Elementary Speech
The Speech competition is designed to allow students the opportunity to gain speaking experience, as well as increase his/her confidence level in public speaking. Speeches may be one to two minutes in length. A club may have only one entry.
ELEMENTARY TOPIC - A Bright Future Begins with Beta
Time Limit: 1-2 Minutes
Competition Guidelines
- A typed/printed bibliography with student name, student ID #, and grade level must be submitted prior to speaking. If no sources are cited within the content of the speech, a typed/printed bibliography stating “no sources needed” or “no sources cited” must be submitted. Students will receive a ten point deduction if no typed/printed bibliography is submitted.
- The speaker will receive a one time five point deduction if the speech is less than 1 minute or exceeds 2 minutes.
- Participants must be dressed in business attire.
- Props or costumes are not allowed.
- Random draw will determine the order of speech presentations.
- Spectators will be permitted based on room size.
- Use of electronic devices will not be permitted during competition.
Educational Connections
- Creativity and Innovation
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Oral Communication
- Persuasive Presentation
- Information and Media Literacy
How to Enter
Visit www.betaclub.org/events/conventions and follow directions.
Register students and then select competitions to enter.
National Eligibility
All Plaques Awarded at State Convention
Judging Criteria
| Speech | 16-20 | 11-15 | 6-10 | 1-5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Content | Excellent examples, facts and details used to support the main points. | Good examples, facts and details used to support the main points. | Average examples, facts and details used to support the main points. | Minimal examples, facts and details used to support the main points. |
| Structure | Excellent speech that is easy to understand with a clear beginning, middle and end. | Good speech that is rather easy to understand with a clear beginning, middle and end. | Average speech that is somewhat easy to understand with a beginning, middle and end. | Minimal speech that is difficult to understand with no clear beginning, middle and end. |
| Support | Excellent evidence of support that is well presented, creates unity and completeness. | Good evidence of support that is well presented, creates unity and completeness. | Average evidence of support that is presented, creates some unity and partial completeness. | Minimal evidence of support that is semi-presented, creates little unity and partial completeness. |
| Delivery | Excellent voice that conveys tone and mood with fantastic eye contact. Gestures are natural with appropriate pauses and pacing. | Good voice that conveys tone and mood with nice eye contact. Gestures are natural with adequate pauses and pacing. | Average voice that conveys tone and mood with some eye contact. Gestures are somewhat relaxed or natural with a lot of pacing. | Minimal voice that conveys tone and mood with very little eye contact. Gestures that are not relaxed or natural with pacing that can be distracting. |
| Engagement | Used an excellent creative-attention getting strategy to engage the audience. | Used a good creative-attention getting strategy to engage the audience. | Used an average attention getting strategy to engage the audience. | Used a minimal attention getting strategy to engage the audience. |
| Deductions | This will be taken one time by the coordinator. | Did not follow competition guidelines -10 | Did not follow time guidelines-5 |