GEN: power of words/language

[Becca Todd <bcctdd@COMCAST.NET>]

Hello lmnetters,
I've been asked to make a short presentation at an upcoming student assembly. 
Although I've not attended one yet this year, I'm told they're trying to have a bit 
of a theme per assembly, this one being awareness of the power of language. Really 
what the administration is after is someting creative and thought-provoking to curb 
the continual foul-mouthedness that permeates the halls, even though in-class 
language tends to be more proper.

The only poem I've thought of is Maya Angelou's "I Love the Look of Words" but past 
that I keep coming up with ones about the power of words in Reading but not about 
Speaking. Any suggestions?

Thanks.
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Becca Todd, Library Media Teacher
Fremont Federation of High Schools
Oakland, CA 94601
(510)879-1795
fax (510)879-1527
Becca.Todd@secmail.ousd.k12.ca.us

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