HOW DO I JOIN??????

AUDITIONS will be November 16-18 after school in room C-106. This will be on a first come basis.  If you earned a SPEECH TEAM LETTER LAST YEAR you do not need to audition this year, but YOU MUST FILL OUT YOUR AUDITION FORM.  Also use the Audition Packet to prepare for your audition,

Please contact Mr. Ingles  by email ningles@plsas.org if you have questions.  

Speech Leadership Team:  Adriah Hedrick, Asad Abdi, Ava McKeon, Leah Bottemiller, Maddie Sasse, Rebeka Hailu, Sidney Hall, Sienna Perkins, Smriti Datta, and Srushti Vaidyanathan - Please see any one of them or any current speech team members if you have questions. 

There is a $135.00 activity fee for this activity, but please contact the Activities Office for scholarship waiver information if you are concerned about the fee.  Please DO NOT pay this fee until the final team roster has been posted. 

It’s a great activity and a lot of fun.  Our motto is “We do for fun what others fear more than death."

Adriah Hedrick, Asad Abdi, Ava McKeon, Leah Bottemiller, Maddie Sasse, Rebeka Hailu, Sidney Hall, Sienna Perkins, Smriti Datta, and Srushti Vaidyanathan

Speech Team Announcement

Here is the 2022-23 PLHS Speech Team

Creative Expression (5):

1. Lindsay Madsen
2. Linnea Jungers
3. TK Thongvanh
4. Brandon Kaisersatt
5. Jackson Tressel

Discussion (9):

1. Annabella Dang
2. Jolene Nguyen
3. Zach Postle
4. Jeffrey McDonald
5. Andrew McEachran
6. Ryan Moroso
7. Isabelle Ohlmann
8. Himeeka Sunbeeb
9. Ava Wheelock

Drama (5):

1. Sabrina Jaspers
2. Sophie Kalis
3. Jenna Lewison
4. Makenzie Bounds
5. Kloie Kuhn

Extemp. Reading (6):

1. Lia Boles
2. Alatheia Bridges
3. Lucy Azinger
4. Cory Le
5. Lydia Winick
6. Smriti Datta

Extemp. Speaking (5):

1. Calvin Lundquist
2. Lydia Aamodt
3. Asmaa Hussein
4. Ravlin Frantz
5. Sidney Hall

Great Speeches (6):

1. Elodie Nemeth
2. Nicholas Kieser
3. Mandy Levie
4. Mia Ngo
5. Sanjana Polavarapu
6. Sienna Perkins

Humorous (7):

1. Sofia Suarez
2. Mara Fontana
3. Bennett Gillepsie
4. Owen Hammett
5. Nghi Nguyen
6. Lauren Tilkes
7. Adriah Hedrick

Informative (7):

1. Pete Bigalk
2. Jayden Tran
3. Ali Keil
4. Alexis Klema
5. Arkin Stocker
6. Karishma Kumar
7. Francheska Racelis

Original Oratory (6):

1. Jadon Sensenbaugh
2. Addison Trice
3. Emily Hensel
4. Sanya Pirani
5. Annabelle Presly
6. Asad Abdi
7. Rebeka Hailu

Poetry (2):

1. Delaney Paur
2. Charlie Olson

Prose (6):

1. Katie Weaver
2. Mason Baas
3. Anna Cundiff
4. Luke Hennesey
5. Abby Leach
6. Ari Thrasher

Storytelling (5):

1. Leo Choi
2. Spencer Garrett
3. Alex Radcliff
4. Amy Watters
5. Ava McKeon

Coaches:

Ingles: Creative Ex., Humorous, and Storytelling

Daggit: Discussion and Extemp. Speaking

Lueck: Great Speeches & Info

Baer: Drama, Poetry, Prose (Humor)

Nelson: ER and POI (Prose)

Meuwissen: Original Oratory

Thank you for your patience!

            Speech is an extra-curricular activity that is sponsored by the Minnesota State High School League.  It includes thirteen categories, which are explained in this handout.  The categories are divided into two general areas.  Public address categories include Original Oratory, Discussion, Informative Speaking, Extemporaneous Speaking, and Great Speeches.  Interpretive categories include Serious Interpretation of Prose, Serious Interpretation of Poetry, Serious Interpretation of Drama, Humorous Interpretation, Creative Expression, Duo Interpretation, Extemporaneous Reading, and Storytelling.

WHAT IS MY TIME COMMITMENT?

               We begin practicing “officially” right after winter break, but team members are encouraged to locate pieces before then. You will need to practice an average of thirty minutes EACH WEEK. These are individually scheduled, and so students can also be involved in sports, the spring play, or other activities and still do speech.  Meets are generally held on Saturdays from late January through March. 

WHAT ARE THE CATEGORIES LIKE?

The thirteen categories are as follows:

1. CREATIVE EXPRESSION -- Creative Expression is the performance of material written by the contestant, of which no more than 20% may be material from other sources.  The piece is typically funny and utilizes multiple characters.  This category is for actors who also enjoy writing creatively.

2. DISCUSSION -- Problem-solving discussion is an effort on the part of a small group to reach a solution to a problem through informal interchange of facts, inferences, and judgments. This method of discussion seeks consensus rather than majority rule. The focus of this event should be the encouragement of cooperation and critical thinking to arrive at the collective goal of better understanding and problem solving.

3. DUO INTERPRETATION -- Duo interpretation features two students interpreting together one or more selections from a single published source or a single anthology of prose, poetry, and/or dramatic literature serious and/or humorous, with literary merit and appropriate to the readers.  This is an acting category.

4. EXTEMPORANEOUS READING -- Participation in Extemporaneous Reading will train a student to introduce and read excerpts from prose or poetry for the purpose of appreciation or enjoyment.   Readings should be delivered utilizing a variety of expression.

5. EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING -- The Extemporaneous Speech should be an original synthesis of current fact and opinion on a topic drawn by the contestant. Speakers may choose from either U.S. or International topics.  Speeches are prepared thirty minutes prior to speaking.

6. GREAT SPEECHES
Great Speeches is an event in which the contestant performs a great speech from history as well as provide analysis into the speech’s composition.  Speakers should be able to deliver an interpretive performance as well as provide strong analytical writing.

7. HUMOROUS INTERPRETATION -- Humorous Interpretation uses any published selection either prose, poetry, or dramatic literature with both literary merit and appropriate to the reader.  Speakers utilizes multiple characters to deliver a humorous performance.  This is an acting category.

8. INFORMATIVE SPEAKING -- Informative Speaking is an event in which the student presents his or her own original informative composition about a topic of interest to them. Students will utilize visual aids as well to convey their information.

9. ORIGINAL ORATORY -- Original Oratory is an event in which the contestant presents his/her own persuasive composition citing research to support their position.

10. SERIOUS DRAMA INTERPRETATION -- Serious Drama Interpretation uses any published selection of dramatic literature.  Speakers should have a good sense of character and emotion to deliver a dramatic performance.  This is an acting category.

11. SERIOUS POETRY INTERPRETATION -- Serious Poetry Interpretation uses any published poetry selection, including lyric novels.  Speakers should have a good sense of character, emotion, and rhythm to deliver a dramatic poetic performance.  This is an acting category.

12. SERIOUS PROSE INTERPRETATION -- Serious Prose Interpretation uses any published selection of prose, fiction or non-fiction.  Speakers should have a good sense of character and emotion to deliver a dramatic performance.  This is an acting category.

13. STORYTELLING -- Participation in storytelling should train students to recreate a familiar story extemporaneously. A selected list of fifteen (15) stories will be announced in the fall of each year. Thirty (30) minutes before the contest begins, the first storyteller shall draw three titles. The storyteller shall immediately choose one of them and return the other two, which will then be placed with the other stories remaining to be drawn.  Storytelling should not exceed 6 minutes in length.

STATE RESULTS!

Congrats Gabriel Coleman, Smriti Datta, and Ally Jonas who were all finalists at the MSHSL Class AA STATE Speech Tournament!

Additionally, Gabriel Coleman and Ally Jonas were both named to the ALL-STATE SPEECH TEAM!  Congrats Gabriel and Ally!

Below are the results:

STATE 2022

Gabriel Coleman, Smriti Datta, and Ally Jonas are going to the MSHSL STATE Speech Tournament!

Here are the rest of the finalists from the MSHSL Section 6AA tournament.

Please use this link to register:

https://isd719a.cf.affinetysolutions.com/

$135 = Registration fee

*Only register if you have auditioned and made the speech team as stated below.