DEBATE Class - Progress period 1
Instructor:
Mr. Todd Schaefer
1 semester class
Blog page
for the class: http://wgdebate.blogspot.com/
WEEK 1 – WELCOME
1.)
Go over Blog / Get to know you games / learn names
/ Line games (“Liar Liar”, “Yes and”…)
2.)
Circle games - Single word - to claims - to simple reasoning (no research)
Introduce:
VOCAB of
Debate: Resolution
AFF/NEG
Claim (a statement of truth)
Reasoning (logically pulling us back to the claim) - "therefore..."
AFF/NEG
Claim (a statement of truth)
Reasoning (logically pulling us back to the claim) - "therefore..."
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WEEK 2 and 3 - DEBATE - LD Style (up to 3 people per side)
25 pts total - script
25 pts total - presentation
WEEK 2 and 3 - DEBATE - LD Style (up to 3 people per side)
25 pts total - script
25 pts total - presentation
RESOLUTION: picked by members
CLAIMS: three claims written for the AFF and NEG (BEFORE COIN TOSS!!!)
VALUE
DEBATING – Must be a Value debate topic (something that asks "if this were true?...then should we or shouldn't we be doing it?"
Computer Lab Work (with worksheet)
Build Case #1 – 45 sec per argument / no cross examination (AFF speaks final word)
Build Case #1 – 45 sec per argument / no cross examination (AFF speaks final word)
HOLD DEBATES
in class (3.5 days) - audience keeps a flow of the debates and submits for pts
Students MUST submit a typed debate case to
receive pts in any debate
(Debates
can not be improvised!!!)
Short discussion after debates with the class.
Short discussion after debates with the class.
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WEEK 4 – Public Service Announcements
2 minutes maximum - including a minimum of 5 pic slides and 5 text slides
WEEK 4 – Public Service Announcements
2 minutes maximum - including a minimum of 5 pic slides and 5 text slides
50 pts - script
50 pts - presentation
We will Look at several PSA examples
50 pts - presentation
We will Look at several PSA examples
Objective: to develop a PSA that persuades the audience to take action on an important issue in the school or to join an organization that supports the efforts to end this particular issue.
#1.) Mindmap possible problems that need to be addressed on campus or in your neighborhood.
#2.) Write 5 questions you have about the problem.
#3.) Computer lab work - research to find the answers to your questions
#4.) Gather information and build a 1.5 minute PSA script and Google SLIDE presentation for a LIVE delivery of the PSA.
#2.) Write 5 questions you have about the problem.
#3.) Computer lab work - research to find the answers to your questions
#4.) Gather information and build a 1.5 minute PSA script and Google SLIDE presentation for a LIVE delivery of the PSA.
#5.) Include title screens, imagery, video clips and voice over. - TIME IT!!!
#6.) Rehearse the presentation to make sure it is fluid and seamless.
#7.) Submit your script ONLY for pts.
ALL PRESENTATIONS WILL BE DONE LIVE - NO MOVIES!!!
#6.) Rehearse the presentation to make sure it is fluid and seamless.
#7.) Submit your script ONLY for pts.
ALL PRESENTATIONS WILL BE DONE LIVE - NO MOVIES!!!
You can download Audacity for free at home: http://www.audacityteam.org/download/
Follow the Youtube clip to learn how to use it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGJ8wIRy7gA
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RESOLUTION: picked by members
CLAIMS: three claims written for the AFF and NEG (BEFORE COIN TOSS!!!)
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WEEK 5 – DEBATE –
25 pts total - script
25 pts total - presentation
RESOLUTION: picked by members
CLAIMS: three claims written for the AFF and NEG (BEFORE COIN TOSS!!!)
SIMPLE "PUBLIC POLICY" DEBATING – Must be a policy debate topic (something that asks "if this were true?...then HOW do we solve it and what are strategies to solve it?"
Computer Lab Work (with PUF worksheet)
Build Case #1 – 1 minute per argument
1 minute cross examination
(AFF speaks final word)
Build Case #1 – 1 minute per argument
1 minute cross examination
(AFF speaks final word)
HOLD DEBATES in class (4.5 days) - audience keeps a flow of the debates and submits for pts
Students MUST submit a typed debate case to receive pts in any debate
(Debates can not be improvised!!!)
Short discussion after all debates with the class.
Short discussion after all debates with the class.
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WEEK 6 - “Letter to the 1st grader" - Confession Booth Video Assignment
25 pts - script
25 pts - video presentation
OBJECTIVE: to offer advice to the next generation based on personal experience and hindsight.
Activity:
#1.) mindmap the various types of advice you think are valuable
#2.) Outline a short script / write the advice we want to give
25 pts - video presentation
OBJECTIVE: to offer advice to the next generation based on personal experience and hindsight.
Activity:
#1.) mindmap the various types of advice you think are valuable
#2.) Outline a short script / write the advice we want to give
#3.) Listening pairs / share with a partner
#4.) Draft a script
By the end of the hour we have each written down a valuable piece of advice that they will not only understand but that they will also benefit from receiving.
#4.) Draft a script
By the end of the hour we have each written down a valuable piece of advice that they will not only understand but that they will also benefit from receiving.
Objective: To video record all students delivering their message, compile them and title it as a short video and to share it to the first grade teachers to show to the students.
EACH student presents on video twice!!!
While recording the group PSA – the class picks topics, picks partners, and begins researching the last debate for the progress period!!!
Computer Lab work
Build Case #3 – (LD Format - "value debate")
1.5 min max per argument, with cross examinations - AFF speaks final word
1.5 min max per argument, with cross examinations - AFF speaks final word
HOLD DEBATES in class (1.5 days) - audience keeps a flow of the debates and submits for pts
Students MUST submit a typed debate case to receive pts in any debate
(Debates can not be improvised!!!)
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END OF
PROGRESS PERIOD #1
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