EXTEMP TOPIC WRITER

 

 

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 __7____ speakers with 3 topics each.

 

Make sure the topics are:

 

RECENT--WITHIN THE PAST 2 MONTHS

 

ROUND 1: DOMESTIC QUESTIONS ONLY

 

ROUND 2: INTERNATIONAL QUESTIONS ONLY

 

ROUND 3 AND FINALS: 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 (that have appeared during the past 2 months).

 

IMPROMPTU TOPIC WRITER

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.

 

·        Write out 4 sets of topics (Round 1, Round 2, Round 3, Finals Round).   Each set should contain 3 topics for 7 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!!!

Note: Put the author’s name right after the quotation--not as another, separate line.

 

___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.

Also, avoid anything close to the high school policy topics for the past 4 years. To see past topics, go to this page: NFL Topics (click and then go to the bottom of the page)