 |
 |
This website is based on a dynamic, content-driven PHP engine. The link below can help you set up your own site.
|
|
 |
 |
| |
2010 NSCTA Debate Tournamen The NSCTA debate tournament is March 19 & 20 in Kearney Nebraska. The year all four debate events will be hosted by the NSCTA and will take place on both Friday and Saturday.
Registration is available on the Joy of Tournaments website: http://www.joyoftournaments.com/ne/nscta
The Congress legislation can be found on the following two links. Please note the agenda (order of the bills) has been determined by a vote of participating schools. The files are Word Documents that you will need to download to your computer.
- Prelim legislation is here.
- Final round legislation is here.
|
|
  |
|
Response to Inappropriate Speech Content
|
|
  |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
Anonymous writes "A previous poster shared their grievances about 'inappropriate content' in events she or gw judged. While I don't know the specific incidents that prompted them to post, I have concerns about generalizing all "profanity, drug references, and excessive sexual references" as not appropriate. While I've judged events where profanity and other content didn't seem to really fit or be needed for the performance, most of time the literature the student chose to perform was lacked quality, profanity or not; however, I've also judged poetry and prose rounds where, given the context of the literature, such profanity or sexual/drug references, were really needed and that by taking them out, you destroyed author's intent. The literature was well written and words and content were chosen purposefully by the author instead of carelessly. As a coach, I've helped students cut literature with content that some judges might consider inappropriate, so out of fear of retribution from judges, we cut these out even though by doing so, I know we're taking away from the author's intent. My point is this: don't paint a broad stroke on profanity and sex and drug references; instead, look at why the 'questionable content' was included in the performance and whether taking out such content would've lessened the impact of it.
On a further note, I believe that www.nscta.info is a great venue to have these types of discussions. I know I could bring up a myriad of topics to discuss(including unwritten norms our activity has developed and whether they're an asset or detriment to our activity), but I'll save them for another time :).
Keep posting!" |
|
 |
 |
  |
|
Inappropriate speech content
|
|
  |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
Anonymous writes "Based on some of the speeches I have heard at the past couple tournaments, I wanted to express my concern about the content of student speeches. According to the judges' manual, it is the responsibility of the coach to monitor their students' speeches and to ensure that all content is appropriate.
While I realize that people have different opinions on what is appropriate, there are some things that certainly cross the line that I have heard in the past couple weeks. Profanity, drug references, and excessive sexual references are simply not appropriate. We need to remember that these are high school students at an educational activity, and we should not be promoting or even condoning offensive or potentially offensive content.
"Each coach is reminded to select literature that will not offend the moral standards of the community or be in bad taste. It is advisable to eliminate all cursing, profane references to the deity, and immorally suggestive comments."
--Judges' Manual" |
|
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
Anonymous writes "The North Star Speech Invitational is coming up on Saturday, February 13th. Registration is available at joyoftournaments.com We look forward to seeing you in Lincoln next month!
" |
|
 |
 |
  |
|
Norris Speech Invite - Rescheduled
|
|   |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
Dear Colleagues,
The Forensics team of Crete High School is pleased to invite you to the 15th Annual Crete High School Invitational, which will be held on Saturday, February 6, 2010.
The tournament will be held at Crete High School and Crete Middle School. Please read over the invitation and call or e-mail if you have any questions. We’ll see you on the 6th!
Elizabeth Boyle
Forensics Director, CHS
Angela Wagoner
Assistant Director, CHS
The invitation can be downloaded here.
|
|
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
Anonymous writes "The Elkhorn Speech Meet scheduled for Jan 30 has been canceled due to the arrival of Brooke and Evie Wade (my twin girls).
Sherry Wade
Elkhorn High School" |
|
 |
 |
  |
|
Duet Acting vs. Duo Interp
|
|
  |
  |
|
2009 NSCTA Convention - Only Weeks Away!
|
|   |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
Some collected wisdom from Lee Meyer.
It’s that time of year, when all of us that compete in Play
Production are scurrying to make a selection and work all those extra
rehearsals into our schedules. I contacted a few of our
colleagues that seem to have their finger on the pulse of this
event. Here are their ideas about making a good choice and
making it a successful experience.
From
Patsy Koch Johns:
Read a lot.
Choose
material you love and that you can’t wait to start working on.
Never
choose a play with the lead characters already cast in your mind. It
seldom works out.
Research
your play. Find out what others have done.
Go
to International and State Thespian Conventions.
Be
will to take ideas from your students and other people.
Be
willing to change.
From
Jeff Nienhueser:
Look first at literary
merit and then at flexibility of the script.
Look
at special effects and music even though acting is the focus.
The
key to rehearsing is don’t do too much.
They lose interest.
From
Greg Gibbs:
Two ways to choose a
script:
- One is to ahead with the
“Field of Dreams.” The theory that
students will hear about the selection and they will come to
audition. Better known as the “Wish and a
Prayer.”
- The second way is a more
athletic approach. Coaches evaluate the returning prospects
and build around them. A good coach will evaluate all
students who will compete for positions or roles. This method
allows directors to mold the selection to the talent.
And
from Carol Carraher:
I know it’s the
right one act when I’m reading a script and I can’t
read fast enough. And in my mind, I’m thinking
“This might be it!” and I want to read faster than
my brain can carry me to see if, when I get to the end, I still
think,” This is it!” It’s when
my heart is racing, my thoughts are racing and then, I keep
‘seeing the scenes’ in my head and dreaming of and
wondering what we could do with them. That’s when I
know!
The keys to rehearsing
and preparing a play are: Get the kids to work
hard. Work together. Be kind.
Respect each other. Have a boatload of fun a long the
way. As a director, never stop teaching and modeling those
things to them. The rest will take care of itself.
And
a final note from Patsy:
“There is no
magic formula!”
Isn’t that true! I hope these ideas give all of you
something to think about during this Play Production season.
Lee Meyer
|
|
 |
 |
  |
|
Nebraska NFL Award Recipients
|
|   |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
The Nebraska and Nebraska
South NFL districts recently awarded individuals for excellence for the
2008-2009 season. The receipents are:
Nebraska
South District
Student of the Year
Jack Christie--Lincoln East
Speech
Coach of the Year
Kristi Vavrina--Omaha Mercy
Debate
Coach of the Year
Doug Frank--Lincoln East
Nebraska
District
Student of the Year
Mary Metz--Lincoln Southwest
Speech
Coach of the Year
Jarod Ockander--David City
Debate
Coach of the Year
Fred Robertson--Millard West
|
|
 |
 |
  |
|
Nebraska South District NFL Qualifiers
|
|   |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
PF
William Lonn & Trevor
Brass--Lincoln East
Will Scheideler &
Alan Xu--Lincoln East
CX
Ian Lee & David
Robinson--Millard South
Connor Hagerty &
Briana Hargan--Millard South
LD
Barb Walkowiak--Lincoln East
Jonathan Feingold--Lincoln
East
DUO
Jack Christie & Jay
DuPont--Lincoln East
Madeline Shomos and Nick
Ryan--Lincoln East (qualifiers)
Cole Evans & Betzy
Jimenez--Bellevue East (attending)
USX
Will Drevo--Crete
Samantha Karas--Lincoln East
(qualifier)
Jessica Qiu--Lincoln East
(attending)
IX
Maesen Churchill--Lincoln East
William Lonn--Lincoln East
(qualifier)
Eric Mattson (attending)
DI
Christian
Fleming--Papillion-LaVista (qualifier)
Jack Christie--Lincoln
East (qualifier)
Traelon Graham--Bellevue East
(attending)
Haleigh Brockman--Lincoln
Southeast (attending)
OO
Brittany Freeman--Lincoln East
Kiersten Haugen--Lincoln East
HI
Nate Rocke--Lincoln East
Lindsey Oelling--Norris
Senate
Nick Doty--Lincoln East
Mark Carney--Millard South
House
Wanufi Teshome--Lincoln
Southeast
Neema Bahramzad--Lincoln East
|
|
 |
 |
  |
|
Cornhusker Summer Forensics Institute
|
|   |
  |
|
Hole in the Wall Qualifiers
|
|   |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
The following Nebraskans have qualified for the NFL nationals in the Hole in the Wall district.
Humor - Zac Franzen Gothenburg
- Huan He North Platte
Drama - Hayley Brown North Platte
Inter. Extemp - Cassie Slaght North Platte
US Extemp. - Adam Deidel North Platte
Oratory - Sandra Shedd Scottsbluff
Duo Interp. - Rachel Harvey and Joe Kozal Scottsbluff
- Nick Roussel and Tyler Webber Scottsbluff
- Joshua Clark and Janae Wiggins Gothenburg |
|
 |
 |
  |
|
NSCTA 2009 Championship Results
|
|   |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
2009 NSCTA Nebraska State Debate
Championships
175 students from 23 schools gathered at the University of
Nebraska-Kearney on March 20 & 21 to compete for state titles
in the 2009 Nebraska Speech, Communication and Theatre Association
(NSCTA) state debate championships. Team and individual results are
listed below:
Team Scoring:
1 – Lincoln
East, 60 pts
2 – Millard West, 50 pts
3 – Millard South, 40 pts
4 Tie – Lincoln Southwest & Fremont, 30 pts
5 – Lincoln High, 20 pts
Student Congress:
Super Congress
1 – Sammy
Althayedi, Fremont
2 – Mark Carney, Millard South (Presiding Officer)
3 – Eric Mattson, Lincoln East
4 – Erin Penner, Ralston
5 – Michael Crelin, Lincoln Southwest
6 – Jordy Schliesser, Lincoln Southwest
7 – Chris Manchigiah, Papillion-LaVista
8 – Hannah Panwitz, Hastings
Honors House #1
–
1 – Nick Doty,
Lincoln East
2 – Amanda Ackerman, Hastings
3 – Connor McBratney, Millard South
4 – Anna Meier, Millard West
Presiding Officer – Kyle Neugin, Hastings
Honors House #2 --
1 – Matt
Sheehan, Omaha Creighton Prep
2 – Dan Kiser, Ralston
3 – Dominic Quaintance, Hastings
4 – William Choate, Omaha Skutt
Presiding Officer – Becca Preisendorf, Grand Island
Public Forum:
1 Tie – Kyle
Carlson/Alex Scheideler, Lincoln East
1 Tie – Will Scheideler/Alan Xu, Lincoln East
Semifinalists:
Trevor Brass/William Lonn,
Lincoln East
Jacklyn Miller/Lexy Tippery, Bellevue West
Quarterfinalists:
Betty Liu/Katie Truitt,
Millard West
Kaitlyn Steinacher/Alex Janssen, Lincoln Southwest
Sarah O’Neill/Maddie Bien, Lincoln Southwest
Cassie Sullivan/Spencer Wilson, Fremont
Policy Debate:
1 – David
Robinson/Ian Lee, Millard South
2 – Ryan Markus/Shane Adams, Millard West
Semifinalists:
Ryan Kyriss/Michael
Garder, Norfolk
Michael Beatty/Katie Fennelly, Millard North
Quarterfinalists:
Chris Burbach/Dylan
Martinez, Fremont
Harley Peters/Aaron Johnson, Lincoln High
Connor Haggerty/Tyler Snelling, Millard South
Jaritza Medina/Kirsten Blagg, Millard West
|
|
 |
 |
  |
|
Nebraska NFL District Speech and Debate Results
|
|   |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
The following students will be competing in Alabama this summer at the NFL national tournament. Tel them congrats the next time you see them.
Congress
Senate
Caitlin Cruz - Millard North
Mina Davis - Millard West
House
Michael Crelin - Lincoln Southwest
Ben Crelin - Lincoln Southwest
Joshua Temple - Millard North
International Extemp
Anna Meier - Millard West
Lydia Selzle - Millard North
US Extemp
Christina Mayer - Lincoln Southwest
Brandon Kowalski - Norfolk
Original Oratory
Priya Srivats - Millard North
Michaela Hruska - David City
Humorous Interp
Will Folsom - Lincoln Southwest
Renee Ullrich - Millard North
Dramatic Interp
Mary Metz - Lincoln Southwest
Alexis Wong - Millard North
Duo Interp
Eddie Hanlon & Lauren Schaal - Millard North
Anna Gronewold & Queentara Pimental - Millard North
Policy Debate
Ryan Kyriss & Michael Garder - Norfolk
Shane Adams & Ryan Markus - Millard West
LD Debate
Brent Young - Millard West
Paul Poulsen - Lincoln Southwest
Public Forum Debate
Betty Liu & Katie Truitt - Millard West
Jack Zhang & Bilal Kamal - Lincoln Southwest
Team Sweepstakes
1st - Millard North
2nd - Lincoln Southwest
|
|
 |
 |
  |
|
NSCTA State Debate Tournament
|
|   |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
Hello --
You will find the State Debate Championship invite attached to this email.
A few things to note:
When I receive all of the congress bills I will send them out for a quick vote to help set the docket.
Top vote getters will be in super/honors congress. The remaining bills will be for prelims. Each
school will have a bill on the docket before any school's second bill is added.
NSAA State LD debate will be held on Friday, March 20. The Nebraska State Activities
Association is in charge of that tournament. Your entries are due to the NSAA office by March 2. Your activities director will have the information for that tournament. The NSCTA tournament
will start that evening (Friday) with POLICY ONLY. On Saturday morning we will continue
the policy tournament and begin public forum and congress.
If you have any questions please let me know.
Toni
Click "Read More" below for all the details. |
|
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
Anonymous writes "We're replacing our speech textbooks next year, and I need to order samples. Right now we're using The Basics of Speech by Galvin et. al. w/ 1994 c date. Our speech class is one semester, required for graduation aimed at sophomore level. Therefore, our text has to be accessible to everybody from the top genius to the SPED kids. The focus is on public speaking because interpersonal is covered in other parts of our curriculum. I make performance, not textbook assignments, the focus of the class, but we do need some kind of text for basic terms. Any suggestions? Post here, or preferably e-mail choward@esu15.org" |
|
 |
 |
  |
|
Elkhorn Babbler Blast 1/31
|
|
  |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
Anonymous writes "Please email me (swade@epsne.org) for the invite and entry form for the Elkhorn Babbler Blast speech meet on 1/31. We are setting up an account on joyoftournaments.com so please register your team on that website. If it is not up and running by 1/26, please email or fax your entry to me.
Hope to see you on the 31st!
Thanks,
Sherry Wade" |
|
 |
 |
  |
|
Concordia Univ. HS Speech Meet--Jan. 24, 2009
|
|
  |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
Anonymous writes "Concordia University, Nebraska would like to invite you to attend the Concordia University High School Speech Meet on Saturday, January 24, 2009, in Seward, NE. The tourney will offer all 9 NSAA events and Impromptu Speaking.
The invitation with entry form is available on our website: www.cune.edu/forensics, or by request.
Questions? Please contact Eric Wallace, Asst. Director of Forensics (eric.wallace AT cune.edu) or Bryan Moore, Director of Forensics (bryan.moore AT cune.edu)." |
|
 |
 |
  |
|
UNL 2008 Forensics Tournament
|
|   |
  |
|
Love Languages - Bonus Notes & Handouts
|
|   |
  |
|
Collaborative Intercultural Communication Project
|
|
  |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
Anonymous writes "I'm looking to a 21st Century Learning Project Dealing With Intercultural Communication; however, I'm having difficulty trying to find a collaborative class(preferably international).
Here's a brief description:
Project Idea: You work at a public relations/communication consulting firm and have been hired by a company that is moving many of their offices over to a foreign country ; they want to acclamate their workers to functioning well in the new country. Demonstrate how to:
1. How to Make introductions
2. Work Etiquette Policies/Accept Criticisms
3. Giving Others Criticism
4. How to Give Presentations;
5. Eating at a Business Events;
6. Making Requests
Creating a iMovie, iWeb, or Podcast;
In turn, a firm from a foreign country will make an introductory video about American customs;
You will exchange your presentations to the other company for evaluation and feedback throughout the presentation. If you need feedback as the project goes, reference your peers in the other country, podcasts, and professional sites; Do not base your impressions on popular culture references.
If anyone has ideas for potential contacts or other modes of inquiry, I'd appreciate it; you can e-mail me at bmohr@esu8.org." |
|
 |
 |
| |
 |
 |
We received 727682 page views since October 2004 |
|
 |
 |
|