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Wootton Forensics

Forensics Club provides students with the opportunity for Oral Interpretation. This means that students interpret written literature for an audience by "performing" or "reciting" it in an original way.


Categories:

* Prose--This includes novel exerpts, short stories, essays, editorials, journals, magazine articles.
* Poetry--Poems from any time period are acceptable.
* Drama--Any dramatic monologue, dialogue or scene my be used.
* Children's Literature--Stories for children ages 3 - 12 may be used.
* Humorous--Anything can be used as long as it's funny.
* Informative--Students research a topic, then teach from their own scripts.
* Persuasive--Students write and give their own speeches using researched data.
* Extemporaneous--Given a topic, the student must conduct research on the spot and give a speech.
* Acting--A schene from a play is memorized and performed by a group.
* Readers' Theatre--Group performance or interpretation of a scene using scripts.Most interpretations run between 2 and 10 minutes. Written text must be present, but some portions are memorized. Students are allowed to compete in two categories at each meet.
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Presidents: Sphoorti Umarjee & Grace Chang
Email: woottonforensics@yahoo.com 
See Madeleine Osgood for more information.

Staff Contacts 301-279-8585

Kimberly Boldon, Resource, ext. 8584

Alexander Barron

Michael R. Dickel

Annette Evans

Catharine Ferguson

Frances Fortner

Mary Fruchter

Barbara M. Gatewood

Garvan Giltinan

Adam Graham

Michelle Hanson --Humanities - 301-517-8173 Room 130A

Nick Hitchens

James Iannuzzo

Alton Lightsey

Greg Malling

Jennifer Martin

Michelle Olson

Ike Onley

Steven Orders

Madeleine Osgood

Dominique Parker

Krista Price

Jaclynn Rozansky (Newspaper)

(Howard Gilliams )

Valerie Noel

Evva Starr (Yearbook)

Justin D. Sybenga

Rhoya Tocco

Peggy Smith, Eng. Comp. Asst. - 8586

Thomas G. Woodall, Eng. Comp. Asst. - 8586

Pamela Johnson, Eng. Comp. Asst. --8586

Kathleen Wolfrey, Eng. Comp. Asst., Webmaster - 8586

Susan Krouner, Paraeducator