SWBAT ▪ apply basic tenants of argumentation and debate. ▪ gain firsthand experience with delivering a speech, conducting a cross examination, and preparing a rebuttal.
Practice Debates
SWBAT ▪ Respond to and defend a specific issue ▪ improve speech delivery, line-by-line argumentation, flowing, and critical thinking skills.
Practice Debates
SWBAT ▪ respond to specific components of a position. ▪ improve speech delivery, line-by-line argumentation, flowing, and critical thinking skills.
Practice Debates
SWBAT ▪ Deliver an effective rebuttal speech. ▪ Prepare a concise and well-organized speech
Practice Debates
SWBAT ▪ Explain the term paradigm and how it applies to a debate round ▪ Modify an argument according to audience
Practice Debates
SWBAT ▪ Analyze discrete components of an argument ▪ Respond to specific negative positions.
Practice Debates
SWBAT ▪ Analytically compare the impacts of advantages against disadvantages. ▪ Deliver a rebuttal speech in which they compare the impacts of affirmative advantages with a disadvantage.
Practice Debates
SWBAT ▪ analyze analyzing arguments of a practice round. ▪ Identify distinct arguments in a debate round