Speech Unit

General Resources for All Categories



Videos of previous speech contest winners

Poetry


Stop by the library to browse our poetry collection and/or check out these websites:

Poets.org

PoemHunter.com 

Poetry Foundation

Poetry Out Loud

Black Cat Poems

FamousPoetsandPoems.com

The Poetry Archive

Dramatic Interpretation


Stop by the library to browse pre-selected fiction books, short stories, monologues and plays.

OR 

Go to the Online Catalog, click on Resource Lists, then on Public Lists and scroll down to Dramatic Interpretation.

 

AND/OR

Check out these websites

 TheatreHistory.com/monologues

Monologue Archive

 

and this example:

PBS Learning/Tell-Tale Heart

Original Oratory


Use these databases to find ideas/articles:

Facts on File / Issues & Controversies

Gale / Global Issues in Context

ABC/CLIO Issues 

Gale / GREENR 

New York Times Topics  

Opposing Viewpoints in Context

  

Check out this New York Times link for prompts for argumentative writing.  

 

Personal Experience

 

Prompts from The New York Times

More prompts from The New York Times

And even more prompts from The New York Times

Winners from NYT contest