All of the following illustrate effective methods of choosing a speech topic except: a. sara chooses the broad topic of “wwii” and begins to write continuously for 1 minute everything the pops into her head. b. albert chats with his friends online for several hours and then draws pictures and writes about his feelings in a notebook. c. darek watches the news every evening for a week and jots down major events occurring all over the world. d. shannon goes to wikipedia. org, types in the word “dog”, and begins to read a little bit about several different breeds.

Demonstrating understanding of jem's development one way to demonstrate understanding of character and theme is by writing from the perspective of a character. for this assignment, compose a short poem from the perspective of jem. your poem should detail his feelings about either a. his father, atticus or b. mrs. dubose. the poem must accurately trace the progression of jem's attitudes and beliefs, highlighting the important events and shifts in his perspective detailed above. your writing should also sound like jem, using voice and word choice that reflects the voice and word choice found in the novel. the poem can be a free poem (meaning it does not need to rhyme or follow a particular format). it should be a minimum of twenty-lines in length, have a title, and follow conventional rules of spelling, grammar, and punctuation.