This is a modular project about writing for a specific audience. It can be modified to replace other writing tasks at the end of the school year. It can be used as enrichment, too — personally and in terms of your final profile.
The default assignment is to write a commencement address for your high school graduating class. Additional options are listed after the flipped lecture and default directions.
Conscious and Alive in the Adult World
Let’s talk about writing a commencement address for your graduating class. One of the best models for this kind of speech is David Foster Wallace’s 2005 Kenyon College address, which is beloved and celebrated for its message: