Congratulations to SEDA's National Public Speaking Delegates: Julia P., Campbell; Jason X., Walter Murray and Josha N. and Hannah C. of SHED.
Each season, SEDA holds a North (December) and South (January)
Public Speaking Workshop and Tournament.
This event is open to all Saskatchewan youth from grades
5-12.
In the morning, SEDA arranges for a guest speaker to work with
participants on impromptu speaking, including improv and drama
games. In the afternoon, particpants compete in four
categories:
- an impromptu co-ordinate debate round
- impromptu speech
- interpretive reading from a published work of their choice
- persuasive speech on a topic of their choice
Each category is scored out of 25, for a total score of 100.
Cash prizes are awarded to the top 3 speakers in both Junior (gr.
5-8) and Senior (gr. 9-12).
From this event, SEDA sends four delegates to Speech Nationals: the top Senior North Rural, Saskatoon, South Rural and Regina speakers at the two Provincial Speech Tournaments held each winter.
This event is hosted each February at St. John's Ravenscourt in
Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2012 Speech
Nationals Invitation
Morning Workshops to be revised for 2011-2012
Starting in the 2011-2012 Season, the morning workshop will also include debate workshops for new and slightly experienced debaters, to build on skills learned in the fall workshops.
