What is it & how can you be involved? Shakopee Saber Speech Team
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- What is it & how can you be involved? Shakopee Saber Speech
Team
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- What is Speech MSHSL Activity where students compete in one of
13 categories. Public Address Categories One piece for the whole
season 8 min. Draw Categories Several Pieces/speeches Interpretive
Categories One piece for the whole season 8 min. Discussion
Competitions Invitationals Sections State Lettering Points and
Behavior Based National Forensics League Points based national
honor society for speech competitors
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- Public Address Categories: All speeches are researched and
written by the competitor. Informative an informational speech
using visual aids to explain and teach about a topic of your
choice. Structured similarly to a 5 paragraph essay. Visual aids
can be 3D manipulatives or Posters. Original Oratory a persuasive
speech where you inform the audience on a debated issue, then lay
out a logical and researched argument for why your opinion is
correct. Great Speeches Choose a great speech from history and
analyze the rhetoric of the speech. Use this to teach your audience
why the speech is one that goes down in history as a great
one.
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- Interpretive Categories Categories are dependent on the
literature type all pieces/ cuttings last 7-8 min. Creative
Expression Any format, must be written by the competitor. Drama
Piece is from a play or screenplay script format. Duo Any format,
two person team. Humorous Any type of literature that is comedic in
nature. Prose Short story or novel cutting. Poetry One poem or
several that revolve around a theme.
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- Draw Categories Extemporaneous Speaking Competitor researches
current events either domestic or international and writes several
speeches on different topics. At tournaments the student will draw
a question relating to current events and has 30 minutes to prepare
by tailoring one of their speeches to answering the question and
practicing the wording of their speech. Extemporaneous Reading
Student prepares several predetermined pieces either prose or
poetry and at tournaments is given a random cutting from those
pieces to perform. They have 30 minutes to prepare their
performance. Storytelling Student prepares several predetermined
folk tales told in their own words with their own characters etc.
At tournaments they are given the title of a story and have 30
minutes to practice the performance of that folktale.
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- Discussion Non - performance based Students research current
events on a predetermined topic. At competitions they are placed in
random groupings of other competitors and are as a group given a
task to discuss and accomplish. This years topic is: Americas Image
Abroad: Re-thinking Our Standing as the Only Remaining Global
Superpower Preparing for this event includes not only researching
the topic but also learning how to steer group conversations and
influence others in a panel discussion situation.
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- Competition Tournaments: Invitationals Held every Saturday from
Mid January until the end of March. Not required but highly
recommended. Conference Missota Conference Tournament will be held
in Northfield on Thursday 2/20/14 after school Section 4/5/14
Mankato West State 4/11&12 Blaine High School Each meet
consists of 3 rounds where you are randomly grouped with 6-8 other
competitors in your category. You then perform your piece for these
other competitors and a judge. The judge evaluates each performance
and gives you a rank (1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd etc.) in the round. The
round scores are averaged and the top 6 students in each category
are recognized at an awards ceremony at the end of the tournament.
In addition to being recognized individually, round scores give
points to the team, and the teams earning the most points overall
are also recognized.
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- Achievement Recognition- besides trophies Lettering SHS awards
letters for speech participation. Criteria include points based on
competitive performance and leadership on the team. National
Forensics League a national honor society for speech competitors
Each time you compete you earn points based on the ranks you
achieved in your rounds. These points are added together and
entered into the NFL online database. Once you achieve 25 points,
you are inducted into the league as a merit member. With
accumulated points, you achieve different levels (or degrees)
within the league. Since 1925 - 1.4 million students, with more
than 120,000 active members in more than 3,000 schools. Nations
oldest and largest forensic honor society, and is widely regarded
as the highest standard of excellence in secondary school speech
and debate.
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- Benefits to speech competition go far beyond winning and losing
Skill Building: Writing, reading, listening, research methods,
organization, interpretation, critical thinking, analysis, language
usage, public speaking. Build self esteem and confidence Learn how
to conduct yourself in a professional manner. Career Preparation
and Resume builder for College & Job applications Scholarships
Be a part of a Community Make Friends & Have Fun
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- Register Online with Activities:
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- Contact me to let me know that you are registered for the team.
revenson@shakopee.k12.mn.us
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- Attend the Practice Season Kick Off Workshop More information
will be coming on this soon. Once you have registered with
activities and contacted me to let me know, you will be included in
our communications.
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- Thank you! We hope to hear from you soon!