me which theme is developed by the changing relationship between the narrator and his daughter in this excerpt ? as she grew older, she spent more of her time with girls. so much time indeed did she spend with them that she came no more, as she used to do, to her father’s room. i was scarcely on speaking terms with her. when mini and her father stop communicating, it develops the theme that children should not speak unless spoken to. as mini becomes more independent, it develops the theme that parents must learn to let go as their children grow up. as mini spends more time with friends, it develops the theme that young people are more influenced by peers than by parents. when mini and her father see each other far less often, it develops the theme that absence makes the heart grow fonder.