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2015 Country Week !!!!

Senior High School !

Speech & Debating Awards !!!!

School Sport WA !Department of Education, Western Australia

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!Contents !Dates / Venue / Further Information / Entries Close / Draft Program 03 Rules / Duties / Courtesies 04 The Speech Competition 05 The Debating Competition 07 Winning Speech and Debating / Champion School Points 09 Prepared Speech 10 Monologue 13 Sample Adjudication Sheets 17 Prepared Speech Declaration 20 Monologue Cover Sheet 21 Permission to Video a Debate 22 Diary Dates 23 ! !!

!Online entries only

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ENTRY FORM !!!!!!!!!!!

�2COUNTRY WEEK SPEECH & DEBATING 2015

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Dates Monday 29 June – Friday 3 July 2015 !Venue HBF Stadium, Mount Claremont !Further Information Denyse Passmore Email: [email protected] Phone: 0409 933 347 !Entries Close 5.00pm Monday 11 May 2015, 8 weeks out from Country Week. This is essential for compiling a draft program, having it confirmed by the schools and finalising any changes. !!

ENTRY FORM !!NOTE: Late nominations will only be accepted to make up numbers in divisions. !Draft Program will be uploaded to the School Sport website (www.schoolsportwa.com.au) as soon as possible after 1 June and emailed to those staff members who have provided an accurate email address. !!!!!!!!!!


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Rules 1. The decisions of all adjudicators are final and appeals are not permitted. 2. No prompting, cameras or tape recorders will be permitted as they can distract the

presenter. 3. A media person from each school may record presentations by students FROM THEIR

SCHOOL ONLY. To record a debate, the Teacher in Charge of the school wanting to make the recording must seek written permission from the Teacher in Charge of the opposing team before the commencement of the debate.

4. No movement will be permitted by the media person during filming. 5. At no stage during or after Country Week can any video clip be:

• used to comment on or to question adjudication results. • Circulated on the internet / facebook or any other electronic social media.

6 No eating or drinking by the audience is allowed during presentations. !Duties 1. Each school will be rostered to provide officials to help with the tasks of timekeeping, door duty and announcing. 2. Duties are to be carried out by each and every school. If, due to timetabling clashes, this is not possible, it is your responsibility to arrange a swap with another school. !Courtesies 1. The audience is to be quiet at all times during presentations. 2. Mobile phones are to be turned OFF in all rooms. 3. No food or drink is to be taken into the presentation rooms. 4. Parents, teachers or students may not question the ruling or the integrity of the adjudicators. Adjudicators will be happy to answer questions that are constructive. 5. During debates there shall be no intimidation of the opposition – either verbal or physical -

speakers shall address the opposition as ‘the opposition’ and not as ‘you’ and shall address all comments to the audience / adjudicators

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The SPEECH Competition is designed for students who are interested in developing their oral communication skills. !Students will communicate their ideas to an audience in TWO sections: a Prepared Speech of their own composition; and a Monologue to communicate the ideas of a writer. !The Speech & Debating Awards are a TEAM event and as such are considered 'one event' for the purpose of the allocation of points towards the winning Speech & Debating school and towards Champion School. !Schools may enter ONE speech team of up to 8 students, which allows each school to enter up to 8 prepared speech / monologue entrants and 2 debating teams (with each debating team having 4 members who can be rotated). !The top 3 scores/ranks in the Prepared Speech section and in the Monologue section for each school team, across all divisions, will be used to calculate the team’s score, which will be averaged by 3. This will added to the team’s debating score to calculate the winning Speech Awards team and each schools’ points earned for Champion School. !Where a school does not have three competitors in the Prepared Speech and Monologue sections the total score for each of these two sections WILL STILL BE AVERAGED BY THREE. !In the Prepared Speech and the Monologue sections students compete as: • individuals for the Speech Awards trophy in each division • as a team to score points towards Champion School !A student who competes in only the Prepared Speech OR the Monologue section of the awards

cannot win the perpetual trophy. !There will be three divisions: • A Division for the more confident student and / or for students who have had previous public

speaking experience; • B Division for less confident speakers; • C Division for students who are new to public speaking. !Students should nominate in the appropriate division for their expertise.

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Individual Scoring In each division (A, B & C) of both the Prepared Speech and the Monologue sections of the Awards all students will be ranked from 1 down. The person ranked 1 is the top student in each division. !IF TIME PERMITS N THE PROGRAM, the top ranked competitors in each division of both the Prepared Speech and the Monologue sections will compete in the finals, giving them the chance to improve their ranking, and thereby their points. The number of finalists (up to 10) will be decided upon by the adjudicators, taking in to account the number of competitors in each division. It is likely that there will be a different number of finalists in each division. !Finalists will re-present their Prepared Speech and/or their Monologue piece giving them the chance to improve their ranking, and hence their final score. For example, 5 students are in the Prepared Speech final: !

Rank after 1st round Rank after Finals Student 1 5 5 Student 2 1 2 Student 3 3 1 Student 4 2 3 Student 5 4 4 !The perpetual trophy for Speech in each of A, B and C divisions will be won by the student who has demonstrated consistency in both the Prepared Speech and the Monologue sections. Therefore, students will need to rank highly in both the Prepared Speech and the Monologue sections in order to qualify for the perpetual trophy. !Medallions for first, second and third place getters will be awarded in each division of the Prepared Speech and Monologue. !Team Score The scoring system is currently being reviewed and will be forwarded to schools when they register. !However the top three individual ranks for each team in both Prepared Speech and the Monologue will be totalled and used to provide the team score. !!!!!!!!


The DEBATING Competition is to give students more opportunity to compete in debating and to improve their debating skills. !Schools may enter a maximum of 2 teams in the Debating Section of the Awards. The ‘Debate 1’ team will be the team competing for Champion School points. Schools may only nominate two teams in the same division if there are not 8 teams from different schools in the division. !Each team may have 4 members, who may be rotated. In each debate, the fourth member of each team will take on the role of Timekeeper for each debate in which they are arguing the affirmative case and the role of Announcer in each debate for which they are arguing the negative case. Where a school does not have a fourth team member, the staff member will take on the roles. !The names of the students to debate each debate MUST be clearly written down and handed to the adjudicator 5 minutes prior to the start of each debate so that they can be entered on the adjudication sheet. !If, for any reason, a team loses two team members once the competition has begun and one of them can not be replaced, the team will be permitted to continue to debate with the first and third speaker being the same person. The team may win their debates, but will be placed last at the end of the competition, regardless of how many debates they have won. !The Debating competition will be run using the Rules and Guidelines of the West Australian Debating League Inc.. WADL will send information to schools which enter the debating competition on adjudication, who to construct and argue a case and videos to support the information provided. !Format Each division will participate in round robins and places will be decided by wins over losses. Where schools have won and lost the same number of debates, points scored ‘for’ and ‘against’ by each team in each debate will be used to calculate positions at the end of the round robins. This is accepted practice by the WA Debating League. !If more nominations than can be accommodated in a division are received, teams will be placed in divisions by the coordinators according to the 2014 Country Week Debating results for both relegation and elevation. ! A division is for experienced debaters B division is for debaters with limited experience and C division is (for novice debaters). !The organisers reserve the right to cancel any of the divisions if there are not enough nominations. Medallions for first to third place getters will be awarded in each division.

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Speaking Times Please note that speaking times have been changed and all three speakers in each debate will speak for the same length of time. ! Prepared Debates Impromptu Debates Division Warning Bell Final Bell Warning Bell Final Bell A 4 5 3 4 B 3 4 2 3 C 3 4 2 3 !It is envisaged that in 2016 the speaking times will again increase, as per WADL’s advice. !Debate Topics & Preparation Where possible each team will prepare two debates in advance and take part in impromptu debates for the rest of the competition. !Prepared Debate Topics will be included in the Program posted on the website as soon as possible after 1 June. !Impromptu Debate Topics will be given to schools 45 minutes before the start of the debate. For each impromptu debate, both schools must be present for the topics to be given out i.e. one school cannot begin to prepare before the other. !Preparation will take place in the Hall of Champions. All team members will be permitted to take part in the preparation. Teachers are not permitted to take part in the preparation. !On the advice of the WADL use of the internet is not permitted during the preparation time. Mobile phones and other electronic devices must be left with the teacher in charge of the team. !Any team found with an electronic device will automatically be disqualified from winning but will still participate in the competition. TEAMS MAY USE A HARD COPY DICTIONARY AND A HARD COPY THESAURUS ONLY. !Debate teams must be seated in the room allocated to their debate 5 minutes before the start of the debate. For every half minute a school team is late there may be a penalty of half a point !Note: Palm cards may be used !Preparing the Wrong Topic If a team prepares the wrong debate topic or wrong side of the argument, they will be given 20 minutes ONLY to prepare the correct argument / topic.

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Winning School Each school’s Team Score for the Speech & Debating Competition will be added to the Debating Competition score earned by their first debate team and schools will be ranked accordingly.

!Champion School The top 10 Speech Awards schools earn points for their school towards the Country Week Champion School. !Schools not competing in all three sections of the Awards may still earn points towards Champion School, as per the table below, if they are ranked in the top 10 schools. !1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 60 58 56 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


PREPARED SPEECH Each competitor will deliver a MEMORISED talk (NOT A READING) on a subject they have chosen. The speech must be an original composition by the student. It may contain ideas from various sources, but must be verbalized in the student’s own words. !Length of Speech: A Division - no more than 5 minutes in duration !B Division - no more than 4 minutes in duration !C Division - no more than 3.5 minutes in duration !1 point per minute will be deducted if a speaker goes overtime by more than 1 minute to a maximum of 2 minutes. Entrants who go over by more than 3 minutes will be disqualified. !Each student will need to complete and return the Declaration prior to the commencement of the first session of Country Week. !Students will be introduced by an announcer and are therefore NOT required to introduce themselves before they begin their speech. !Please note:

• students MUST learn their speech – in previous years there has been too much reliance on palm cards and those used were too large

• each speech MUST be entertaining and engage the audience • factual speeches need to have ‘relief’ within them • students should be very careful with choice of topic – they should make sure it

engrosses them • students should be confident • movement and gesture should be minimal and there should not be any costuming.

Adjudicators highly recommend that students wear school uniform. !!Adjudication Marks will be awarded for each sub heading, based on the dot points under each heading. !CONTENT Suitability:

• topics, which are unacceptable to many in the community generally, should be avoided as there is no virtue in alienating any part of the audience – students should seek guidance on this

• the presentation is for an audience of peers, so the topic should be neither so simple that it seems trivial, nor so obscure that it leaves them floundering !

Originality: • the topic can be used to inform, persuade or share a viewpoint


• a topic that is likely to provide new insights for the audience will be more appealing than one with which adolescents are already familiar, provided it is not too obscure

• there should at least be an original point of view presented if the topic is a familiar one. !Structure:

• the ideas being expressed need to be organised in a logical way • there needs to be a clear introduction and conclusion • the audience should be able to follow the speaker's thinking in order to be able to

appreciate the message !Clarity of ideas:

• points need to be clearly stated • points are best supported by the appropriate and interesting use of examples • avoid long-winded explanations !

Involvement with the topic: • the student needs to be genuinely interested in, and fully familiar with, the chosen topic • it is important to be able to deal confidently with the language chosen !

PRESENTATION Use of voice:

• the speaker needs to make sure they can be heard clearly in a space at least the size of a large classroom

• it is also important to vary pace, pitch and tone to avoid a monotonous delivery • variations in pitch and tone should flow naturally from the speaker's involvement with

the topic • the speed of delivery and the use of pause need special attention since, if they are used

well, they will be highly significant in communicating the speaker's message !Choice of language:

• the language used should be appropriate to the topic, the audience and the situation • this is a formal speech situation and it is necessary to use Standard English • the use of colloquialisms may be appropriate to the topic but should only be used to

illustrate or enliven the talk, rather than dominating the presentation • jargon particular to the topic should be well contextualised or simply explained !

Deportment: • the presence of a speaker in front of a live audience depends as much on the body as on

the voice • a neat appearance is most important because it shows respect for the audience and it is

strongly recommend that school uniform is worn • the ways in which the speaker stands, moves, gestures and makes eye contact are all

important for the communication of the message • calm and relaxed, but not sloppy, stance suggests confidence and authority • fidgeting and pacing are unnecessarily distracting • natural use of gesture can enliven the presentation and underline a point very effectively • eye contact with the audience involves the audience in the topic and shows that the

speaker is communicating with them


Engagement with the audience: • the purpose of any public presentation is to communicate and the presentation will be

successful to the extent that the audience becomes involved with the message • all aspects of content and presentation will help towards this but it is particularly

important to have a sense of the audience and to speak directly to them • a confident manner, which comes from sound preparation as well as enthusiasm for the

topic, will help to ensure that the audience enjoys the presentation • the level of energy is most important, and time to relax before the presentation can

make a big difference !Palm cards can be useful for helping the speaker to keep to the point but they should not be over-used and should be ‘palm’ size. !Props can be helpful to illustrate a topic but the speaker should be proficient in its use and it should be incidental to the speech.

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MONOLOGUE Each student will deliver a MEMORISED piece of scripted drama, prose or poetry. This will be presented as a dramatic monologue. The piece should stand alone be entertaining, and appropriate to the age group and experience of the student and audience. Palm cards are NOT permitted. !A Division – no shorter than 2.5 and no longer than 3.5 minutes !B and C Divisions – no shorter than 2 and no longer than 3 minutes !Students should choose Scripted Drama, Prose and Poetry pieces which enable them to build their performance, drawing on understanding of character. Stand-alone monologues (for example, monologues written as one-off acting exercises) can limit candidates. !Monologue selections should be from a published poem / text / script (in the case of a play, by a recognised playwright whose works have been produced by one or more professional theatre companies). Film scripts can be counted as a published play script but the sense of theatrical convention expected in a scripted monologue should be apparent in the excerpt chosen. !Monologues can be edited from the original published version. In this case the copies provided to the adjudicators should consist of a copy of the original context of the monologue, together with the edited monologue that will be performed by the candidate. !Publication details of the monologue to be presented must be included on the cover page. Students are advised to avoid self-published, amateur and / or unknown playwrights / poets / writers. !Students will be introduced and are therefore NOT required to introduce themselves before they begin their monologue, but must BRIEFLY set the scene for their monologue. This will not be included as part of the three minute time limit. !A table and a chair will be provided for use as a prop, if required. !Each competitor must:

• bring 2 stapled copies of their monologue script (if edited, both the edited and original versions) with the completed Monologue Cover Sheet as the cover

• personally hand a copy of their script (edited and unedited) to each adjudicator 10 minutes before the start of the session in which they will deliver their monologue. !

Failure to hand the scripts to the adjudicators will result in an automatic deduction of 1 point.

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Adjudication Student performance will be adjudicated on the following: !CONTENT: Appropriateness of the passage:

• language and content should be suitable for a general audience • the character and content should be suitable for the performer • cross-gender roles are not recommended as this brings an added dimension to the

presentation that may be beyond the control of the performer !Suitability of the introduction:

• the introduction must be very brief • the purpose of the introduction is to enable the audience to understand the performance

so it should focus on the context of the passage rather than trying to explain it • the source of the passage should be included as part of the introduction !

Arrangement of material: • the passage should be able to stand alone, since it cannot be assumed that the audience

will have any knowledge of the text from which it has been taken • the passage should be true to the original, a copy of which should be provided for the

adjudicators • it may include minimum editing in order to maintain a logical flow, but such editing

should be included as annotations on the copy provided for the adjudicators • there should be a clear beginning and ending !

Understanding of content: • there can be different interpretations of most worthwhile texts, any one of which may be

a good basis for the performance, but it is important to select one for presentation and explore it thoroughly

• the performance should have a clear and consistent interpretation of the character/ theme of the passage

• students should explore this aspect of the text before they make a final selection of the piece to be presented !

PRESENTATION: Use of voice:

• the audience needs to be able to hear what the speaker has to say • the speaker needs to make sure they can be heard clearly in a space at least the size of

a large classroom • it important to vary pace, pitch and tone so that the sense and emotion of the piece are

clearly communicated !Control of the language:

• the whole piece must be memorised – serious "drying up" will be penalised • the speed of delivery needs to be well rehearsed, as a significant amount of the meaning

can be lost if the performer delivers the lines too quickly – something which can easily happen just through nervousness


• phrasing is also important for communicating the meaning – it is a good idea to mark the copy of the script while it is being learnt, so that inflection and pause are incorporated in the right places

• correct pronunciation and syllable stress are essential if the writer's words are to be properly understood

• when presenting a narrative passage of prose or poetry it is important to distinguish vocally between narrative passages and passages of dialogue !

Use of body / movement and non verbal communication: Poetry and Prose • movement and gesture should be limited and not distract from the vocal presentation • costuming is not appropriate !

Use of body / movement and non verbal communication: Drama • this is a performance rather than a speech (compare with notes for Prepared Speech),

so it is important to act out the piece using the body as well as the voice • gesture and movement can be used to underline the theme of the passage, create a vivid

character, increase the emotional impact and involve the audience more fully • movements should be appropriate to the script and should be planned and rehearsed,

preferably in front of someone else who can say what works • unnecessary or unrelated movements and gestures can distract the audience !

Performance style / Impact / Engagement with the audience: • a consistent style of presentation is important • it is possible to have comic interludes in a serious piece or serious moments in a comic

piece, but these elements should be well under the control of the performer – it can be disappointing for performer and audience alike if these moments are misinterpreted

• the intensity of the performance needs to match the intensity of the piece – a tense, exciting piece will receive a different treatment from a gentle amusing piece, for example

• the purpose of any performance is to communicate with an audience and the presentation will be successful to the extent that this is done, therefore Characterization for audience impact and engagement is of the utmost importance

• all aspects of content and presentation will help towards this, but it is particularly important to show the audience that you want to involve them – be theatrical, rather than personal in presentation

• confidence, which comes from thorough preparation, and a whole-hearted interpretation of the piece, are both important for engaging the audience

• the level of energy is most important, and time to relax before the presentation can make a big difference !

Note: • Marks will be awarded for each sub heading, based on the dot points under each one. • The time limit must be strictly adhered to. The adjudicators may stop the presentation if

it goes overtime. !Palm cards are NOT permitted


Costuming and props should be kept to a minimum. • Where a costume is used, it should be appropriate to the character and content of the

piece • A simple prop, which can be carried by the performer, can sometimes help the

performance. • If a student chooses not to wear a costume, STAGE BLACK should be worn. • There should be no use of effects or staging, except that there will be a chair and a table

available which can, if used appropriately, be used to enhance movement. !!!!! !!

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Sample Adjudication Sheet Prepared Speech

The Notes for this section provide further information and should act as a guide for adjudicators. The time limit must be strictly adhered to. The adjudicators may stop the presentation if it goes over time. !

Name: School: Title of Prepared Speech:

!Signature of Adjudicator Total Marks / 100

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Sample Adjudication Sheet Monologue

The Notes for this section provide further information and should act as a guide for adjudicators. The time limit must be strictly adhered to. The adjudicators may stop the presentation if it goes over time. !

Name Schools Genre Title of Selection !

!Signature of Adjudicator Total Marks / 100


Sample Adjudication Sheet Debate

Topic: !Matter Includes: opening, definition / elaboration / analysis, summary, arguments, close Manner Includes: vocal variety, gesture, stance, eyes, expressions, and persuasiveness Method Includes: introduction, interpretation / re-establish case, outline / attack / defense, own case, overall construction !Affirmative School:

!!Negative School:

!Debate Won by: !Signature of Adjudicator:


Prepared Speech Declaration !!!This Prepared Speech Declaration must be completed for each student competing in the Prepared Speech section of the Country Week Speech Awards. !It is the responsibility of all teachers to ensure that each presentation by their students in the Prepared Speech section of the Awards is an original composition of the student. !Any student whose prepared speech is proven to not be original will be automatically disqualified. !We agree to abide by the above ruling. !!School: ________________________________________________________________________________ !Name of Student: ________________________________________________________________________ !!Signature of Student: ____________________________________________________________________ !Name of Teacher in Charge: _______________________________________________________________ !Signature of Teacher in Charge: ____________________________________________________________ !Date: __________________________________________________________________________________ ! !!! !

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Monologue Cover Sheet !!!School: ________________________________________________________________________________ !Name of Student: ________________________________________________________________________ !Signature of Student: _____________________________________________________________________ !!Genre (Prose, Poetry or Drama): ____________________________________________________ !Title of Piece: ___________________________________________________________________ !Origin of Piece: _________________________________________________________________ !Publication of Piece: ______________________________________________________________ !!Date: ___________________________________________________________________________ !!

1. Please complete the cover sheet !2. Photocopy the cover sheet twice !3. Staple one cover sheet to each copy of your monologue (you should have 2 copies) !4. Bring the 2 copies to country week and personally hand them to the adjudicator 10

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Permission to Video a Debate !

The school requesting permission to video a debate MUST be taking part in the debate !!

School Requesting Permission to Video ______________________________________________ !!Debate Number ___________ !!Day and Date of the Debate ______________________________________________ !!School Debating Against ______________________________________________ !!!To be completed by the school from which permission is sought to video the above debate: !School ______________________________________________ !!Name of Teacher in Charge ______________________________________________ !!I have no objection to the videoing of Debate Number ___________ !!Signature ______________________________________________ !!Date ______________________________________________ !!NOTE: ♣ This form is to be completed and presented to the organisers prior to the commencement of the

debate to be videoed. ! !!!


Diary Dates to Note !• MONDAY 11 MAY NOMINATIONS CLOSE !• WEEK OF 1 JUNE DRAFT PROGRAM ON WEBSITE AT

WWW.SCHOOLSPORTWA.COM.AU AND EMAILED – STAFF SHOULD ADVISE DENYSE ([email protected]) IMMEDIATELY OF OMISSIONS AND / OR CLASHES !

• FRIDAY 19 JUNE CHECK FINAL PROGRAM ON WEBSITE AT WWW.SCHOOLSPORTWA.COM.AU AND EMAILED !

• BEFORE LEAVING SCHOOL ♣ ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS COMPETING IN THE MONOLOGUE HAVE 2

STAPLED COPY OF THEIR SCRIPT (INCLUDING A COVER SHEET) !♣ ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS COMPETING IN THE PREPARED SPEECH

SECTION HAVE THEIR DECLARATION TO HAND TO THE ADJUDICATORS BEFORE THE START OF THEIR SESSION. !!

• 29 JUNE - STAFF MEETING IN BLOOMFIELD LECTURE THEATRE AT HBF STADIUM ♣ THIS IS PARTICULARLY USEFUL FOR THOSE NEW TO THE SPEECH AWARDS (IT

WILL HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE WEEK WORKS) ♣ ANY LAST MINUTE PROGRAM CHANGES WILL BE ADVISED AT THIS MEETING. !

• 3 JULY – PRESENTATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMNT OF WINNERS FOR SPEECH AND DEBATING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




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