Diving Further into Middle School Speech and Debate: Tools and Techniques for Coaching Younger Voices
Presenters: Debbie Simon, Retired, Hall of Fame Member, MA; Elisabeth F. Venetiou, The Pike School, MA
Middle school speech and debate is a worthy investment. Building on the concept that middle school speech (grades 6-8) coaching is a long-range goal with the aim to build excellent public speakers for life, this workshop explores techniques that work well with this age group. Through a series of hands-on activities for various interpretive and public address speech events, Debbie Simon and Lis Venetiou will work with participants in a workshop style to help them teach the core values of speech to younger audiences. This session will provide practical, usable tools as well as an opportunity for discussion regarding the elementary and middle school level speech and debate students.
