SACFL3 Duval Charter School Baymeadows Jacksonville
2017 — Duval Charter School, Jacksonvi, FL/US
XX-MIDDLE SCHOOL A Daily Show
Event Description:
*HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS & SENIORS MAY NOT PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVENT. THIS EVENT IS LIMITED TO MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ONLY.
Preparation: To start the round, the judge will deliver a prompt to the student. The performer may use up to 5 minutes to prepare. The speech itself is allowed to be up to 5 minutes in length.
Delivery: The speech is delivered seated. Notes are allowed. Scripts and texts are also allowed.
Message: The student must acknowledge and respond to the prompt in an opinion/editorial response style
Judging Criteria • Introduction: The introduction may have a formalized introduction, or just jump right on in.
• Presentation Style: The speaker may convey a specific message, or not. It is completely up to them. The performer may bring a prepared script and read from it or recite from memory, as long as the prompt is address during the performance. The student may not solicit or receive prompting from audience coaching.
• Vocal Delivery: The speaker may be articulate and fluent. The speaker may make use of contrast, making use of the elements of vocal variety: pitch, volume, rate, pausing, phrasing, stress, and tone. The speaker can be conversational and concerned, passionate and pleasing, serious, or humorous.
• Physical Delivery: The speaker should be physically open to the audience and use body language (from a seated position) that invites the audience into the world of the speaker. The speaker may vary facial expression to accentuate the natural flow of thoughts and feelings. The speaker may make eye contact with the audience. Movement, if used, should be motivated by transitions in thought or mood. Gestures should be visible, effectively used for emphasis, and varied.
• Overall Effect:The speaker should instill in the audience a concern for the speech’s content.
• The speaker should be able to interest the listeners and to hold their attention.