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tion. Poster Art Communication exhibits will be displayed in the club booth unless held for
State Fair consideration.
2. Poster Art Communications need to relate to one of the following themes:
• 4-H is… (open to 4-H’ers interpretation) (poster must include the
words 4-H is)
• Join 4-H
• 4-H Grows… (4-H national marketing theme)
• Your Passport to Adventure (2018 Iowa 4-H Youth Conference Theme)
• Nothing Compares (Iowa State Fair theme)
Class 11400 4-H Extemporaneous Speaking
Purpose: Extemporaneous Speaking is to encourage the development of the communication
skills by providing an opportunity to think, organize thoughts, prepare a speech, and respond
to questions when given a limited amount of preparation time. Participants must be 4-H’ers
who have completed grades 9-12 (or that equivalent).
1. Extemporaneous Speaking will be judged at the Woodbury County Fairgrounds on Friday
of fair week.
2. Program format for State Fair:
a. Thirty minutes before the program, each participant will draw three of the availa-
ble topics, selecting one to speak on.
• The selected topic will not be available to the other participants in the
speaker’s assigned room. The general nature of the topics will relate to 4-H. The
other two topics drawn but not chosen will be returned to the available topics for
the other participants.
b. A preparation room is to be used with one participant per speaking site admitted
initially and one additional participant per speaking site admitted each 15 minutes
as the program progresses. A participant may not leave the preparation room un-
til it is time to speak, nor may a participant receive help from a parent, leader,
other adult or any other youth. A program official will assist participants with the
time requirements.
c. All reference material will be screened by a program official on the following
basis:
• Participant may bring his/her own books, magazines or newspaper
clippings for reference during the thirty minutes of preparation.
• Reference material must be printed material such as books or maga-
zines (cannot be notes, outlines or speeches prepared by the participant or by an-
other person for use in this program).
• Some relevant reference material will be available in the preparation
room. This material will consist of historical material related to the 4-H program.
d. Each speech shall be the result of the 4-H’ers own efforts using approved refer-
ence material that a participant may bring to the preparation room. No other as-
sistance may be provided. Plain note cards will be provided for each participant
in the preparation room. If notes are used, the note cards provided must be used
in delivering the speech.
e. Only notes made during the preparation period may be used.
f.
Each speech shall be not less than four but no more than six minutes with
five minutes additional time allowed for related questions, which shall be asked
by the judge. The participant will be shown time cards in an ascending order (1,
2, 3, 4, 5) by the time keeper. “Stop” will be said at six minutes.
g. The program timekeeper will introduce each participant by name and the county
he/she represents. The participant will be expected to introduce his/her speech by
title only.
h. Participants are not permitted to use any props, gadgets, posters or audiovisuals
of any sort. A podium not will be available.
2. Speeches will be evaluated using the following criteria:
a. Content related to topic.