Coaches:
Mr. Lettiere (Room 242)
Mr. Malloy (Room 222)

Speech Team Members can access videos and files here.  You will need to sign in.  You may have to send Mr. Lettiere an email and ask to be added to this part of the website.

Below is the 2012 - 2013 tournament schedule.  

Date	Tournament	School
11/15 (Thursday: 3 - 9 p.m.)	Novice Workshop	Oak Forrest H.S.
11/17	Ram Yam Tournament	Reavis H.S.
12/1	Dekalb Corn Tournament	Dekalb H.S.
12/8	Glenbard East Comfy Classic	Glenbard North
12/15	TBD
1/12	TBD
1/19	Willowbrook Tournament	Willowbrook H.S.
1/23	SSC Conference Tournament	Shepard H.S.
2/2	IHSA Regional
2/9	IHSA Sectional
2/15-2/16	IHSA State	Peoria

IHSA Speech has 14 individual events.   Students pick an event and stick with it for the whole season.  You deliver the same speech all season.

Traditional Speeches

• Informative Speaking: 8-minute speech that you write and memorize.  This speech should inform the audience of something that is relevant to their lives.
• Original Oratory: 8-minute speech that is persuasive in nature. It follows a format of problem-cause-solution.  You write the speech and memorize it.
• Special Occasion Speaking: same as Original Oratory, except you pretend you are at a special event—e.g., graduation, induction, etc.  
• Oratorical Declamation: You find someone else’s speech.  You cut it so that it is 8 minutes long.  You memorize that speech and then you deliver it.
• *Impromptu: You are given three topics at the speech competition.  You are given 2 minutes to write the speech.  And the speech has to be 6 minutes long.

 

Manuscript Speeches / Performance:

• *Radio: you are given newspaper clippings.  You choose 2 international stories, 2 national stories, and 2 local stories.  You have 45 minutes to cut and edit and paste these stories together.  You read the radio script into a microphone.  Delivery has to be 5 minutes.  You are usually in a room and no one sees you.  You are judged on your cutting, editing, and speaking.
• Prose: you find a short story or essay.  You cut the story into an 8-minute piece.  You memorize the piece and you perform it with the use of a binder.
• Poetry: This is the same as prose, except that you find poems to read.

Performance / Theater

• Dramatic Interpretation: Find a monologue or a scene from a play with a few characters.  Memorize the piece and act the piece out.  Time limit: 8 minutes.  The piece should be serious in tone. 
• Humorous Interpretation: Same as dramatic interpretation, except the piece should be funny.
• Humorous Duet Acting: This is the same as DI and HI, except that you are doing the piece with a partner.
• Dramatic Duet Acting: This is the same as DI and HI, except that you are doing this piece with a partner.

Speech Team Requirements:

• We meet as a team for about an hour once a month.
• You should meet for about 30 minutes – 60 minutes each week.  This can be in the morning, during study hall, or after school.  It depends on what works best for everyone.
• We attend about 6 to 8 tournaments.  They are on Saturdays.  They go from early in the morning until around 5 p.m.
• We have two events on Wednesday afternoons.  One is at the beginning of the season, and one is at the end of the season.
• Dress.  At competition, you are expected to be in professional attire.
• Speech tournaments will begin late October and end in February.

Why you should Join Speech Team:

• It will make you smarter.
• It will increase your confidence.
• You will become a better speaker and gain control over the way you carry yourself.