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April 7, 2020
United States Extemp Final Round Breakdown – Beginner Level
Two-time national champion Jacqueline Wei breaks down her 2019 USX final round performance. She explains how she selected her attention grabbers, how she narrowed the focus of the question, linking humorous transitions to tags, retaining time, tightening structure, using casual vs. formal tone, making in-the-moment decisions, and more.
April 7, 2020
United States Extemp Final Round Breakdown – Advanced Analysis
Two-time national champion Jacqueline Wei breaks down her 2019 USX final round performance. She explains how she selected her attention grabbers, how she narrowed the focus of the question, linking humorous transitions to tags, retaining time, tightening structure, using casual vs. formal tone, making in-the-moment decisions, and more.
April 7, 2020
Advanced Speech Activities
Students can improve their skills for public speaking events from home with this collection of activities and suggestions for classroom assessment.
April 7, 2020
Virtual Team Banquets
A virtual banquet will give your team a chance to celebrate your season from home and provide seniors with closure. Get started with our sample schedule and outline of suggested activities.
April 7, 2020
Duo Lesson Plan – Pivot Past Prelims
In this Duo lesson plan from Colorado College, students learn to create an authentic conversation off-script and in-character, enhance and prolong focus, broaden spectrum of emotional intensity, develop new stakes to advance the central action, internalize micro-objectives within the scene, and sharpen improvisational skills implementing controlled settings.
World Schools Debate Demo Round
Watch six members of Team USA showcase their skills with this remotely-conducted demonstration debate!