Third Quarter Freshman Prayer and Great Thoughts Assignment

For third quarter, you will continue to lead the class in prayer. You will then use a great thought from somewhere outside yourself, as you have done in the past, as your jumping off point for talking about some profound idea. However, regardless of what idea you speak about, you need to teach us something about, or tell us a story about, yourself in your great thoughts talk. In other words, use your own life, your own story, as a way to teach us about whatever principle your great thought encapsulates. By the time your great thoughts talk is finished, we should have learned about both the idea you're speaking about and about you as a person.

The rubric is posted below:

Third Quarter Prayer and Great Thoughts Rubric

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Preparation for prayer is evident:	/30
Quote is visually appealing:	/10
Talk appears memorized:	/20
Talk begins correctly:	/10
Talk ends well:	/10
Quote sets the tone for the talk:	/10
Talk focuses on the idea the quote embodies, not the quote itself:	/20
Speaker teaches audience about self or uses a personal anecdote in talk:	/10
Talk lasts 60-90 seconds:	/10
Eye contact:	/10
Body language:	/10
Voice projection:	/10
Clarity of speech:	/10
Overall quality of Great Thought Talk:	/30
Score:	/200