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

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

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

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

Grandma is the person I ____ the most.

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

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

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

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

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

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

How on earth can I speak in front ____ everyone?

I couldn’t sleep at all ____ night.

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

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

I was still mostly thinking about what my classmates might ____

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

I figured I could just speak off the top of my ____

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

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

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

I could feel my face turning red. I ____ know where to look.

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

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

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

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

I barely managed to share ____ short story about her.

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

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

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

I said, ____ embarrassed about the speech. I must have looked like a fool.

I ____ I could have done better.”

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

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

“I was afraid the other students would laugh at me if my speech ____ good enough.”

____ replied, “You certainly can’t control what others think about your speech.

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

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

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

I really should have focused on ____ performance.

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

I didn’t want to drop the ball like the first ____

So ____ time, I practiced delivering the speech.

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

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

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

I felt nervous again when ____ big day finally arrived.

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

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

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

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

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

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