CHSSA HANDBOOK - California High School Speech ….doc

Coach’s Handbook This Coach’s Handbook provides practical ideas for developing and maintaining a competitive speech and debate program at your school. Inside, you will find: Explanations of California events including rules and sample speeches. Hints for recruiting students and sustaining a program. Forms for student participation. Information about what to expect at a tournament. Sample Ballots. Information about hosting a tournament. 2012 Revision tABLE OF cONTENTS wHAT IS THE JOB OF A SPEECH AND DEBATE COACH?4 wHY PARTICIPATE IN cOMPETING SPEAKING?5-6 TYPES OF SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES………………………………………………………...7-8 DESCRIPTION OF SPEECH AND DEBATE EVENTS………………………………………….9-10 INDIVIDUAL EVENTS CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE DEBATE THE COACH’S RESPONSIBILITIES……………………………………………………………11-13 INDIVIDUAL EVENTS – SPONTANEOUS EVENTS……………………………………….…14-31 EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING (EXTEMP) SAMPLE TOPICS FOR NATIONAL EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING SAMPLE TOPICS FOR INTERNATIONAL EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING EXERCISE TO HELP STUDENTS PULL INFO AND IDEAS FROM A MAGAZINE AN APPROACH FOR PRACTICING EXTEMP SPEAKING EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEECH SENTENCE OUTLINE ORGANIZING AN EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEECH USING UNIFIED ANALYSIS IMPROMPTU (IMP) SAMPLE IMPROMPTU TOPICS SIXTY SECONDS: AN IMPROMPTU GAME INDIVIDUAL EVENTS – ORIGINAL EVENTS…………………………………………..…….32-48 ORIGINAL ORATORY (OO) SAMPLE TOPICS FOR ORATORY PREPARING THE BASIC PERSUASION SPEECH TEACHING ORATORY AS A PASSION ORIGINAL ADVOCACY (OA) SAMPLE TOPICS FOR ADVOCACY EXPOSITORY (EXPOS) EXPOSITORY TOPIC IDEAS VISUAL AIDS (VA’s) SAMPLE EXPOSITORY SPEECH ORIGINAL PROSE/POETRY (OPP) HOW TO BEGIN AND DEVELOP AN ORIGINAL PROSE/POETRY INDIVIDUAL EVENTS - INTERPRETIVE EVENTS………………………………………..…49-66 DRAMATIC/HUMOROUS INTERPRETATION (DI/HI) SAMPLE DRAMATIC SELECTIONS SAMPLE HUMOUOUS SELECTION PREPARING FOR INTERPRETATION ORATORICAL INTERPRETATION SOURCES THEMATIC INTERPRETATION (TI) ORAL READING ASSIGNMENT OF THEMATIC IN