Here is the link to a pdf of the form:
https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B5s8HgIdS7PlNzNmNGU5MWYtODIwMC00ZDUxLTk1ZmEtZmM5OGZlYjVmMmU2&authkey=CMaIjqYC&hl=en
22 October 2010
17 October 2010
Monday for both C and E blocks
Take the post for Friday with the utmost seriousness. On Tuesday, some intense preparation for DR will begin.
C Block should begin class ready to go, regardless of event. Do NOT count on time to get snacks, even if C Block does meet in the Dining Hall.
For both blocks--
PFers will start debate when I point to two teams and pair you off. I will assign sides on Tuesday. The priority for Tuesday and Wednesday will be for team competing at DR--the others will evaluate those rounds.
Congress--you should be discussing and assigning the DR bills so that each one of you can handle BOTH a sponsorship speech (even though it's not your bill) on one bill AND a first negative on another. In each class, you may divide the bills up as you will, as long as you have prepared for both sides. Congress people are permitted to work in the library during Monday's blocks. E Block Congress will be doing 3 practice sessions on Wednesday - Friday, even for people NOT going to Dighton Rehoboth.
Speech--be prepared to perform BOTH pieces you have in your current repertoire AT LEAST 3x in class this week. Speechies not going to DR are expected to perform.
Debaters--whether LD or PF--should evaluate PF rounds during the week, but should also be working, as homework, on the Nov/Nov-Dec topics. You MUST be ready to debate those next week--and we will do some topic discussion this week with ALL debaters.
C Block should begin class ready to go, regardless of event. Do NOT count on time to get snacks, even if C Block does meet in the Dining Hall.
For both blocks--
PFers will start debate when I point to two teams and pair you off. I will assign sides on Tuesday. The priority for Tuesday and Wednesday will be for team competing at DR--the others will evaluate those rounds.
Congress--you should be discussing and assigning the DR bills so that each one of you can handle BOTH a sponsorship speech (even though it's not your bill) on one bill AND a first negative on another. In each class, you may divide the bills up as you will, as long as you have prepared for both sides. Congress people are permitted to work in the library during Monday's blocks. E Block Congress will be doing 3 practice sessions on Wednesday - Friday, even for people NOT going to Dighton Rehoboth.
Speech--be prepared to perform BOTH pieces you have in your current repertoire AT LEAST 3x in class this week. Speechies not going to DR are expected to perform.
Debaters--whether LD or PF--should evaluate PF rounds during the week, but should also be working, as homework, on the Nov/Nov-Dec topics. You MUST be ready to debate those next week--and we will do some topic discussion this week with ALL debaters.
14 October 2010
C and E Blocks--Friday, 15 October
Up to five people from each block may go to the Library.
Next week, each PF team going to DR will get 4 rounds--two on each side. Congress will run at least 3 practice sessions. Speechies will get 3-4 practice performances. Once we start on Tuesday, you must be ready to go when you are called upon. Consider this a test grade. Even if you are NOT going to DR, you are expected to prepare as if you are.
Speechies should get in groups of 3 and perform pieces to each other, either in the classroom or hallway. Make constructive comments.
PF debaters going to Dighton Rehoboth should make sure that cases are ready by Monday. If cases are done already, then each debater should write BLOCKS to each argument they're making for 'their side'. "Blocks" are prewritten rebuttal arguments. Cases and Blocks should be shared with me on Google Docs by Sunday night, if they aren't already.
PF Debaters NOT going to DR will be expected to judge rounds next week, and will also have to have November cases ready by Friday.
Congress people should begin researching the bills for the Dighton Rehoboth Congress. The bills are at http://massforensics.org/. Each person should select two bills to focus on. During C Block on Friday, and over the weekend, come up with a research packet similar to the ones for Bronx earlier this week, for each bill. We will be doing several practice Congresses next week--select one bill to be YOUR bill and prep an authorship speech also.
YOU MUST BE READY TO GO ON TUESDAY. REMEMBER, THIS IS A TEST GRADE. YOU DO NOT KNOW WHO WILL BE DEBATING/PERFORMING FOR ME ON TUESDAY.
C BLOCK WILL MEET IN THE DINING HALL. E BLOCK WILL MEET IN B 215.
Next week, each PF team going to DR will get 4 rounds--two on each side. Congress will run at least 3 practice sessions. Speechies will get 3-4 practice performances. Once we start on Tuesday, you must be ready to go when you are called upon. Consider this a test grade. Even if you are NOT going to DR, you are expected to prepare as if you are.
Speechies should get in groups of 3 and perform pieces to each other, either in the classroom or hallway. Make constructive comments.
PF debaters going to Dighton Rehoboth should make sure that cases are ready by Monday. If cases are done already, then each debater should write BLOCKS to each argument they're making for 'their side'. "Blocks" are prewritten rebuttal arguments. Cases and Blocks should be shared with me on Google Docs by Sunday night, if they aren't already.
PF Debaters NOT going to DR will be expected to judge rounds next week, and will also have to have November cases ready by Friday.
Congress people should begin researching the bills for the Dighton Rehoboth Congress. The bills are at http://massforensics.org/. Each person should select two bills to focus on. During C Block on Friday, and over the weekend, come up with a research packet similar to the ones for Bronx earlier this week, for each bill. We will be doing several practice Congresses next week--select one bill to be YOUR bill and prep an authorship speech also.
YOU MUST BE READY TO GO ON TUESDAY. REMEMBER, THIS IS A TEST GRADE. YOU DO NOT KNOW WHO WILL BE DEBATING/PERFORMING FOR ME ON TUESDAY.
C BLOCK WILL MEET IN THE DINING HALL. E BLOCK WILL MEET IN B 215.
13 October 2010
E Block--Wednesday
Congress: If you have, get with the other Congress people and discuss your bills with Jacob especially.
PF--Please begin writing cases on the October topic if you are going to DR (and if you haven't done them already); at the end of the block send me what you have completed. IF you are not debating until November, please begin developing arguments. We'll have some more topic discussions next week.
Colin--please begin work on your 2nd Aff and Neg for Bronx. I want you to have two cases per side this weekend. Use the ideas from the debatecoaches wiki, and find other cards supporting them.
PF--Please begin writing cases on the October topic if you are going to DR (and if you haven't done them already); at the end of the block send me what you have completed. IF you are not debating until November, please begin developing arguments. We'll have some more topic discussions next week.
Colin--please begin work on your 2nd Aff and Neg for Bronx. I want you to have two cases per side this weekend. Use the ideas from the debatecoaches wiki, and find other cards supporting them.
C Block--Wednesday
If you have not finished yesterday's work, please do so.
Congress: If you have, get with the other Congress people and discuss your bills with Kurt especially.
PF--Please begin writing cases on the October topic; at the end of the block send me what you have completed.
Speech--please work on memorizing/preparing pieces
Colin--please begin work on your 2nd Aff and Neg for Bronx. I want you to have two cases per side this weekend. Use the ideas from the debatecoaches wiki, and find other cards supporting them.
Graham and Darcey--assist Colin.
Congress: If you have, get with the other Congress people and discuss your bills with Kurt especially.
PF--Please begin writing cases on the October topic; at the end of the block send me what you have completed.
Speech--please work on memorizing/preparing pieces
Colin--please begin work on your 2nd Aff and Neg for Bronx. I want you to have two cases per side this weekend. Use the ideas from the debatecoaches wiki, and find other cards supporting them.
Graham and Darcey--assist Colin.
12 October 2010
E Block--Tuesday, 14 October
Congress--Each Congresscritter should produce a research packet for assigned bills. The research packet for each bill should
____ start life as a Word document
____ include a cut and pasted copy of three articles analyzing the issue of the bill, with each cut and pasted copy
____ adjusted for margins
____ including highlighted by bold/underline KEY quotes (cards)
____ having a URL at the END of each article
____ have a short summary paragraph at the END of each article, with the summary paragraph in italics
____ uploaded what you've done by the end of the block to GoogleDocs and shared it with me and Kurt; the rest is to be finished for homework and uploaded/shared right at the beginning of C-block tomorrow.
Public Forum--
Kevin, Matt, Carina, Nabila--begin work on your October cases for Dighton Rehoboth. By the end of the block, you should
____ have located three articles relevant to the topic
____ cut and pasted the articles into a Word document
____ included the URL at the END of each article
____ found at least 3 cards from one article which support either side; the cards should be bolded and underlined in the Word Document
____ uploaded the document to GoogleDocs and shared it with me
For homework, please
____ find at least three cards from each of the other two articles
____ write a paragraph summarizing the articles in italics at the end of each article
____ update the Google Doc accordingly, so that it can be checked at the beginning of class tomorrow.
The goal this week is to have cases finished so that next week you can debate each day.
Brittany, Will, and Matt--do the foregoing, but for the NOVEMBER topic, using some of the ideas from the assignment from last week.
Olivia--Please make sure that I have cuttings for your current pieces by the end of the Block on Wednesday. You should have at least two pieces ready (three if we separate OI into Poetry and prose). The script of your cutting should be typed at at GoogleDocs, shared with me.
____ start life as a Word document
____ include a cut and pasted copy of three articles analyzing the issue of the bill, with each cut and pasted copy
____ adjusted for margins
____ including highlighted by bold/underline KEY quotes (cards)
____ having a URL at the END of each article
____ have a short summary paragraph at the END of each article, with the summary paragraph in italics
____ uploaded what you've done by the end of the block to GoogleDocs and shared it with me and Kurt; the rest is to be finished for homework and uploaded/shared right at the beginning of C-block tomorrow.
Public Forum--
Kevin, Matt, Carina, Nabila--begin work on your October cases for Dighton Rehoboth. By the end of the block, you should
____ have located three articles relevant to the topic
____ cut and pasted the articles into a Word document
____ included the URL at the END of each article
____ found at least 3 cards from one article which support either side; the cards should be bolded and underlined in the Word Document
____ uploaded the document to GoogleDocs and shared it with me
For homework, please
____ find at least three cards from each of the other two articles
____ write a paragraph summarizing the articles in italics at the end of each article
____ update the Google Doc accordingly, so that it can be checked at the beginning of class tomorrow.
The goal this week is to have cases finished so that next week you can debate each day.
Brittany, Will, and Matt--do the foregoing, but for the NOVEMBER topic, using some of the ideas from the assignment from last week.
Olivia--Please make sure that I have cuttings for your current pieces by the end of the Block on Wednesday. You should have at least two pieces ready (three if we separate OI into Poetry and prose). The script of your cutting should be typed at at GoogleDocs, shared with me.
C Block--Tuesday, 14 October
Congress--Kurt, Adrian, Brian and Stephan should produce a research packet for assigned bills. The research packet for each bill should
____ start life as a Word document
____ include a cut and pasted copy of three articles analyzing the isse of the bill, with each cut and pasted copy
____ adjusted for margins
____ including highlighted by bold/underline KEY quotes (cards)
____ having a URL at the END of each article
____ have a short summary paragraph at the END of each article, with the summary paragraph in italics
____ uploaded what you've done by the end of the block to GoogleDocs and shared it with me and Kurt; the rest is to be finished for homework and uploaded/shared right at the beginning of C-block tomorrow.
Public Forum--
Caroline, Isolde, Katie, Kirsten--begin work on your October cases for Dighton Rehoboth. By the end of the block, you should
____ have located three articles relevant to the topic
____ cut and pasted the articles into a Word document
____ included the URL at the END of each article
____ found at least 3 cards from one article which support either side; the cards should be bolded and underlined in the Word Document
____ uploaded the document to GoogleDocs and shared it with me
For homework, please
____ find at least three cards from each of the other two articles
____ write a paragraph summarizing the articles in italics at the end of each article
____ update the Google Doc accordingly, so that it can be checked at the beginning of class tomorrow.
The goal this week is to have cases finished so that next week you can debate each day.
Graham, Darcey and Colin--see me.
Speech--Please make sure that I have cuttings for your current pieces by the end of the Block on Wednesday. You should have at least two pieces ready (three if we separate OI into Poetry and prose). The script of your cutting should be typed at at GoogleDocs, shared with me.
____ start life as a Word document
____ include a cut and pasted copy of three articles analyzing the isse of the bill, with each cut and pasted copy
____ adjusted for margins
____ including highlighted by bold/underline KEY quotes (cards)
____ having a URL at the END of each article
____ have a short summary paragraph at the END of each article, with the summary paragraph in italics
____ uploaded what you've done by the end of the block to GoogleDocs and shared it with me and Kurt; the rest is to be finished for homework and uploaded/shared right at the beginning of C-block tomorrow.
Public Forum--
Caroline, Isolde, Katie, Kirsten--begin work on your October cases for Dighton Rehoboth. By the end of the block, you should
____ have located three articles relevant to the topic
____ cut and pasted the articles into a Word document
____ included the URL at the END of each article
____ found at least 3 cards from one article which support either side; the cards should be bolded and underlined in the Word Document
____ uploaded the document to GoogleDocs and shared it with me
For homework, please
____ find at least three cards from each of the other two articles
____ write a paragraph summarizing the articles in italics at the end of each article
____ update the Google Doc accordingly, so that it can be checked at the beginning of class tomorrow.
The goal this week is to have cases finished so that next week you can debate each day.
Graham, Darcey and Colin--see me.
Speech--Please make sure that I have cuttings for your current pieces by the end of the Block on Wednesday. You should have at least two pieces ready (three if we separate OI into Poetry and prose). The script of your cutting should be typed at at GoogleDocs, shared with me.
07 October 2010
Thursday--C Block
Adrian, Kurt, Stephan, and Brian should go to B231 and finish the work from yesterday.
Darcey, Caroline, Isolde, Kirsten and Katie should go to the library and work on PF. I would take the time this week to begin developing arguments for the November topic.
Research ideas--you might try entering the following as google searches to get information relevant to the topic:
Each one of you should
____ find four articles which have at least two cards each which will benefit one or the other side in this resoltuion
____ create a GoogleDoc which
_____ lists the links
_____ has a paragraph summarizing the article,
_____ has the cards immediately after the summary paragraph
_____ gives a one-two sentence explanation of the relevance/use of the card.
____ share the GoogleDoc with me and each other.
This is all due at the end of the Block.
Speech will remain today in B 215.
BC
Darcey, Caroline, Isolde, Kirsten and Katie should go to the library and work on PF. I would take the time this week to begin developing arguments for the November topic.
Research ideas--you might try entering the following as google searches to get information relevant to the topic:
- religion in public schools
- religion gay rights schools
- religious opposition to antibullying efforts
- religious discourse academic debate
- role religion public square
- role religion political issues
- benefit religious views secular outcomes
- ground zero mosque (to understand the original controversy
Each one of you should
____ find four articles which have at least two cards each which will benefit one or the other side in this resoltuion
____ create a GoogleDoc which
_____ lists the links
_____ has a paragraph summarizing the article,
_____ has the cards immediately after the summary paragraph
_____ gives a one-two sentence explanation of the relevance/use of the card.
____ share the GoogleDoc with me and each other.
This is all due at the end of the Block.
Speech will remain today in B 215.
BC
E Block--Thursday
In B 231, please do the following during class today
Kevin, Matt, Matt, Will, Brittany should begin researching ideas/arguments for the November topic.
Research ideas--you might try entering the following as google searches to get information relevant to the topic:
Each one of you should
____ find four articles which have at least two cards each which will benefit one or the other side in this resoltuion
____ create a GoogleDoc which
_____ lists the links
_____ has a paragraph summarizing the article,
_____ has the cards immediately after the summary paragraph
_____ gives a one-two sentence explanation of the relevance/use of the card.
____ share the GoogleDoc with me and each other.
By the end of the block, make sure you have created the GoogleDoc and shared it with me with what you got done during the Block. Then, finish anything incomplete for HW.
Carina, Nabila, Brianna, if you are doing the November PF topic, please do the preceding work. If you you are going to do LD during Nov/Dec, however, please do the following:
Begin research on the resolution: The abuse of illegal drugs ought to be treated as a matter of public health, not of criminal justice. You may have some older information on public health from last year's Nov/Dec topic. I'll also see if I can did that VB out for you.
Each one of you should
____ find four articles which have at least two cards each which will benefit one or the other side in this resoltuion
____ create a GoogleDoc which
_____ lists the links
_____ has a paragraph summarizing the article,
_____ has the cards immediately after the summary paragraph
_____ gives a one-two sentence explanation of the relevance/use of the card.
____ share the GoogleDoc with me and each other.
Everyone else (Congress) is part of the Bill Bank. What I'd like to develop over the next 10 days or so is a bank of bills which we can then use for the rest of the year. Along with the Bill Bank will be a number of supporting/opposing articles/research information which the entire team can use. Therefore, please
____ Work as a Congress group to brainstorm ideas for bills/resolutions. By the end of the Block you should have at least 20 ideas. This is mainly a discussion group.
____ Create one document which lists the bill ideas and send it to me by the end of the block.
Connor, Erik, and Jacob, please see me.
BC
Kevin, Matt, Matt, Will, Brittany should begin researching ideas/arguments for the November topic.
Research ideas--you might try entering the following as google searches to get information relevant to the topic:
- religion in public schools
- religion gay rights schools
- religious opposition to antibullying efforts
- religious discourse academic debate
- role religion public square
- role religion political issues
- benefit religious views secular outcomes
- ground zero mosque (to understand the original controversy
Each one of you should
____ find four articles which have at least two cards each which will benefit one or the other side in this resoltuion
____ create a GoogleDoc which
_____ lists the links
_____ has a paragraph summarizing the article,
_____ has the cards immediately after the summary paragraph
_____ gives a one-two sentence explanation of the relevance/use of the card.
____ share the GoogleDoc with me and each other.
By the end of the block, make sure you have created the GoogleDoc and shared it with me with what you got done during the Block. Then, finish anything incomplete for HW.
Carina, Nabila, Brianna, if you are doing the November PF topic, please do the preceding work. If you you are going to do LD during Nov/Dec, however, please do the following:
Begin research on the resolution: The abuse of illegal drugs ought to be treated as a matter of public health, not of criminal justice. You may have some older information on public health from last year's Nov/Dec topic. I'll also see if I can did that VB out for you.
Each one of you should
____ find four articles which have at least two cards each which will benefit one or the other side in this resoltuion
____ create a GoogleDoc which
_____ lists the links
_____ has a paragraph summarizing the article,
_____ has the cards immediately after the summary paragraph
_____ gives a one-two sentence explanation of the relevance/use of the card.
____ share the GoogleDoc with me and each other.
Everyone else (Congress) is part of the Bill Bank. What I'd like to develop over the next 10 days or so is a bank of bills which we can then use for the rest of the year. Along with the Bill Bank will be a number of supporting/opposing articles/research information which the entire team can use. Therefore, please
____ Work as a Congress group to brainstorm ideas for bills/resolutions. By the end of the Block you should have at least 20 ideas. This is mainly a discussion group.
____ Create one document which lists the bill ideas and send it to me by the end of the block.
Connor, Erik, and Jacob, please see me.
BC
06 October 2010
Wednesday's work
For Wednesday,
Graham and Colin should work on the computers in the back of B 215. Graham should critique Colin's cases (Colin should share them on GoogleDocuments with Graham). Colin should go to http://wiki.debatecoaches.org/Lincoln-Douglas+Debate and review 4 Aff and 3 Neg cases from the cases posted on line. The cases should be from at least 5 different schools, and include some of Scarsdale, Bronx Science, Harvard Westlake, Strake Jesuit, and Greenhill Schools. Ultimately, Colin, you'll be looking up the cards cited in the cases and developing blocks to them.
Adrian, Kurt, Stephan, and Brian should go to B231. Kurt and Stephan should develop a research pack on the PRO side of Kurt's bill. Adrian and Brian should develop a research pack on the CON side of Kurt's bill. A research pack should consist of at least 5 articles (the links are fine), a summary of each article in a paragraph, and three cards from each article on your side of the bill.
Create a document at GoogleDocs (or upload from a Word document) which has
____ the links to the articles
____ the summary paragraphs and the cards after all the links (in the same order as the links!).
By the end of the block, make sure you have created the GoogleDoc and shared it with me with what you got done during the Block.
Share this GoogleDoc with each other, me at coachdeb8@gmail.com AND with Kurt. If you can't finish it all in class today, please finish for HW tonight. Make sure the complete GoogleDoc is done by 730 am tomorrow.
Darcey, Caroline, Isolde, Kirsten and Katie should go to the library and work on PF. I would take the time this week to begin developing arguments for the November topic.
Research ideas--you might try entering the following as google searches to get information relevant to the topic:
Each one of you should
____ find four articles which have at least two cards each which will benefit one or the other side in this resoltuion
____ create a GoogleDoc which
_____ lists the links
_____ has a paragraph summarizing the article,
_____ has the cards immediately after the summary paragraph
_____ gives a one-two sentence explanation of the relevance/use of the card.
____ share the GoogleDoc with me and each other.
By the end of the block, make sure you have created the GoogleDoc and shared it with me with what you got done during the Block. Then, finish anything incomplete for HW.
Speech will remain today in B 215
BC
Graham and Colin should work on the computers in the back of B 215. Graham should critique Colin's cases (Colin should share them on GoogleDocuments with Graham). Colin should go to http://wiki.debatecoaches.org/Lincoln-Douglas+Debate and review 4 Aff and 3 Neg cases from the cases posted on line. The cases should be from at least 5 different schools, and include some of Scarsdale, Bronx Science, Harvard Westlake, Strake Jesuit, and Greenhill Schools. Ultimately, Colin, you'll be looking up the cards cited in the cases and developing blocks to them.
Adrian, Kurt, Stephan, and Brian should go to B231. Kurt and Stephan should develop a research pack on the PRO side of Kurt's bill. Adrian and Brian should develop a research pack on the CON side of Kurt's bill. A research pack should consist of at least 5 articles (the links are fine), a summary of each article in a paragraph, and three cards from each article on your side of the bill.
Create a document at GoogleDocs (or upload from a Word document) which has
____ the links to the articles
____ the summary paragraphs and the cards after all the links (in the same order as the links!).
By the end of the block, make sure you have created the GoogleDoc and shared it with me with what you got done during the Block.
Share this GoogleDoc with each other, me at coachdeb8@gmail.com AND with Kurt. If you can't finish it all in class today, please finish for HW tonight. Make sure the complete GoogleDoc is done by 730 am tomorrow.
Darcey, Caroline, Isolde, Kirsten and Katie should go to the library and work on PF. I would take the time this week to begin developing arguments for the November topic.
Research ideas--you might try entering the following as google searches to get information relevant to the topic:
- religion in public schools
- religion gay rights schools
- religious opposition to antibullying efforts
- religious discourse academic debate
- role religion public square
- role religion political issues
- benefit religious views secular outcomes
- ground zero mosque (to understand the original controversy
Each one of you should
____ find four articles which have at least two cards each which will benefit one or the other side in this resoltuion
____ create a GoogleDoc which
_____ lists the links
_____ has a paragraph summarizing the article,
_____ has the cards immediately after the summary paragraph
_____ gives a one-two sentence explanation of the relevance/use of the card.
____ share the GoogleDoc with me and each other.
By the end of the block, make sure you have created the GoogleDoc and shared it with me with what you got done during the Block. Then, finish anything incomplete for HW.
Speech will remain today in B 215
BC
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