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Find coaching and teaching resources for speech events, including public address and interpretation. For more speech resources, visit our resource table.

Resource Access

This collection features resources from a variety of membership levels.

Free: Resources available to all.
Members: Resources available to members logged in and attached to a school with an NSDA membership.
Resource Package Subscribers: Resources available to individuals or teams who are logged in and have purchased a Resource Package with additional tools.

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Interp

Scripts and Cuttings

Suggested Source Materials

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Suggested Source Material

Peruse suggested websites to use in finding source materials for use in competition.

Follow a Script Through the Cutting Process

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Follow a Script Through the Cutting Process

Dive into the process of putting together a Duo performance from start to finish. This course, geared toward both students and coaches, offers a behind the scenes glimpse at the cutting, blocking, practicing, and performing of a final round Duo.

Demonstration of an Effective Cutting

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Demonstration of an Effective Cutting

Work through the process of cutting an Interp step-by-step in this hour-long video!

How to Pick a Piece

Free

How to Pick a Piece

Join an expert Interper and coach for an in-depth conversation about searching for a piece, identifying your strengths, and finding the right fit.

Poetry Starter Kit

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Poetry Starter Kit

Use this guide to get started with Poetry, including a sample annotated cutting and advice from national finalists.

Prose Starter Kit

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Prose Starter Kit

Use this guide to get started with Prose, including event basics, sample performances, and advice from National Tournament finalists.

Storytelling Starter Kit

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Storytelling Starter Kit

Use this guide to get started with Storytelling, including event basics, advice for using the chair and selecting a piece, delivery tips, and sample performances.

Characterization

Character Checklist

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Character Checklist

Use this checklist to experiment and track progress in bringing a character to life through their movement, voice, motivations, environment, and more.

Finding the Honest Voice of the Character

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Finding the Honest Voice of the Character

Find strategies to break through past “traditional” and “normal” characters to find the unique voice of the characters through this hour-long training.

How to Create a Character

Free

How to Create a Character

Explore ways to bring complexity and purpose to each character with tips from Samuel L. Jackson.

Getting Started

Dive deeper into norms and coaching strategies with content from experts.

Intro to Coaching DI and HI

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Intro to Coaching DI and HI
Intro to Coaching POI

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Intro to Coaching POI
Original Spoken Word Poetry: How to Teach It & Coach It Webinar

Free

Intro to Coaching Original Spoken Word Poetry
Webinar Recordings

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Webinar Recordings

Sample Rounds

Dramatic Interp Final Round 2022

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Dramatic Interpretation

Watch the 2022 Dramatic Interpretation National Tournament final round.

Duo Final Round 2022

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Duo Interpretation

Watch the 2022 Duo Interpretation National Tournament final round.

Humorous Interp Final Round 2022

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Humorous Interpretation

Watch the 2022 Humorous Interpretation National Tournament final round.

Poetry Final Round 2022

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Poetry Reading

Watch the 2022 Poetry National Tournament final round.

Program Oral Interp Final Round

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Program Oral Interpretation

Watch the 2022 Program Oral Interpretation National Tournament final round.

Prose Final Round 2022

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Prose Reading

Watch the 2022 Prose National Tournament final round.

Storytelling Final Round 2022

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Storytelling

Watch the 2022 Storytelling National Tournament final round.

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Public Address

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Practice Tools

Extemp Sample Questions

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Latest Extemp Questions

Download the Latest Extemp Practice Questions

Running Practices

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Running Practices

Access more than 50 individual drills and practice activities for delivery, prep, strategy, memorization, characterization, movement, and more.

Diversity and Inclusion Extemp Questions

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Diversity and Inclusion Extemp Questions

Download more than 50 USX and IX practice questions centered around diversity and inclusion.

Extemp Prep and Speech Breakdown: Featuring Jacqueline Wei

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Demo Extemp Prep

Join an expert extemper as they narrate their live prep and deliver their speech. Learn how they balance their time, search for evidence, and more.

Extemp Speech Breakdown Beginner

Free

Extemp Speech Breakdown (Beginner)

Follow the breakdown of a final round Extemp speech to learn more about the components of a speech and decision making in this video.

Extemp Speech Breakdown Advanced

Free

Extemp Speech Breakdown (Advanced)

Learn advanced Extemp strategies from a two-time national champion in this video.

Advanced Extemp Breakdown

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International Extemp Speech Breakdown

Learn advanced Extemp strategies from a two-time national champion in this video.

Improptu Starter Kit

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Impromptu Starter Kit

Use these notes on event structure, balancing time, and delivery, as well as practice activities and advice from National Tournament finalists to get started with Impromptu.

Declamation Starter Kit

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Declamation Starter Kit

Use this guide to get started with Declamation, including event basics, advice for cutting and delivery, and sample performances.

Extemp Commentary Starter Kit

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Extemp Commentary Starter Kit

Use this guide to get started with Extemp Commentary, including event basics, sample prompts, practice tips, and sample performances.

Informative Speech Breakdown Anneteke Adoga

Free

Informative Speech Breakdown

Learn strategies for Info as two-time national champion Anneteke Adoga breaks down her 2022 speech.

Advanced Informative Speaking Breakdown

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Advanced Informative Speech Breakdown – Anneteke Adoga

Pick up advanced techniquess from two-time national champion Anneteke Adoga as she breaks down her 2022 speech.

Sample Rounds

Commentary Final Round 2022

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Commentary

Watch the 2022 Commentary National Tournament final round.

Expository Final Round 2022

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Expository

Watch the 2022 Expository National Tournament final round.

Impromptu Final Round 2022

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Impromptu

Watch the 2022 Impromptu National Tournament final round.

Informative Final Round 2022

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Informative Speaking

Watch the 2022 Informative Speaking National Tournament final round.

International Extemp Final Round 2022

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International Extemporaneous Speaking

Watch the 2022 Expository National Tournament final round.

Original Oratory Fina Round 2022

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Original Oratory

Watch the 2022 Original Oratory National Tournament final round.

US Extemp Final Round 2022

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United States Extemporaneous Speaking

Watch the 2022 United States Extemp National Tournament final round.

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Classroom Instruction

Competition Events Guide

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Start Here: Teaching Public Speaking

Download a semester-long collection of grab-and-go lesson plans and materials designed for students new to public speaking and oral communication.

Start Here: Teaching Middle School Interpretation

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Start Here: Teaching Middle School Interp

Download a collection of grab-and-go lesson plans and materials designed for students new to Humorous, Dramatic and Duo Interp.

Start Here: Teaching High School Interpretation

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Start Here: Teaching High School Interp

Introduce high school students to HI, DI, and Duo through theme and story arcs in cuttings, characterization and blocking, and much more.

Start Here: Teaching Middle School Interpretation

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Start Here: Teaching Middle School Program Oral Interp

Combine the skills students learn in public address and interp with ready-to-use lesson plans for middle school Program Oral Interpretation.

Start Here: Teaching Middle School Public Address

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Start Here: Teaching Middle School Public Address

Teach middle school students to research, organize, write, and deliver an Informative or Original Oratory.

Middle School Mini Lesson Writing Introductions

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Middle School Mini Lesson: Writing Introductions

Cover the different components of an introduction and teach students to construct one on their own using these three activities.

Writing a Three-Minute Persuasive Speech

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Writing a Three-Minute Persuasive Speech

Use this guide to inform an introductory lesson to a three-minute speech or use as a handout.

Collaborative POI Unit

Resource Package Subscribers

Collaborative POI Unit

Engage students in cutting, blocking, and performing a group POI in this two-week unit.

Textbooks

Original Oratory Textbook

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Original Oratory Textbook
Interpretation Textbook

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Interpretation Textbook
Extemporaneous Speaking Textbook

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Extemporaneous Speaking Textbook
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