Unit 5 will begin with a tournament debrief, as is always recommended. The students will develop skills to
construct and answer Topicality arguments
analyze, present and answer Counterplans
analyze Debate Theory arguments
Unit 5
SWBAT: Reflect on their fourth tournament Identify arguments to improve for future tournaments Integrate judge feedback to modify one speech from their fourth tournament
Unit 5
SWBAT: Define Topicality Identify the parts of a topicality violation Compare two different topicality violations
SWBAT: Review Topicality arguments Identify strategies to answer topicality violations Create affirmative blocks for two different topicality violations
Unit 5
SWBAT: Define opportunity cost, competition and counterplans Identify the parts of a counterplan Compare two ways to establish counterplan competition
SWBAT: Identify theoretical objections to counterplans and permutations Identify the parts of a theory argument Discuss answers to common theory arguments