Hi!
Welcome to Judge Training for LD Debates.
We hope you find this helpful.
1.
PICK UP
YOUR BALLOT AT THE BALLOT TABLE AS SOON
AS IT IS AVAILABLE.
Go to the Hunter Foyer for your ballot—across the
street from Reid.
2.
GO RIGHT TO
YOUR ROUND. Your ballot will tell you which room to go to. NEED HELP
FINDING YOUR ROOM? Ask a Whitman “Guide,” our ballot table people, or a Whitman
professor or student.
3.
DOUBLECHECK--When you
get to your round, check to make sure the teams or speakers in the room are the
ones you are supposed to judge. For example, ask the students, "Is 12
Johnson here?" If you are in error—alert the students or possibly you need
to go to the right room.
4.
FILL OUT
THE TOP PORTION OF THE BALLOT
At the beginning of the round, write the code, team school and initials,
your name, round number and the names of the students on the ballot. Again,
make sure you have the right debaters.
5.
MAKE SURE
YOU START AS SOON AS YOU CAN
Don’t let speakers wait or stall. The first speaker MUST start by the
time stated on your ballot. REMEMBER—if you let a round start late, your ballot
will probably be late and then you will be fined.
6.
GIVE TIME
SIGNALS IN EXTEMP AND IMPROMPTU SPEAKING ONLY.
Time the speech. When there are five minutes left, hold up your hand with all
five fingers showing. When there are four minutes, four fingers, etc. You curl
your finger in half to indicate half a minute left. Say “time” when time has
expired.
IN ALL OTHER EVENTS, YOU TIME THE SPEECH BUT YOU DO NOT GIVE TIME SIGNALS.
7.
CHECK
ITEMS ON YOUR BALLOT. WRITE COMMENTS ON THE BALLOT. AND AT THE SAME TIME,
LISTEN CAREFULLY TO THE SPEAKER.
Yea, it
isn’t easy but do the best you can.
8.
AFTER EACH
SPEECH, RATE THE SPEAKER
As noted on your ballot, you rate
the speaker somewhere between a 24 (needs improvement) and 30 (outstanding).
Most scores are 26 to 28.
9.
AT THE END
OF THE ROUND, AFTER EVERYONE HAS SPOKEN, RANK THE SPEAKERS.
Give the best speaker in the
round, the 1. Give the second best speaker, a 2. Etc.
NOTE:
If you are going to rank a speaker lower for going over time, you are required
to show the speaker the time on a stopwatch/timer immediately following the
speech. If you don’t or can’t do this, you may not lower the student’s ranking
for being overtime (though you still stop the speech when your timing indicates
the speech is over).
10.
TURN IN
THE BALLOT TO THE BALLOT TABLE—ON TIME—OR YOUR SCHOOL GETS FINED.
Please turn in your ballot to the
ballot table in the Hunter Foyer. When you do—wait to have it checked so that
we make sure it is accurate.
1.
NOTE: All
rounds at Whitman are open to the public including other competitors and
anyone who wishes to take notes. Only disruptive audience members
may be removed from rounds.
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