1. WELCOME!
JM Speech Team Meeting

2. Getting Started – Sr. Captains
Information & Paperwork
Warm Up
Information
Congrats to all – 1st place at CF!
Paperwork
Registration – JM, Farmington, Red Wing
Practice Sheets – Get signed
Rate/Rank Forms – what to do with these…
Novices – Goal Sheets
Brought to you by Senior Captains!
Warm Ups – Senior Captains!

3. JM Home Meet Info - Nieland
Be here by 7:15 a.m. – Check in with Coach Adam in the Cafeteria
7:30a.m. – be in the hallways and entryways – help welcome teams/judges & and give directions
3 rounds / no finals
Food / supplies donations – Rocket Center – 7:10 a.m.
Bring a lunch or $$$ for lunch at Concessions
Team warm up at 8:15 a.m. – with Coach Adam – meet in front of Concessions
Speakers can compete AND do the Polar Plunge – tell your Round 3 judge that you need to speak 1st
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4. JM Home Meet, Cont. - Nieland
Draw categories: you will draw from ALL stories and/or topics – you will draw for EACH round
Captains – Mentor NEW speakers / posting schematics for rounds / awards
Discussion: you’ll focus on Section I from the outline – People Issues.
Awards: 2:00 (approximately) – Auditorium
Stay dressed up until after awards
Parents, family, friends – all are welcome
CLEAN UP! You will be assigned an area. No one goes home until we give the okay. 3:30 (approximately)

5. JM Meet: Schedule -Lyke
7:45 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.: Team Registration
8:45 a.m.: Draws begin – Students will draw before all 3 rounds
8:55 a.m.: Judges’ meeting
9:15 a.m.: Round I
10:30 a.m.: Round II
12:00 p.m.: Round III
12:15 p.m.: Round III for draw categories
2:00 p.m.: Awards – We have been starting earlier.

6. Sign Up Genius – Coach Adam
Please sign up tonight on Sign Up Genius
Parents received . Do this with them.
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Coach Adam

7. How to Win/Lose Graciously – Coach Lyke
Your non-verbals say a LOT
Th0ught you’d score better? Just be glad you made the stage!
Excited that you won? Remember, others on the stage didn’t win.
There is a difference between excitement and showboating.

8. Miscellaneous + Q & A Nieland
If you have an open hour and can help with paperwork for our home meet, Nieland would appreciate it.
1st, 2nd hours or after school – Thanks!
Please come PM to help set up for the JM Meet (& earn a team point)
Any questions about the JM Home Meet?
Any questions about the C. Falls Meet?
Any questions about Speech meets in general?
Any other Speech-related questions?
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9. Farmington Information - Lyke
Be a.m.
Bus a.m.
Home later than we have been (5:30ish)
3 rounds AND finals – Novice/Varsity
Bring a lunch or money to buy one
Continue to dress professionally

10. T-Shirts - $12 to Coach Adam/Captains – Due Today
Senior Captains

11. Other Details - Lyke
Next Face-to-Face Team Meeting – Feb. 12 – meet here
Feb. 19 – Online Team Meeting – Check the team website (under “Handouts & Updates”) for the PP with Red Wing Details – No School that day
Monday, Feb. 20 practices: re-schedule them with your coach TODAY!
Remember, if school/after school activities are cancelled, individual practices are cancelled (A note will be put on Facebook and sent out via Remind!)

12. Info Speakers - Nieland
If you want to work on your visual aids this week, Thursday after school works for me.
Bring color prints/pictures of your visuals. We have access to a color printer and laminator.
Other supplies will be provided.
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13. Break Out Sessions -Nieland
Meet with your category.
Varsity speakers – lead the session
Introduce yourselves
Each speaker share 2 minutes of your actual speech
Provide feedback: 1 Praise/1 Polish
Discussion – Talk about what you need for research
Extemp Speakers – Ditto
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14. Break Out sessions Lyke
Creative and Storytellers – Windows, Science hall
Disco – Art – 3213
Extemp Speakers – Mr. Thompson’s room/3210
Drama/Duo – Art Benches
Extemp Readers – Art area – 3214
Great Speeches – Ceramics room
Humor – Benches/ auditorium 2nd level
Info – Stay here
OO – Mr. Sweep’s room, 3119 – Break into 2 groups
Poetry – Elevator hall, Area 5, 2nd floor
Prose – Business lab

15. No time for the following slides
Save for the next meeting…

16. Categories & Focus Areas
Breakout Groups-
Categories & Focus Areas
Who & Where
Public Address Categories – vocal variety
Coach Adam in the Art Area
Interp. Categories – vocal variety / character voices
Coach Lyke in this room
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Don’t forget: a coach or senior captain will sign your yellow sheet sometime after 4:00.

17. Vocal Variety Celebrity
RULES
Only guess when a member from your team is doing the interp.
When you’re the one doing the interp. for your team:
You can not say the word(s) on the slip—or any variation of that word(s)
You must attempt to use a voice that mimics the voice of the character/celebrity on your slip
Pantomime is acceptable
You have 45 seconds to get through as many as you can
You may pass if you don’t know the character/celebrity listed
Lyke