How do I accelerate and decelerate midi tracks(w/metronome) in a compostion

I have finished an arrangement in Logic, and need to adjust the tempo. There are two movements, but one goes right into the other, after a slight cadence. The first movement is at 110 bpm, but the second movement needs to start at around 80 bpm, and then build gradually back up to about 110 bpm over the next 30 measure or so.
How do I do this? Right now at the beginning of the second movement it naturally stays on 110 bpm and sounds terrible. I need it to stay on the click, but automatically change tempo to 80 bpm at the start of the second movement, and then accelerate gradually,like I said, up to 110.
Please let me know if you know how to do this.
Thanks.

At the top left corner of the arrange window you will see a sideways triangle next to the words "global tracks" - if you click on the triangle it turns to an upside down triangle and among other things you will see "tempo" next to another sideways triangle.
TIP: Sideways triangles mean that you can click them and they open something, in some sort of way. This is usually called a disclosure menu.
In the tempo track which you have just opened, there is a line that represents tempo at any given point. Use the pencil tool to create nodes that change the tempo, or double click. Move the cursor around and notice how it changes shape. Experiment with what those shapes do. What you want is a finger, that allows you to move a node and create ramps and curves in the line.

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