Class Goals The purpose of this class is to 1. develop thinking skills 2. develop research skills 3. develop written/oral organizational skills 4. develop the ability to make a logical argument 5. increase comfort in public speaking/presenting Students will "argue" using formal debate structures. Public Forum is the "genre" of debate Burke utliizes. |
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August
(School starts August 17) Class 1: Introductions Class 2: Vocabulary Class 3: Creating Pro/Con list Class 4: Creating Outline Class 5: Structuring a Constructive Class 6: Revisions Class 7: Blocking |
September
(NO SCHOOL 9/4 & 9/15) Class 8: Resolution assignment/Brainstorming Class 9: Pro/Con & Research Strategies Class 10: Research Class 11: Outlining Class 12: Constructive Class 13: Blocking Class 14: Structure of Debate Day Class 15: Start/Stop debating Class 16: In-Class Debates |
October
(Q1 ends 10/20 P/T Conferences 10/26, NO SCHOOL 10/27) Class 17: NEW TOPIC Class 18: Research Class 19: Research Class 20: Research Class 21: Research/Outline Class 22: Research/Outline Class 23: Research/Constructive Class 24: Constructive/Blocks Class 25: Blocks/Start Stop Class 26: Revise Constructuve Class 27: In class debate Power Points
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November
(P/T Conferences 11/5, NO SCHOOL 11/22-11/26) Class 28: NEW TOPIC Class 29: Research Class 30: Research/Outline Class 31: Research/Outline Class 32: Research/ Constructive Class 33: Constructive/Blocks Class 34: Blocks/ Start Stop Class 35: In class debate Documents
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December
(Semester 1 Ends, NO SCHOOL 12/25-1/8) Class 36: NEW TOPIC Class 37: Research Class 38: Research Class 39: Research Class 40: Class 41: Class 42: |
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