Jr Douglas Campbell 2017

Jr. Douglas Campbell Public Speaking Tournament

Qualifier for the Canadian Junior High Speech Nationals

Time: Sunday, February 26th. Registration will be from 12:00-12:15. Awards at 5:45 pm

Location: Gray Academy, A100-123 Doncaster Street, Winnipeg

Parking: Please feel free to park in the lot located directly in front of the school rather than the Rady JCC parking lot across the street.

There will be 4 rounds and all individual public speakers will participate in all 4 rounds consisting of 2 categories. The 2 mandatory categories are Impromptu Speaking (2 minutes prep, speaking time 3-5 minutes) and Persuasive Speaking (prepared speech on serious topic 5-10 minutes). There will be 15 seconds grace time for going over time or under time. A 2-point time penalty will be applied to speeches between 15-30 second over/under time, and a 10-point penalty for speeches exceeding 30 seconds over/under time.

There will only be an open category at this event and the top students will qualify to represent their school and the Manitoba delegation to the Canadian Junior High Speech Nationals in Vancouver. Schools may send a maximum of 6 students in total but depending upon numbers, it may be possible to send additional students. If you would like to do so please indicate this on the form and, if you include your phone number or email address, I will let you know on February 21st. Schools must bring at least one judge per 2 students. If this presents a problem, please contact me about it and we will see if other arrangements can be made. Senior high students grades 11 to 12 and experienced grade 10 debaters may judge.

Please fill in the information below and email it by February 21st to Andrew Kaplan, at akaplan@grayacademy.ca . Please email if you have any questions or phone Andrew at 204 -990-5277.

School_____________________________________

Coach_ __________________________________

phone __________________(home) ________________ (school)

(email) _______________________________________________

Number of students: ___ (open) 6 Maximum initially

Additional teams if there is space _______ (open)

Impromptu Speaking: Preparation Time: 2 minutes

Speaking Time: 3–5 minutes

Speakers will draw three topics, which may be a word, a quotation, a phrase or anything not related to current events. They must choose one of them and then prepare within two minutes. They may write notes but may not bring them up when they speak. The speech must last from three to five minutes. Speakers may speak in favour of, against, in favour of and against, or about the topic. It should be the sort of speech that would be delivered if the speaker were asked to speak on short notice to a general audience on the topic given. They may interpret it within reason, including treating it as a metaphor but must speak about the topic that they have been given. It is strictly understood that competitors will not use prepared material for this event. Wit, humour, logic, philosophy and sentiment are all equally welcome. Judges will be looking for agility of thought, substance, organizational ability and, above all, the ability of each speaker to communicate with style and originality. Points will be scored for adherence to statement of topic, organization, interest, and delivery. Specific restrictions in this category: The interpretation of the topic and the speech should correlate in a meaningful way.

‘Canned’/‘rehearsed’/’reworked’ impromptus will be penalized.

Hate speech of any kind is unacceptable. No props of any kind are permitted. No notes of any kind, other than the topic paper are permitted during the speech.

Persuasive Speaking: 5– 10 minutes

This speech is designed to persuade and must be on a serious topic, although this does not mean that humour might not be useful at points in the speech. A problem/solution approach must be taken, i.e. speakers must identify a problem (it need not be an earth-shattering one) and propose, or at least examine, one or more solutions to it. Speeches should be prepared beforehand (i.e. prior to arriving at the competition) and should be from five to ten minutes in length. The same speech should be used throughout the competition. Speakers may use note cards, although judges are often more impressed by speakers who do not use any notes. Participants’ speeches are scored on the analysis of the problem, on the persuasiveness of the discussion (logic, appeal), on interest and on delivery.