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Welcome to the New Prague Middle School Speech Meet!

Please have your entries updated by 10 pm, Sunday 2-10-2020.

Cuttings will be from the following texts:

Prose: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, 2017 ISBN-13: 978-1501173219

Poetry: The Seashell Anthology of Great Poetry Edited by Christopher Burns, The Seashell

Press, 2011 ISBN 978-0-9768866-2-4

Storytelling: Story numbers 1-10 on the gutenberg.org webpage, as described on the Speech section of the MSHSL website.

Discussion Tasks: A Culture of Violence (we will be using tasks from section "TOP--DOWN ISSUES -- How Can Governments, Organizations, Etc. Address Issues of

Violence. (Section Topics)")

We will run three rounds, no finals. Draw categories will COME PREPARED with a selection of their choice for round 1.

3:50 - Round 1 for all events

4:30 - Draws/Prep for round 2 (students will perform this draw for BOTH rounds 2 & 3).

5:00 - Round 2 for all events

6:10 - Round 3 for all events

7:30 or asap - Awards in the Auditorium

Concessions should be open by 4:30 pm, if not sooner: Our concession stand has expanded to include more than just pop and candy!

Dinner will be provided for judges/coaches in the Teacher's Lounge, room O121 (directly across the locker bank from where you enter at Door 15).

Busses should park in the bus loop on the east side of the building, and teams should enter through the East Doors, Door 15.

If you have questions/concerns, don’t hesitate to contact me. See you soon!

Sincerely,

Sam Lewis

slewis@isd721.org