DEADLINE
IS WEDNESDAY, THE WEEK BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT STARTS.
1. You need to write Extemp
topics.
2. These topics must be E-MAILED in to JIM by
MIDNIGHT, WEDNESDAY, the week before the tournament for his review.
3. After Jim reviews the topics, revise them for any
comments he offers and email them to him by MONDAY 9PM, THE WEEK OF THE TOURNAMENT.
Write out 4 sets of topics (Round
1, Round 2, Round 3, Finals Round). Each set should contain __6____ speakers with
3 topics each.
Make sure the topics are:
RECENT--WITHIN THE PAST 2 MONTHS
EACH SPEAKER HAS AT LEAST ONE DOMESTIC AND ONE INTERNATIONAL TOPIC
EACH SPEAKER HAS AT LEAST TWO
“EASY” TOPICS
FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL TOURNAMENT,
YOU MUST HAVE AT LEAST TWO TOPICS FOR EACH SPEAKER GENERATED FROM GOOGLE NEWS AND
CNN.COM ONLY.
1. You need to write Impromptu topics.
2.
These topics must be E-MAILED in to JIM by MIDNIGHT, WEDNESDAY, the
week before the tournament for his review.
3. After Jim reviews the topics, revise them for any
comments he offers and email them to him by MONDAY 9PM, THE WEEK OF THE TOURNAMENT.
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Write out 4 sets of topics (Round 1, Round 2, Round
3, Finals Round).
Each set should contain 3 topics for 7 speakers.
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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.