What makes a good speech? How do you deliver a good speech?
This page has some tips and video clips (to which students can add more!) on the HOW: What to do.
WHAT TO DO:
when hearing the opposition and you have a point to make, but you aren't the next speaker, write your comment/rebuttal on note paper (will be provided) and give it quietly to your team's next speaker: they will use it as part of their rebuttal
focus on providing evidence toward your motion, and always sum-up at the end on how it relates to that motion
become less dependent on your notes, and be aware of 'how' you deliver your evidence and argument, it is just as important as what content you give
A debate scene from a movie called "The Great Debaters": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRuNcGDPzA8(Set in 1935 Texas, at the time of the Great Depression and glaring racism towards the African-American community, a group of Wiley College (all-African American institution) debate students and their mentor face off against predominantly 'white' colleges in a series of debate competitions: a snippet of a scene where two debate teams argue the motion "Negros should be admitted to state universities").
This page has some tips and video clips (to which students can add more!) on the HOW: What to do.
WHAT TO DO: