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November Capstone

December 5

In order to compete at this tournament:

You must have paid the team dues to the boosters!!
Be sure you have turned in your Tournament APS Permission Packet or you will not be able to compete/attend.

Links

Student Sign up - Coming Soon!

Judge Sign up - Coming Soon!

Tabroom Page - Coming Soon!

NSDA Springboard Permission Form

Topics

Debate:

World Schools Prepared Motion:

Public Forum (all divisions will use the Nov/Dec topic):

Lincoln-Douglas (all divisions will use Nov/Dec topic): R

Policy:

Big Questions:

Speech:

Extemp Topic Areas:

R1:

R2:

R3:

R4:

Details

Debate:

• All debate will be held live on NSDA Campus - accessed through Tabroom.
• CoPolicy, Lincoln-Douglas, Public Forum, Big Questions, and World Schools will be offered. No double entry is permitted.
• Each debate event will have two divisions: an open division that anyone can enter, and a rising stars division that is limited to any middle school competitor and any high school competitor in their first year of speech and debate competition.
• Congress will do one two-hour session, and all other events will do one preset preliminary round.

Speech:

• Speech events will have two divisions: an open division that anyone can enter, and a rising stars division that is limited to any middle school competitor and any high school competitor in their first year of speech and debate competition.

• LIVE speech rounds will offer: Dramatic Interp, Humorous Interp, Program Oral Interp, Original Oratory, Informative Speaking, and Duo Interp (competitors must record in the same physical room).

• ASYCHRONOUS speech scrimmages will offer Prose, Poetry, Original Spoken Word Poetry, Pro Con Challenge, Storytelling, and Declamation.

• Unlimited cross entry is permitted in asynchronous speech events.

• Prose and Poetry will have 7 minute time limits with a 30 second grace period.

• In Pro Con Challenge, students will write a 3-5 minute affirmative case and a 3-5 minute negative case on this scrimmage's topic for LD, PF, CX, or a piece of Congressional Debate legislation. Both cases must be on the same topic. They will read both of those speeches in one performance.