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Speech: Ethnic Holiday/Family Tradition

Choose one topic for your speech.   Don't forget to prepare notecards and practice!

Ethnic Holiday

Assignment:

Choose a holiday that you celebrate.   Tell the class about all of the special things you do leading up to the holiday and what the day is like from morning to night.   If your holiday celebration continues for more than one day, explain what happens the rest of the days.

Suggestions:

•  If possible, tell us some background for the holiday you have chosen.   What is the history of this particular holiday?

•  You may want to talk about food, religious celebration, family parties, events, outings, etc.

•  Some holidays to consider:

Rosh Hashanah	Easter	Christmas
Hanukkah	Memorial Day	King's Day
Yom Kippur	Chinese New Year	Passover
4th of July	Thanksgiving	Santa Lucia

Family Tradition

Assignment:

Tell us about a special family tradition.   A family tradition can be any custom your family has continued for this generation or from generation to generation.

Suggestions:

A family tradition could be a special vacation in the same place each year, a tradition of baking together, playing sports, working on hobbies, cooking together, meeting at the same relative's house the same time each year for a reunion or holiday celebration, etc.

Please check the Speech Schedule, Speech Groups, Speech Evaluation Form pages for additional information about due dates and criteria.

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