Prepared Prompt Speaking

Prepared Prompt Speaking

Rules (following NSDA manual, amended for the dates of this tournament):

• Topics: This event is based on Impromptu, adapted for online events. Topics will include prompts like proverbs, abstract words, events, quotations, and famous people. A list of topics will be released on the tournament’s Tabroom website on January 10th. 

• Drawing: Competitors will select one prompt from the list.

• Preparation and Delivery: Preparation time should not be recorded; only the speech should be filmed. There is no limit on preparation time as preparation time will not be monitored, though judges will be instructed to judge Prepared Prompt Speaking the same way they would Impromptu. 

• Notes: No notes shall be used during presentation. 

• Time: The speaker will film a speech that is no longer than 5 minutes and 30 seconds in length. This time limit does not include preparation time, which should not be filmed. This is a hard limit, and time spent walking to and from the camera counts toward the recording time. If there are multiple judges in the round, all must agree that the student has gone beyond the grace period. Should a student go beyond the grace period, the student may not be ranked 1st. There is no other prescribed penalty for going over the grace period. The ranking is up to each individual judge’s discretion. Judges who choose to time are to use accurate (stopwatch function) timing devices. No minimum time is mandated.

Reminders:

• Asynchronous recordings must be added into Tabroom by Wednesday January 12th @ 7pm mtn.

• Coaches are responsible for checking links and ensuring videos are available. 

Topics:

1. “Winter is a season of recovery and preparation.” - Paul Theroux

2. “The cold never bothered me anyway” - Let it Go, Frozen 

3. “You can’t get too much winter in the winter.” - Robert Frost

4. “What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.”- John Steinbeck

5. Abominable Snowman

6. “In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.” - Albert Camus

7. “A man says a lot of things in summer he doesn’t mean in winter.” - Patricia Briggs

8. “I'll be summer sun for you forever; Forever winter if you go” - Forever Winter, Taylor Swift

9. “No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.” - Hal Borland

10. One kind word can melt three winter months - Proverb