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“The assignment is to write a speech about someone who ____ admire.

It could be a historical figure, a celebrity, or even ____ you personally know in your life,” Ms. Harper told the class.

My classmates ____ brainstorming a list of people they might pick — mostly athletes, singers, and actors.

However, I ____ right away who my speech was going to be about.

Grandma is the person I ____ the most.

Writing a speech about her ____ be a piece of cake.'

A few days ____, Ms. Harper talked about how to deliver a good speech.

This ____ me that it wasn’t just a writing assignment,

but a speech I would have to ____ in front of my classmates!

The thought of standing in front of the entire ____ made my palms sweat.

I’m too shy to raise my hand in class even ____ I know the answer.

How on earth can I speak in ____ of everyone?

I couldn’t sleep at ____ that night.

The big ____ for the speech finally arrived, and I felt more anxious than ever.

I had spent the previous week imagining how my ____ would react to my speech.

I was still mostly thinking about ____ my classmates might think.

I wasn’t putting much thought into ____ I was actually going to say.

I ____ I could just speak off the top of my head.

After all, I was going to talk ____ my grandmother.

I didn’t need any notes. I was sweating as I walked up to the ____ of the class.

My heart was racing so fast that I ____ it might fly out of my chest.

I could feel my face turning red. I didn’t know where to ____.

I blanked ____. I just stood there silently. Ms. Harper tried to help me out.

“Start by telling us a bit about your ____, Logan.”

I spoke about what kind of work my grandmother used to do, but I quickly ran out of ____ to say.

Then Ms. Harper said, “How about ____ us a bit about why you admire her so much?”

I barely ____ to share a short story about her.

After that, I just ____ to my seat and put my head in my hands.

I knew I ____ messed up. I hadn’t said all the things I wanted to say.

The next day, I met Ms. ____ after school to talk about the speech.

I said, “I’m embarrassed about the ____. I must have looked like a fool.

I know I could ____ done better.”

“It’s quite all right to fall short of your own expectations as long as you learn something from it,” she said in a ____ voice.

“What was bothering you the most ____ you prepared for the speech?”

“I was afraid the other students would laugh at me if my ____ wasn’t good enough.”

She replied, “You certainly ____ control what others think about your speech.

That means you should be focusing on the one thing you can ____ — how you give your speech.”

That woke me up from the ____ of despair. Of course, that was it!

I wouldn’t have been able to make my ____ like what I wanted to say.

I ____ should have focused on my performance.

A couple of ____ later, the class was given another speech assignment.

I ____ want to drop the ball like the first time.

So this time, I ____ delivering the speech.

I stood in front of the mirror every day for a ____ and went over all the things I wanted to say.

I used cue cards which contained key ____ about important facts.

I ____ how I would stand, how I would make eye contact with the audience, and even when I would pause.

I felt nervous again when the big ____ finally arrived.

But when the teacher called my ____, I noticed that my nerves had actually calmed down a bit.

I felt way ____ than the last time, for sure!

I walked up to the ____ of the class and looked out into the audience.

My heart began to race, and I took a ____ breath to calm it down.

While my voice trembled from time to time, I managed to get my whole ____ across.

When I was done, I felt so ____ of myself that I barely noticed how loudly everyone was clapping for me!