4-H Tropicana Speaking Contest

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• Middle School 6th Grade
• Private School Grades 4 -5 -6th
• Tropicana Public Speaking Contest

4-H/Tropicana Public Speaking Program

Tropicana has sponsored the "Tropicana Public Speaking Contest" since 1969 and provides classroom materials for teachers, certificates of participation, medallions for school winners, trophies for county winners, summer camp scholarships and Tropicana orange juice refreshments for county contests. Close to 2 million students have participated in this program since its beginning.  Tropicana is pleased to provide 4-H Camp Ocala scholarships  for the 09-2010 school year, There will be two camp scholarships one scholarship for the middle school, county-level winner and one scholarship for the elementary county-level winner.  The program is coordinated and underwritten by Tropicana and is delivered to public and private schools, through the Lake County 4-H Youth Development Program. Tropicana Products, Inc., a division of PepsiCo, Inc., is the leading producer and marketer of branded fruit juices.  The Tropicana/4-H Public Speaking contest is designed to give 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students  experience in the preparation and delivery of a speech. Each participating teacher should plan to spend one week on the program. However, each classroom is different. Teachers may make changes in order to adapt to the activities of their students and the available time frame. Why is public speaking important? As an educator, you know that many problems in our fast-paced society arise, not because we don't know the answers, but because we cannot communicate effectively. The best time to teach people to talk and think on their feet is when they are young. This is the objective of the 4-H/Tropicana Public Speaking Program. The Program is sponsored by Tropicana Products and administered through the 4-H Youth Development Program, Cooperative Extension at the University of Florida.

NOTE: One additional item that comes up every year:  Judging criteria – Please reinforce the judging criteria with the teachers (the categories are listed in their Teacher Lesson Plan booklet) and encourage them to share the criteria with the students and parents. (Note: Composition counts for 50%; Presentation counts for 50%)  This will, hopefully, answer some of the parent’s questions at the final contest.

If you are a teacher who would like more information about the 4-H/Tropicana Public Speaking Contest, please contact Vera.

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