Use your Monologue prep time

Name: Use your Monologue prep time
Uploaded: 2026-10-23
Duration: 1 min 32 s
Description: In the Monologue, you get a card and some time to prepare. Years 4 to 9: two minutes to prepare, then about one minute to talk. Years 10 to 12: one minute to prepare, then about two minutes. Here's how to use it. Step one: write keywords, not sentences. There's no time for sentences. One or two words for each point on the card is enough.

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How to use the Monologue's preparation time.

1Years 4-9: 2 minutes to prepare, about 1 minute to talk. Years 10-12: 1 minute to prepare, about 2 minutes to talk.
2Write keywords, not sentences: one or two words for each point on the card.
3Add one real detail to each point: a name, a number or a small story.
4Talk through the points in the card's order, and plan your first and last lines.
5Two minutes is about 250 to 280 words. One minute is about 130 to 150 words.

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