1. You need
to write Extemp topics.
2. These
topics must be E-MAILED in to JIM by MIDNIGHT, Thursday, the week before the
tournament for his review.
3. After Jim
reviews the topics, revise them for any comments he offers and give them to him
by Sunday afternoon.
Write out 3 sets of topics (Round
1, Round 2, Finals Round). Each set
should contain __5____ speakers with 3 topics each.
Make sure the topics are:
RECENT--WITHIN THE PAST 2 TO 3
MONTHS
EACH SPEAKER HAS AT LEAST ONE
DOMESTIC AND ONE FOREIGN TOPIC
EACH SPEAKER HAS AT LEAST
ONE “EASY” TOPIC
1.
You need to write Impromptu topics.
4. These
topics must be E-MAILED in to JIM by MIDNIGHT, Thursday, the week before the
tournament for his review.
2.
After Jim reviews the topics, revise them for any comments
he offers and give them to him by Sunday
afternoon.
·
Write out 3 sets of topics (Round 1, Round 2, Finals
Round). Each set should contain 3
topics for 6 speakers.
·
Make sure that for each set, there is one type of each of
the following topics:
___x___ Word (example-- “peace”
“home”)
___x___ Quotation (example-- “to
be or not to be” Shakespeare) NOTICE: HALF YOUR QUOTATIONS MUST BE FROM
WOMEN!!!
___x___ Political or Social
Question (example-- “What should Bush do now?)
______ Cartoon (example-- a Far
Side cartoon)
______
Other--__________________________________________________________
Note: PLEASE MAKE SURE THE TOPICS
COVER A WIDE VARIETY OF VIEWS (CONSERVATIVE, LIBERAL, LEFTIST, ETC.), AND,
WHERE APPROPRIATE, INCLUDE A VARIETY OF SOCIETAL GROUPS, GENDERS, ETC.