New to Speech

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New to Speech DebateWorkshop 2009
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CFL Outreach Resources

• Paul Pinza, Westmont HS (League President)
• League office 408-215-8194
• Email ppinza_at_cuhsd.org (school)
• coach.pinza_at_gmail.com (home)
• Shirley Keller-Firestone, Monta Vista HS (Chair
  of Area 1 for State Association)
• Phone [phone]
• Email skeller_firestone_at_yahoo.com

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CFL Outreach Resources

• Hoon Ko, Gunn HS (VP - Debate)
• Email hoon.ko_at_gmail.com
• Erick Rector, Saratoga HS (VP - Speech)
• Email erickrector_at_lgsuhsd.org
• Carole Green, Harker (VP Congress)
• Email carolg_at_harker.org
• Adam Nelson, Harker (NFL District chair)
• Email adamn_at_harker.org

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Where shall we go?

• Building a team from scratch
• What are the events?
• Coaching and teaching strategies

• Administration -- fees, forms, etc.
• The tournament process
• Alphabet soup

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Getting your team started!

• Recruit the students (never too few!!)
• Find an advisor at school (teacher, parent, or
  administrator)
• Make contact with another established
  coach/league official
• Get a parent involved early

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Building a presence at school

• Form an official club
• ASB account (hopefully funded?)
• Advertise introductory meetings
• Lunchtime or after school
• Students can use flyers/bulletins
• Work speaking assignments into your curriculum

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Talking Points for the First Meeting

• The single most attractive activity on college
  applications.
• Our rivals are doing this.
• All interests are welcome!
• News/political junkies (all sides)
• Drama/storytellers
• Writers and non-writers!
• Do you like to argue?

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Getting Parents Involved

• Hold a group meeting with food/drink.
• Outline the activity, but stay within your
  schools scope.
• Outline the season, but stay within your schools
  scope.
• Emphasize their specific role(s) judging,
  fundraising, community outreach, etc.
• Set up direct communication -- students make
  lousy messengers. (Email list, phone
  tree) home

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The Next Meeting Prep the Events

• If youre NEW, choose a FEW
• Speech Impromptu
• 2 min. think, 5 min. speak
• Concrete and abstract nouns, quotations, simple
  current events.
• Speech Oratorical Interpretation
• www.americanrhetoric.com
• www.giftsofspeech.org (women)
• www.america.gov -- search speech
  transcripts

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The Next Meeting Prep the Events

• If youre NEW, choose a FEW
• Debate Public Forum
• 2-person teams 4-minute max.
• Monthly current events topic
• October Anti-poverty vs Environment progs
• Debate Student Congress
• 1 student in group of 12-20.
• 3-minute speeches -- choose your side!
• Legislation announced 3-4 weeks ahead.

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California EVENTS speech

• All speeches 10-minute maximum. (aim for 8-10
  min. )
• Interpretation someone elses work
• Humorous (funny literature -- storytelling)
• Dramatic (serious literature -- storytelling)
• Duo (two-person, literature -- storytelling)
• Oratorical (published speeches)
• Original the students work
• Advocacy (persuasive, change in policy)
• Oratory (deep thoughts, social commentary)
• Expository (teaching, visual aids)
• Prose/Poetry (storytelling/poetry)

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California EVENTS speech

• Thematic Interpretation hybrid (10 min.)
• 3 or more excerpts from literature
• Student writes transitional material to
  illustrate a common theme.
• Spontaneous on-the-spot
• Extemporaneous (current events focus -- 7 min.)
• Impromptu (pick a topic and go -- 5 min.)

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California EVENTS debate

• Policy Debate
• team of two 8 min. Affirmative case
• one topic all year re government policy
• Current Health assistance in sub-Saharan Africa
• Lincoln/Douglas
• One-on-one 6 min. Affirmative case
• Topics Sept.-Dec. / Jan.-Feb. / Mar.-May / June
• Values and ethics (e.g. Death penalty)

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California EVENTS debate

• Public Forum
• team of two 4-min. Affirmative
• new topic each month, ripped from the
  headlines
• Oct Anti-poverty vs. environment programs
• Parliamentary
• team of two 7 min. Affirmative
• new topic each round spontaneous
• Student Congress
• individuals in a group of 12-20 3 min. speeches
• new set of legislation each tournament
  home

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Taking Care of Business

• Coach/advisor who accompanies students to
  tournaments must have
• Medical forms for all students entered (see
  school/district requirements)
• Knowledge of who is competing
• Knowledge of who is judging
• CFL tournaments Youll work on staff -- not as a
  judge.
• Invitationals You can judge.

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Paying all the pipers.

• League dues (required before competing)
• CFL 75 new schools can apply for grants
• CHSSA dues (required)
• 100 per school no personal checks or cash!
• Deadline December 1st (Late penalties apply)
• Natl Forensic League 99 (required to record
  NFL points and to qualify for National Champs)
• home

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Registering for CFL Tournaments

• Use Joy of Tournaments website (www.joyoftournamen
  ts.com)
• Create JOT account for your school
• Locate tournament on the home page calendar (2-3
  weeks before it happens)
• Click Registration
• Add students under Squad
• Select students/events from Entries
• Contact Paul Pinza or Tournament Director (see
  calendar) re problems.

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CFL Tournaments JUDGES

• All schools must provide judges proportional to
  their entries
• 14 speech, 13 L/D debaters
• 12 debate teams, 112 congress entries
• Establish a rotation within your team
• Families work in shifts each covers 1-2
  rounds.
• Families rotate tourneys and get weekends off.
• Register judges via Joy of Tournaments
• Ask faculty, local college students, other
  coaches if you come up short.
• Contact Paul Pinza or Tournament Director (see
  calendar) re problems.

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CFL Tournaments FEES

• Sept.-Feb. 20
• 5 for a student congress entry
• 10 for a solo entry (LD debate, most speech)
• 20 for a team entry (Duo, most debates)
• State Qualifiers (Feb. 21-Mar. 14)
• All fees are double
• Students must commit to attending State
  Championships if they compete in qualifier.
• Invitationals usually charge at least 10/20 ---
  some have much higher fees.
• Personal checks should include your school and
  tournaments date, site. home

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Affiliations
National Forensic League (Nationals)
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So, what do CHSSA and NFL do for me?

• CHSSA (www.cahssa.org)
• Coaches Handbook
• Curricular DVDs by event
• Book Speaking Across the Curriculum
• NFL (www.nflonline.org)
• Online textbook for Lincoln/Douglas debate
• Free final round videos of Nationals (interps)
• Coaching/teaching resources (incl. job postings)
• NFL points member certificates, seals, degrees

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More Alphabet Soup

• T.O.C. Tournament of Champions
• Annual, national championship tournament
• Success at certain invitationals earn students
  bids to the TOC. (2 bids needed to qualify)
• Policy, LD, Congress, PF 1st weekend in May _at_
  University of Kentucky
• Speech May 15-16 _at_ Fullterton HS

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More Alphabet Soup

• NCFL National Catholic Forensic League
• Annual, national championship tournament
• Memorial weekend _at_ Omaha, NE
• Must join a local diocese to be eligible
• NDCA National Debate Coaches Association
• Professional organization cool resources
• debatecoaches.org also on Facebook
• home