These are topics and readings used from previous speech tournaments
Editorial Commentary
Homeless People – Help people at home
Eastside Youth Soccer League – Shutdown bad sportsmanship
Steroids – unrealistic expectations of teen athletes
American dependence on foreign oil – Raise gas tax
Pro gun control - against assault weapons
Cell phones while driving
Decline of sportsmanship – fans attacking basketball players
Steroid use – bring back the fun in sports
Alaska oil Inauguration expenses vs tsunami relief
Against cosmetic surgery – God created us the way we are
Parents in sports – disrespectful to coaches and referees
Child safety restraint
Mac vs IBM
Street racing
Animal testing
Junior Oratory
Afgan women – land of freedoms and rights
Beauty and image – expectations of perfection
Iraq war
Importance of performing arts
Second hand smoke
Children’s Storybook
Andrew Henry’s Meadow by Doris Burns
I am not going to get up by Dr. Suess
Erin Albert the Bear
Wolf by Becky Bloom
The secret shortcut
Mr. Peabody’s apple
Three grumpies
Skateboard mom
The recess queen
How I became a pirate
The wolf who cried boy
Dramatic Interpretation
Death of a salesman
I have lived a 1000 years
Mila 18
Remember the stars
Julia and the wolf
Slave Girl
Angela’s Ashes
Where the Red Fern Grows
To Kill a Mockingbird
Number the Stars
The Raven
The Telltale Heart
Gift of the Magi
Before I say goodbye
Driving Miss Daisy
Humorous Int
The New Dog
Kindergarten
Little Altars Everywhere cruelty to animals
Toilet Paper
Baby with bathwater
Soup for president
Ronal Dahl
It’s a Girls thing
The Pirate story
Monty Python
Dealing with Dragons
Bill Cosby
David Berry
How the elephant got its trunk
Duo Int
Catholic school girls
To kill a mockingbird (lady on trial)
Abbot & Costello (Baseball)
Kids for president
Super Fudge by Judy Blume
The princess and the pizza? About famous princesses
Ben Frankliln Shocking Story
Impromptu
Word – Museum, Reindeer
Social Concern – Raising the driving age to 18
Statement – The wise are above books
Extempore
Little women