Debate Team Rocks!!!!
| Instructor's | Debate Coach | Mr. Mayo | Co-Debate Coach | Ms. Paskos |
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| Officers | President | Lewis Kuhn | Vice President | Pending | Treasurer | Pending | Historian | Pending | Secretary | Pending | Sweetheart | Jazmun Hood | Beau | Lewis Kuhn | Parliamentarian | Faith Durham | Debate Captain | Pending |
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| Co- Debate Captain | Pending | Extemp Captain | Olivia Jefferson |
Tournament Events
Policy Debate (CX)
Policy debate (CX) is a form of speech competition in which teams of two advocate for and against a resolution that typically calls for policy change by the United States Federal Government. It is also referred to as cross-examination debate (sometimes shortened to Cross-X, CX, or C-X) because of the 3-minute questioning period following each constructive speech. Affirmative teams generally present a plan as a proposal for implementation of the resolution. However, many teams also partake in alternative forms of argumentative presentation that do not focus on the acceptance or rejection of a specific plan.
Lincoln–Douglas Debate
Lincoln–Douglas debate (commonly abbreviated as LD Debate, or simply LD) is sometimes also called values debate because it traditionally places a heavy emphasis on logic, ethical values, and philosophy. It is a type of American high school one-on-one debate practiced in National Forensic League competitions, and widely used in related debate leagues such as the National Catholic Forensic League, National Educational Debate Association, the National Christian Forensics and Communication Association, the UIL, and their affiliated regional organizations. All but a few regular tournaments use the current NFL resolution. The Lincoln-Douglas Debate format is named for the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas Debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas because their debates were centered around slavery and the morals, values, and logic behind it.
Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking (also called United States Extemporaneous Speaking or National Extemporaneous Speaking, and variously contracted to Domestic Extemp, National Extemp, U.S. Extemp, DX, NX, or USX) is a style of competitive speaking sponsored by the National Forensic League, the Florida Forensic League, and the National Catholic Forensic League.
Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking
Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking (also called International Extemporaneous Speaking, and variously contracted to International Extemp, Foreign Extemp, FX, FEX, or IX) is a style of competitive speaking sponsored by the National Forensic League. It is identical in structure to U.S. Extemp, except that the topics are focused on world affairs, rather than U.S. affairs. It is also considered to be one of the most demanding topics available.
Original Oratory
Original Oratory. (often shortened to "OO") is a competitive event in the National Forensic League, National Catholic Forensic League, and other high school forensic competitions in which competitors deliver an original speech on a subject of their choosing, though the speech must be factual. Though the rules for the category change from organization to organization, generally, an Oratory must be written and memorized by the performer and should be no more than ten minutes in length. No more than 150 words can be quoted. The finished speech must be approved by the National Forensic League. This speech is frequently highly persuasive and is normally about a slightly controversial topic.
Dramatic Interpretation
Dramatic Interpretation (often shortened to "Dramatic Interp" or just "DI") is an event in National Forensics League (and NFL-related) high school forensics competitions. In a typical round of DI, five to seven performers will each perform a "cutting" (excerpt) from a published play, novel, or short story. As the name suggests, the cuttings are invariably from non-comedic (e.g., dramatic) works. Some performers select monologues, others may adopt the roles of several characters, changing their tone of voice, manner of speaking, and bodily position to indicate a change in character. Performers are constrained in their acting repertoire: the use of props, for instance, is forbidden.
Humorous Interpretation
Humorous Interpretation (often shortened to "Humorous Interp", "HI", or simply Humorous) is an event in National Forensic League (and NFL-related) high school forensics competitions. It consists of a piece from any published work, edited to fit within a 10 minute span. It is judged based upon how the person portrays his or her characters rather than whether the piece is humorous. However, ideally proper portrayal of characters should achieve a comedic effect intended by the author.
Duo Interpretation
Duo Interpretation, or often simply called Duo Interp, or just Duo, is an official speech event of the National Forensics League, the National Catholic Forensics League and the National Christian Forensics and Communications Association. The event involves a pair of performers acting out a short literary piece under certain restraints, including not looking at or touching your partner, and no props. Pieces used often include published short stories, plays, or poems. Participants may cut anything out of their piece, but cannot add any dialogue.
Student Congress (Congressional Debate)
Student Congress (also known as Congressional Debate) is a form of high school debate in the United States. The National Forensic League and National Catholic Forensic League offer Student Congress as an event, as do many national debate tournaments and State Forensic Associations.
Duet Acting
In some states an event similar to Duo acting is offered, the major distinction being that the performers are allowed eye and physical contact. While virtually all governing organizations stipulate rules that disallow the use of props and costumes, organizations' rules do vary when concerning the use of sets, sometimes including tables and/or chairs. Some states divide this event into Dramatic and Humorous Duet Acting.
Prose / Poetry Interpretation
Prose Interpretation, Poetry Interpretation, Read Speech, are events that consist of an interpretation of another author's work. Competitors read the material from a small binder or book they use in performance. This binder is traditionally black and has a height of about 10". While books are not required to fit this description, competitors who utilize a different style of book are often ranked down for it. Because competitors interpret the literature via facial expressions and eye contact, memorization is generally helpful. In most cases, the literature is memorized and competitors are merely pretending to read the material. However, points may be deducted if a speech is "too memorized" and the competitor does not look at his/her binder enough. Time limits for these events range from six to ten minutes, depending on the organization hosting the event.
Upcoming Events for the 2009 Spring Semester!!
| January | ||||||
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| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wensday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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| 4 | 5 | 6 Debate Practice Starts | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 HUDL Student Seminar |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 HUDL Tournment #4 & UIL District Tournament at Contemporary Learning Center(CLC) | 17 HUDL Tournment #4 & UIL District Tournament |
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 Texas Forensics Assoc. Tournament at Pasedena-Memorial | 24(TFA)Tournament |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 Texas Forensics Assoc. Tournament at Clear Creek | 31 (TFA)Tournament |
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| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wensday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 HUDL Student Seminar |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 Texas Forensics Assoc. Tournament at Lamar High School or Stratford High School | 14 (TFA) Tournament |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 HUDL Tournament #5 (TBA) | 21 HUDL Tournament #5 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| March | ||||||
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| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wensday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 UIL State Tournament ("CX-Debate") | 14 UIL State Tournament |
| 15 | 16 Spring Break Starts | 17-------- | 18-------- | 19-------- | 20Spring Break Ends | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 HUDL City Championship Tournament at (TBA) | 28 HUDL City Championship Tournament) |
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| April | ||||||
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| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wensday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 National Forensics League(NFL) Student Congress at (TBA) | |||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 UIL Regionals Tournament at (TBA) | 18 UIL Regionals Tournament at (TBA) |
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 HUDL Nationals Tournament at (TBA) | 24 HUDL Nationals Tournament | 25 HUDL Nationals Tournament |
| 26 HUDL Nationals Tournament | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | ||
| May | ||||||
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| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wensday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 UIL State Tournament at UT-Austin | 8 UIL State Tournament | 9 UIL State Tournament |
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| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 Last Day of School for Students | 29 Last Day of School for Teachers | 30 |
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"Its time to debate in order to get your opinion out there!!"
National Forensic League
Texas Forensic Association
Houston Urban Debate League
http://www.houstonurbandebateleague.org
If you have any questions feel free to contact Mr. Mayo at TMayo@houstonisd.org
