1. 2.15.2016 JM Speech Team Meeting

2. Information  Pizza Ranch –TBD  Congrats to all – 3rd place at JM! Paperwork  Registration – Red Wing – Contact Ms. Nieland or tell your coach if you CANNOT compete ASAP. Information & Paperwork Brought to you by YOU! Warm Up

3.  Be sure to thank your parents/guardians for helping us make ours a successful tournament.  We made over $600 on concessions alone on Saturday!  Thank you for welcoming our guests and making everyone feel good about being at JM.  Thank you for all of your help setting up and cleaning up.  Thank you for NOT posting on the ‘MN Speech Confessions’ Twitter feed.

4. Heather, One of the captains of your team invited me to the invitational tournament at JM on Saturday so I decided to go over there. I was very impressed and I am glad that I went to see what a speech event looks like. Please send my best to your team! John Carlson Rochester Public Schools Executive Director of Finance

5.  6:50 – Be at JM, flagpole door  7:00 – Bus leaves  8:30 Draws begin  9:00 Round I  10:30 Round 2  11:45 Round 3  1:00 Draws for Finals begin  1:15 approximately – Final Rounds begin  1:30 – Finals for Draw categories begin  4:30 – Awards (hopefully, earlier!)  5:30-6:00 – Home

6.  Discussion will follow task 2: Young Adult / College – Section Topic  Prose Ex. Reading: stories 1-20  Poetry Ex. Reading: ALL poems  Storytelling: stories 1-10

7.  Be here @6:50 a.m.  Bus leaves @7:00 a.m.  Home later than we have been (5:30 - 6 ish. It depends on when awards start.)  3 rounds AND finals – Novice/Varsity  Bring a lunch or money to buy one  Continue to dress professionally

8. 1. Voting will take place at next week’s meeting! 2. You must be present to vote. 2. You must be present to vote. 3. Your last day to enter an idea is Friday the 19 th —email your Custom Ink (customink.com) design to Mrs. Lyke before then.

11.  Next Face-to-Face Team Meeting – Feb. 22 nd – meet in Nieland’s room.  Notes on Coach Adam and Ashley – Please be respectful of their time: make an appointment for extra practice times. DO NOT just show up and expect them to hear you.  Remember, extra practices are not to be an every week thing – let your teammates utilize these opportunities as well.  Aaron Kapinos is the ONLY one who signed up to bring bus breakfast for Farmington. 2 other people should volunteer. Please contact Aaron and/or let Nieland know.

12.  You will keep your same day/time.  Most students will switch coaches.  We do this for you to receive new feedback as well as for us to see new speakers.  We will start the week of Feb. 29 th !

13. Work on memorizing your piece!  Tip 1: Try to incorporate as many senses as you can as you memorize. Memorize visually, audibly, emotionally, etc.. Read this short article for specific ideas. short articleshort article  Tip 2: Same as above + sleep on it (yes, sleep!). Read this article about memorizing monologues (just change the parts that are specific to acting to make them more about Speech). this article this article