Welcome to Forensics!

Friday, 1/6: Review events, discuss event selection
Homework: Select events/pieces (DUE: 1/11/12)

Monday, 1/9: QUIZ on Events, Discuss piece selection, classroom exercises
Homework: Continue piece selection
Tuesday, 1/10: Discuss piece selection, classroom exercises
Homework: Continue piece selection
Wednesday, 1/11: Begin cutting selected pieces
Homework: Continue cutting pieces
Homework DUE: Selection of two pieces
Thursday, 1/12: Cut selected pieces in class
Homework: Finish cutting pieces
Friday, 1/13: FIRST PERFORMANCES
Homework: Practice pieces and Write Intros (DUE Monday, 1/16/12)
Homework DUE: Perform pieces in front of the class (unmemorized)

Monday, 1/16: Happy MLK Jr. Day!
Homework: Continue piece selection
Tuesday, 1/17: Prepare for performance tomorrow
Homework: Continue piece selection
Wednesday, 1/18: Perform pieces in front of the class (unmemorized)
Homework: Select second piece
Homework DUE: Perform pieces in front of the class (unmemorized)
Thursday, 1/19: Work on intro for 1st piece
Homework: Finish intro for 1st piece
Friday, 1/20: Finish cuts and have pieces in notebooks
Homework: Practice pieces and Write Intros (DUE Friday, 1/27/12)
Homework DUE:Written intro for first piece

Monday, 1/23: Individual performances for Mr. Huggins (1st piece)
Homework: Continue cutting and selection of 2nd piece; performance of 1st piece
Tuesday, 1/24: Continue cutting and selection of 2nd piece; performance of 1st piece
Homework: Continue cutting and selection of 2nd piece; performance of 1st piece
Wednesday, 1/25: Individual extemp performances?
Homework: Continue cutting and selection of 2nd piece; performance of 1st piece 
Thursday, 1/26: Individual performance of first pieces for tournament entries
Homework: Prepare for 2nd piece performances (unmemorized)
Friday, 1/27: Perform 2nd pieces in front of the class (unmemorized)
Homework: Practice for tournament first piece

Monday, 1/30: Perform 2nd pieces in front of the class (unmemorized)
Homework: Practice tournament pieces for graded performance on Friday, 2/3 and cut 5 articles for the Extemp box (due Friday)
Tuesday, 1/31: Individual work with Mr. Huggins on pieces
Homework: Practice tournament pieces for graded performance on Friday, 2/3
Wednesday, 2/1: Individual practice performances for Mr. Huggins
Homework: Practice tournament pieces for graded performance on Friday, 2/3
Thursday, 2/2: Individual practice times
Homework: Practice tournament pieces for graded performance on Friday, 2/3
Friday, 2/3: Choose one tournament piece to perform for Mr. Huggins.  Piece will be graded on improvement.
Homework: Practice pieces for tournaments

Monday-Friday, 2/5-2/10: Work on pieces, Watch Interpretation films

Monday, 2/13: Perform 2nd pieces in front of the class (unmemorized)
Homework: Practice tournament pieces for graded performance on Friday, 2/17 and cut 5 articles for the Extemp box (due Friday)
Tuesday, 2/14: Individual work with Mr. Huggins on pieces
Homework: Practice tournament pieces for graded performance on Friday, 2/17
Wednesday, 2/15: Individual work with Mr. Huggins on pieces
Homework: Practice tournament pieces for graded performance on Friday, 2/17
Thursday, 2/16: Individual work with Mr. Huggins on pieces
Homework: Practice tournament pieces for graded performance on Friday, 2/17
Friday, 2/17: Perform other piece for Mr. Huggins.  Piece will be graded on improvement.
Homework: Practice pieces for tournaments

Monday, 2/27: Will, Kate, Alyssa Graded Performances
Homework: Discover Tournament Dates -- Come to class prepared to commit!
Tuesday, 2/28: Individual work with Mr. Huggins on pieces
Homework: Practice tournament pieces for Bluestem
Wednesday, 2/29: Individual work with Mr. Huggins on pieces
Homework: Practice tournament pieces
Thursday, 3/1: Will, Kate, Colleen, Pre-tournament performances (1st Piece)
Homework: Practice tournament pieces
Friday, 3/2: Will, Kate, Colleen, Pre-tournament performances (2nd Piece)
Homework: Practice pieces for tournaments

Monday, 3/5: Individual work on pieces
Homework: Practice Tournament pieces
Tuesday, 3/6: Individual work on pieces
Homework: Prepare for graded performances
Wednesday, 3/7: Individual work on pieces
Homework: Practice tournament pieces
Thursday, 3/8: Brendan (HSA) and Alyssa (HSA) Performances
Homework: Practice tournament pieces
Friday, 3/9: Film Day Due to Class Illness
Homework: Prepare to propose Third Piece
Homework DUE: Third Piece Proposal 3/12

Monday, 3/12: Film Day 2
Homework: Practice Tournament pieces
Tuesday, 3/13: Mentoring Assignment, Turn in 3rd Piece Proposals
Homework: Prepare for graded performances
Wednesday, 3/14: Individual work on pieces
Homework: Practice tournament pieces
Thursday, 3/15: Individual work on pieces
Homework: Practice tournament pieces
Friday, 3/16: Perform Mentored Pieces
Homework: Have a Great Spring Break! 

Monday, March 26: Final Project Reveal!
Homework: work on Creative Project
DUE: Annotated Bibliography (3 sources)
Tuesday, March 27: Story Games!
Homework: work on Creative Project; Read Chapter 25-2
Wednesday, March 28: Improv Games!
Homework: work on Creative Project
Thursday, March 29: Project Day!
Homework: work on Creative Project
Friday, March 30: League Forensics
Homework: work on Creative Project AND Annotated Bibliography (Complete WITH Thesis Statement) DUE 4/2!  ALSO Read Chapter 25-1.Creative Project Due Dates

Monday, April 23: Final Performance
Homework: work on Project  
Tuesday, March 24: Final Project Performance
Homework: work on Project
Wednesday, March 25: Final Project Performance
Homework DUE: Last Day for Project Performance
Homework: work on Project
Thursday, March 26: Finish Event File
Homework: work on Project
Friday, March 27: Finish Event File!
Homework DUE: Event File Finished!

Final Project Due Dates:

4/25: Final Performance Given
4/27: Event File Complete
5/4: Feed the File A Complete
5/11: Feed the File B Complete

Augusta, 1/28

Will Gunderson: 1^st Place: Prose.  State Qualifier!
Kate Cohlmia: HSA
Braeden Mueller: Prose, Extemporaneous Speaking
Bryonna Stacey: Poetry

2) Douglass 2/16

Brendan Jester: Poetry
Danielle Allen: Prose,  2^nd Place: HSA.  State Qualifier!
Rachel DeMyers: Prose, SSA

3) Maize South 2/18

Will Gunderson: 2^nd Place: Prose, 2nd Place: IDA.  State Qualifier!
Alyssa Dotson: HSA, 2^nd Place: IDA.  State Qualifier!
Danielle Allen: Prose, 2^nd Place HSA
Braeden Mueller: Prose, IDA
Bryonna Stacey: Poetry, IDA

4) Campus 2/25

Colleen Zirkle: 1^st Place: Poetry.  State Qualifier! 5^th Place: Oration
Rachel DeMyers: Prose, SSA

5) Bluestem 3/3

Will Gunderson: Prose, Poetry
Kate Cohlmia: Poetry, HSA
Colleen Zirkle: 3rd Place: Poetry, 1st Place: Informative, State Qualifier!
Danielle Allen: Prose, 3rd Place: HSA
Braeden Mueller: Prose, IDA
Bryonna Stacey: Poetry, IDA

6) Goddard Saturday 3/10 CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS 

7) Newton Thursday (State non-Qs only) 3/15

Kate Cohlmia: Poetry, HSA

3/17 – 3/25 SPRING BREAK (NO TOURNAMENTS)

8) Bluestem CPL Forensics 3/30 REQUIRED UNLESS OTHER SCHOOL CONFLICT

9) El Dorado Tuesday Lastchance 4/3

Kate Cohlmia: Poetry, HSA, 5th Place
Rachel DeMyers: Prose, 2nd Place! State Qualifier: SSA
Braeden Mueller: Prose

10) Garden Plain Thursday 4/12 CANCELLED

11) Pittsburg Saturday 4/14 CANCELLED

12) Bluestem Lastchance

Kate Cohlmia: Poetry, SSA
Brendan Jester: Poetry, HSA

12) State Championships 5/5 Wichita East

Colleen Zirkle: Poetry, Informative

Danielle Allen: HSA

Rachel DeMyers: Prose

(Will Gunderson/Alyssa Dotson): IDA

(Will Gunderson): Prose