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2011-2012 Middle Level Topics |
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 Click "read more" to view this year's Middle Level topics for Special Occasion, Moments in History, and Extemporaneous Speaking.
Special Occasion
- Address the Board of Education: Present your viewpoint on cuts to co-curricular/extra curricular activites.
- Address to the Student Council: How can your school “Go Green.”
- Speech to motivate or encourage.
- Speech to nominate someone/group to the “Music Hall of Fame” (living or dead).
- Presenting a tribute to your Grandparent(s).
- Presenting a Video Review: You are presenting your review of a video to a three member teacher panel who will make a selection of a video to be show in the auditorium to your grade level class.
Moments in History
Extemporaneous Speaking Questions: Media and Violence
- How does media violence affect teenagers?
- Describe different forms of media violence, and explain where it is found in today’s society.
- Does the use of websites like Twitter or Facebook have positive, or harmful, repercussions?
- Video games and music have ratings – why?
- Should schools allow students to bring cell phones and iPods to school? Why or why not?
- How do movie ratings affect the movies shown in your school? Your home?
- Harry Potter books/movies have violent themes – is that a bad thing?
- What can/should parents do to prevent their children from being affected by media violence?
- Should our federal government do more, or less, to control media violence? Explain.
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