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The Fill-in-the-Blank Graduation Project Speech	Name ________________________________

Part One – The Introduction  (Before starting reading this, make sure you SHAKE the judges’ hands!)

A.	Attention Getter (This could be a story to lead your audience into your topic, a shocking fact, or a question.) 

B.	Good Evening.  My name is ________________________________.  During my time in high school, . . . 

1.  I have been a member of . . . . 

2.  I have played on . . . 

3.  I have worked part time at . . . 

4.  (use this for any other activity you can think of that does not fit the other sentence starters) 

C.	Since (date),  I have been working on my Graduation Project.  My research topic was 

______________________________________________ and I chose this topic because . . .

Part Two – The Research Paper

A.	In order to find information, I . . . (put the different source types you used here; also note where the majority of your information came from and why) 

B.	While this project focuses on the process, I would like to tell you a few things about 

____________________________ (topic goes in this blank).

[Use the following spaces to list interesting information you about your topic. Make sure to explain why you are sharing that information.]

1.

2.

3.

(make sure to explain how you overcame them as well; add more numbers if you need to!)

Part Three – The Product

A. For my product, I decided to . . . (explain what you did in DETAIL, DO NOT JUST SAY videotaped interviews or something else that simple)

B.	I decided to do this for my product because . . . (explain how it relates to the topic you wrote about) 

C.	Since the product required 20 hours of work . . . (explain the quantity and quality of the work you had to put into the product) 

D.	From the very beginning of the project, my advisor ________________________________ assisted me out. 

I	chose him/her because they . . . (explain why you chose this person; also mention something he/she did to help you out) 

Part Four – Successes and Failures

A.  While I was working on my project, many things went well including . . . (make sure to explain why they went well; add

more numbers if you need to!)

1.

2.

3.

B.  However, as we all know, when things go well, there are also going to be problems.  For me, the following

things were difficult . . .
1.
2.
3.

Part Five – Overall Learning Experience

Throughout the course of working on my Graduation Project, I learned many things. While completing the research allowed me to learn much information about my topic, the most important things I learned were about

myself . . . (fill in the following with information you learned about the yourself: it can be about your work ethic, your abilities to work with people you are not used to, your time management skills, your desire to succeed, etc.; add more numbers if you need to!)

1.

2.

3.

Part Six – The Closing

A.	(Thank them for their time and being a part of your final work at Southern Alamance High School.) 

B.	(Ask them if they have any questions.) 

If you choose to use PowerPoint to create your visual, make sure to follow these guidelines:

·	All backgrounds should be LIGHT in color (which does not include black, red, navy blue, etc). 

·	All backgrounds should be SIMPLE so that they do not interfere with your information. 

·	All writing on the slides should be in at least 28 pt. font so that your judges can read it. 

·	All writing on the slides should be in PHRASES, not complete sentences. (To keep you from reading from the slides!) 

·	DO NOT add sound to the presentation.  It distracts your judges. 

·	LIMIT your use of custom animations (the fancy twirling in of items on the slides). It distracts your judges. 

·	Make sure you are saving the file on a jump drive. Make sure the photos you use will appear on other computers by checking it with another computer EARLY in the process. 

·	All PowerPoint files must be submitted to______________________ by ____________________ 

and cannot be changed after that date!