Speech Protocol & Resources

Speech Protocol

• Speech Competition Instructions rev. 2025 (local ver)

• Speech Resources

• Prepared and Extemporaneous Rubric

  • Speech Rubric (English, rev. 12-2025)

  • Speech Rubric (Spanish, rev. 12-2025)

• Speech Evaluation Forms

  • Prepared Speech (Bilingual, rev. 12-2025)

  • Extemporaneous Speech (Bilingual, rev. 12-2025)

• Speech Templates

  • Speech Frame (English)

  • Speech Frame (Spanish)

  • 1/2 Sheet Speech Frame (Bilingual)

Argument Building Tools

• Strategies for Challenging Your Opponents Arguments:  Deny, Reject, Outweigh, Minimize (DROM)

• Developing Discussions: A packet of engaging activities aimed at building both content and providing practice with language frames and thinking mindsets.

  • Opinion Continuum

  • Opposite perspectives

  • Please Elaborate

  • Pro & Con

  • Rating Reasons

  • Survey Your Peers

  • Taking It Up A Level (casual vs academic discourse)

  • Weighing the Evidence

• Argument Organizer