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Climb the Mountain Speech
& Debate Foundation Climb the Mountain
provides support for coaches, students, and judges to build a bigger and even
better speech and debate community. |
Judging
Basics . . . Climb the Mountain Step 1: Five
Basics of Judging Let’s
start with the Five Basics of Judging: 1. Get
your ballot. 2. Watch
each speech. 3. Write/type
comments on --What
each speaker did well Examples:
“You had good eye contact.” “Your
stories were vivid and interesting” --What
each speaker needs to improve on. Examples:
“Your introduction needs to be
shorter—it took up too much of your speech.” “You need more energy in your
speaking.” --You
typically write these comments during each speech and right after the speech
is over --In
debates, you typically write comments only when the debaters are not speaking
or at the end of the debate 4. Make
your decision . . . --Speaker
Points and Ranking Score the
speakers (typically scored 1-25 or 1-30 with 30 being best) and rank them 1st
(best), 2nd (next best), etc. Example: Speaker Julie Jones Rating: __28__ Ranking: _2_ *Note: Even though it will say to score from 1-25 or 1-30, scores
lower than 20 are rare and often considered “mean” (in debate, in many areas,
scores lower than 26 are considered too low). --Who Won
in Debates In
debating, you also decide whose case was stronger based on the arguments the
debaters presented—and explain which arguments the debaters presented
persuaded you. Example: I voted for the affirmative team. I
believe they showed that solar power would reduce global climate change and
improve the economy. The negative’s argument about cost was addressed by the
affirmative who showed two studies on how solar power is not that expensive
and the cost is going down as more and more solar power cells are built. 5. Return
your ballot. Step 2 See Judging of a Short Speech |
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