CATEGORIES
Creative Expression
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Write your own performance piece
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High energy, multiple characters
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Humorous with a serious moral/theme
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Time Limit-10 minutes
Coach: Mrs. Miller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjv4Xw2VBDA
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Humorous
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Script found from any published material
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High energy, multiple characters
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Time Limit-10 minutes
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Coach: Mr. Miller
Serious Poetry
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Script found from any published poem
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Serious in nature
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Often multiple poems with similar themes
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Time Limit-10 minutes
Coach: Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Dubiel, Mr. Nelson
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Discussion
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Work with 5-6 other speakers on a given problem, often based on politics or current events
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Your ideas based on current events research/articles
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Have to lead, but work together
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Time Limit-60 minutes
Coach: Mr. Bistodeau
Extemporaneous Speaking
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Draw category
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Draw a current events question, 30 minutes to prepare
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Definite answer to the question, 2-3 reasons with evidence
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Time Limit-7 minutes
Coach: Mr. Bistodeau
Great Speeches
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Perform a speech from history interwoven with your analysis of it
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Analysis based on a model of rhetoric
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Time Limit-10 minutes
Coach: Mr. Nelson
Informative
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Inform on a topic of your choice incorporating visual aids
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Should be a topic that matters to the audience and the world
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Time limit-10 minutes
Coach: Mr. Nelson
Duo
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Script found from any published material
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Two people performing together, but cannot look at each other or touch each other
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Can be serious or humorous
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Time Limit: 10 minutes
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Only returning team members
Coach: Mrs. Miller
Serious Drama
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Script found from any published play
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Can involve a little humor, but generally serious
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Time Limit-10 minutes
Coach: Ms. Dubiel
Serious Prose
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Script found from any published material
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High energy, multiple characters
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Time Limit-10 minutes
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Coach: Ms. Dubiel
Storytelling
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Draw Category
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Scripts provided by MSHSL
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Pick your story, 30 minutes to prepare, tell story in your own way, not verbatim
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High energy, lots of characters
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Time Limit-7 minutes
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Coach: Mr. Miller
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Extemporaneous Reading
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Draw Category
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Scripts chosen by MSHSL
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Choose your selection, 30 minutes to prepare, read from the book
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More understated than storytelling, must be verbatim
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Can be good introductory interp category
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Time Limit-7 minutes
Coach: Mr. Nelson
Orginial Oratory
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Persuasive Speaking on a topic of your choice
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Not usually policy oriented, more abstract or ideological
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Problem, Causes/Evidence, Solution
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Time Limit-10 minutes
Coach: Mr. McKown
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