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PRACTICES MONDAYS-FRIDAYS IN ROOM 206
ANNOUNCING: GREAT NEW INFO! HONORS CREDIT FOR PARTICIPANTS IN TOURNAMENTS
This icalendar link takes you to the Debate Club Calendar, listing Afterschool Tournaments and Invitationals.
Note: **asterisks denote upcoming tourneys
*TOURNAMENTS:
** CATHOLIC FORENSICS LEAGUE REGIONALS, FEBRUARY 20 (SATURDAY) $12 (includes lunch) + PAPERWORK (2 PERMISSIONS) DUE FRI. FEB 12.: NO MONEY, NO REGISTER!!!
***TOURNAMENT: AFTER SCHOOL, FEBRUARY 25 (THURSDAY) $6 + PAPERWORK (2 PERMISSIONS) DUE WED. FEB 17.
MARCH RESOLUTION: Resolved: Affirmative Action to promote equal opportunity in the United States is justified.
WEEK OF February 16: Begin research on the new March public forum debate topic (see above.) Avoid blogs. Also, do not fail to earn research credit for one of the Bills on the Agenda for any tournament; both sides (pro and con) are required to earn full 100 points, in addition to highlighting same.
NEW GOAL: to present researched info with an example demonstrating the research in an imaginative way!
WEEKS OF FEBRUARY 1 and 8: Download the Bill template from the www.nflonline.org site (go to Resources, go to Forms, go to Bill template) and CREATE your own Bill! Research both sides of your Bill. Avoid blogs.
WEEK OF JANUARY 24: Begin research on the new February public forum debate topic (see below.) Avoid blogs.
FEBRUARY RESOLUTION: In the United States, organized political lobbying does more harm than good.
NEW TERM, JANUARY 20, WEDNESDAY: book distribution
*CORAL SPRINGS @ December 12: Vizzi won 2nd in Humorous Interp and Sheppard and Coutley won 5th place in Duo Interp! Maria Rivera ranked 7th overall in Original Oratory! You guys are awesome :) Note* Stephanie Alvarado ranked 2nd in her room, for the first time ever presenting!
WEEK OF DECEMBER 14: Begin research on the 3 Monarch submitted Congressional Bills for Jan 8 tourney.
Also, prepare to present researched info with an example demonstrating the research in an imaginative way!
WEEK OF DECEMBER 07: Research on Congressional Bill assigned to each student; Pro or Con speech/research presentation.
Remember you receive up to 100 coaching points for helping a classmate/teammate with their presentation.
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 23: prepare 3 minute pro and con speechs for the Congressional Bills you each wrote; 2 TEST GRADES, 100 POINTS EACH in addition to the BILL: 100 POINT TEST GRADE.
Vocab: Debate I and Speech I: marauder, obesity, pauper, pilfer, rift, semblance
Vocab: Debate II: sardonic, supercilious, nemesis, procrastinate, surmise
Vocab: Debate III: stentorian, pecuniary, fathom, tawdry, abominate
Vocab: Debate IV: undermine, alleviate, bacchanal, hedonist, acculteration
Vocab: Debate V: plethora, pragmatic, quizzical, rapacity, schism, therapeutic, adventitious
1) Students are to learn the part of speech of each word, as well as all definitions, in addition to creating a
CONTEXTUALLY CORRECT SENTENCE with each word.
*New! Students will insert new words in presentations for EXTRA credit!
2) Students are to earn grades with CONTINUing RESEARCH on the current (December) Resolution*: That merit pay based on student achievement should be a significant component of K-12 teacher compensation in United States public schools...research on all three League websites: NFL, FFL, and NCFL (this week, with laptops in classroom) with a printed result that is not a duplication of anyone else's. Original research shall be appled to the board under the Affirmative or the Negative label. Speech students are to research the same; however, speech students will research actual affirmative and negative speeches.
* Mid term exam consists of a presentation using League rules; STRINGENT timing!
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 9: * Mid term exam (pre Interims) consists of a presentation using League rules; STRINGENT timing!
Vocab: Debate I and Speech I: dissent, eminent, irate, exorcise, fabricate
Vocab: Debate II: incumbent, succumb, amazon, iconoclast, permeate
Vocab: Debate III: boycott, impecunious, desultery, docile, precipitate
Vocab: Debate IV: phlegmatic, sanquine, maverick, esoteric, stringent
Vocab: Debate V: interstice, macrocosm, mountebank, paean, persiflage
1) Students are to learn the part of speech of each word, as well as all definitions, in addition to creating a
CONTEXTUALLY CORRECT SENTENCE with each definition.
2) Students are to earn grades with CONTINUing RESEARCH on the current Resolution: that failed nations are a greater threat to the United States than stable nations are; research on all three League websites: NFL, FFL, and NCFL (this week, with laptops in classroom) with a printed result that is not a duplication of anyone else's. Original research shall be appled to the board under the Affirmative or the Negative label. Speech students are to research the same; however, speech students will research actual affirmative and negative speeches.
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 2:
Vocab: Debate I and Speech I: abridge, adherent, altercation, cherubic, condone
Vocab: Debate II: quintessence, rankle, decimate, narcissism, occult
Vocab: Debate III: nebulous, procrustean, denigrate, prosaic, millenia(ium)
Vocab: Debate IV: cliche', trite, melancholy, choleric, lassitude
Vocab: Debate V: cozen,enclave, forte', gratis, icon
1) Students are to learn the part of speech of each word, as well as all definitions, in addition to creating a
CONTEXTUALLY CORRECT SENTENCE with each definition.
2) Students are to earn grades with CONTINUing RESEARCH on the current Resolution: that failed nations are a greater threat to the United States than stable nations are; research on all three League websites: NFL, FFL, and NCFL (this week, with laptops in classroom) with a printed result that is not a duplication of anyone else's. Original research shall be appled to the board under the Affirmative or the Negative label. Speech students are to research the same; however, speech students will research actual affirmative and negative speeches.
WEEK OF OCTOBER 26: research due at week's end on the following NEW RESOLUTION: Resolved: Failed nations are a greater threat to the United States than are stable nations.
Vocab: Debate I and Speech I: subjugate, sully, tantalize, terse, unflinching
Vocab: Debate II: odyssey, protean, fiasco, idiosyncrasy, ex officio, infringe
Vocab: Debate III: agnostic, nepotism, enigmatic, blatant, ingratiate, interloper
Vocab: Debate IV: despotic, gullible, guile, exonerate, intrinsic, inveigh
Vocab: Debate V: solecism, vassal, verisimilitude, ancillary, condescend
1) Students are to learn the part of speech of each word, as well as all definitions, in addition to creating a
CONTEXTUALLY CORRECT SENTENCE with each definition.
2) Students are to CONTINUE RESEARCH on the current Resolution: that failed nations are a greater threat to the United States than stable nations are; research on all three League websites: NFL, FFL, and NCFL (this week, with laptops in classroom) with a printed result that is not a duplication of anyone else's. Original research shall be taped to the board under the Affirmative or the Negative label. Speech students are to research the same; however, speech students will research actual affirmative and negative speeches.
WEEK OF OCTOBER 19: REVIEW and FINAL EXAMS.
WEEK OF OCTOBER 12: research due at week's end on the following NEW RESOLUTION: Resolved: Failed nations are a greater
threat to the United States than are stable nations.
***PLEASE NOTE: ON Friday, OCT. 16, TEACHER ABSENCE: DEBATE I-V, and SPEECH I are to complete sentences that are
PERFECTLY CONTEXTUALLY AND GRAMATICALLY CORRECT with each of the vocabulary words to date: this is a TURN-IN TEST,
which will be graded on an 'all or nothing' basis: either each sentence is correct, or incorrect. Worth 200 points. 40 sentences.
Vocab: Debate I and Speech I: illegible, jeer, lucrative, mediocre, proliferate
Vocab: Debate II: jeopardize, precarious, foible, forte, aplomb, bombastic
Vocab: Debate III: meander, precocious, scapegoat, shibboleth, callow, drivel
Vocab: Debate IV: adamant, conjugal, abominable, ominous, epitome, exhort
Vocab: Debate V: obfuscate, paternalism, polarize, purview, sanguine
1) Students are to learn the part of speech of each word, as well as all definitions, in addition to creating a
CONTEXTUALLY CORRECT SENTENCE with each definition.
2) Students are to CONTINUE RESEARCH (this week, with laptops in classroom.)
WEEK OF OCTOBER 5: research due at week's end on the following NEW RESOLUTION: Resolved: Failed nations are a greater
threat to the United States than are stable nations.
Vocab: Debate I and Speech I: erratic, expulsion, feint, fodder, fortify
Vocab: Debate II: cupidity, philistine, catholic, provincial, simulate
Vocab: Debate III: bedlam, martinet, indolent, transcend, umbrage
Vocab: Debate IV: pragmatic, disparage, vegetate, unctuous, ameliorate
Vocab: Debate V: lachrymose, lexicon, melee, microcosm, minuscule
1) Students are to learn the part of speech of each word, as well as all definitions, in addition to creating a
CONTEXTUALLY CORRECT SENTENCE with each definition.
2) Students are to CONTINUE RESEARCH (this week, with laptops in classroom.)
WEEK OF SEPT. 29: research due at week's end on the following Congressional Bills:
1) Increasing ties with Russia (2) Increase aid to Africa (3) Mandate Helmets (4) Grant Amnesty to Illegals (5) Increase $
to NASA (6) Abolish Capitol Punishment (7) Mandate Steroid Testing in Athletes (8) Institute Universal Healthcare (9) Urge
Ties with N. Korea (10) Increase Afghanistani aid.
Vocab: Debate I and Speech I: adjourn, alien, comely,compensate, disslute
Vocab: Debate II: lethargic, ostracize, gregarious egregious, meritorious
Vocab: Debate III: cant, ephemeral, dexterous, sinister, petulant
Vocab: Debate IV: fatal, nefarious, vindicate, vindictive, prerogative
Vocab: Debate V: bibulous, claque, deracinate, eleemosynary, indigenous
1) Students are to learn the part of speech of each word, as well as all definitions, in addition to creating a
CONTEXTUALLY CORRECT SENTENCE with each definition.
2) Students are to CONTINUE RESEARCH (this week, with laptops in classroom) the following category of debate:
STUDENT CONGRESS BILL WRITING : Write a Bill or a Resolution; Present the Bill/Resolution; Debate the Bill/Resolution; Vote on the Bill/Resolution.
WEEK OF SEPT. 21: TURN-IN TEST DUE, Tuesday, Sept 22.
Vocab: Debate I and Speech I:relinquish, salvage, spasmodic, spurious, unbridled
Vocab: Debate II: Machiavellian, laconic, maudlin, galvanize, intercede
Vocab: Debate III: posthumous, enthrall, parasite, chagrin, jaded
Vocab: Debate IV:sycophant, anachronism, draconian, plummet, lurid
Vocab: Debate V: ribald, supine, vignette, aegis, apprise
1) Students are to learn the part of speech of each word, as well as all definitions, in addition to creating a
CONTEXTUALLY CORRECT SENTENCE with each definition.
2) Students are to CONTINUE RESEARCH (this week, with laptops in classroom) the following category of debate:
STUDENT CONGRESS BILL WRITING : Write a Bill or a Resolution; Present the Bill/Resolution; Debate the Bill/Resolution; Vote on the Bill/Resolution.
3) Students are to RESEARCH (this week) the following Individual Event Category, for presentation: HUMOROUS INTERP.
Students are to find a PUBLISHED WORK in any one of the the following categories: poetry AND prose, play, fiction, non-fiction.***8 minute presentations (not 1 minute) + a minute introduction to author (and scene) Please note that the length
of piece is longer, and an introduction is required.
***PLEASE NOTE: ON Tuesday, SEPT. 22, TEACHER ABSENCE: DEBATE I-V is to READ, OUTLINE and ANSWER
QUESTIONS on CHAPTER 8 in "Strategic Debate," called "Negative Argumentation" as well as in CHAPTER 9, "The
Negative Counterplan"; create a NEGATIVE CONSTRUCTIVE SPEECH, and a mock (pretend) NEGATIVE COUNTERPLAN.
SPEECH I: OUTLINE and answer questions on CHAPTER 17: THE SPEECH TO PERSUADE, in "PUBLIC SPEAKING TODAY."
Choose one critical thinking activity to do with a classmate/s.
ALL WORK IS TO BE TURNED IN AS A TURN-IN TEST.
MIKE WEBB: NEW DEBATE CLUB PRESIDENT
TROY GRAS: NEW DEBATE CLUB VICE-PRESIDENT
LIZ ANDERSON: NEW DEBATE CLUB TREASURER
ERIKA MARTINEZ: NEW DEBATE CLUB SECRETARY
GO DEBATE TEAM, GO!!!!!
WEEK OF SEPT. 14: VOCAB TEST THURSDAY, CUMULATIVE
Vocab: Debate I and Speech I: efface, muddle, opinionated, perennial, predispose
Vocab: Debate II: impede, expedite, tantalize, labyrinth, hackneyed
Vocab: Debate III: diffident, hypocrisy, zealous, candid, hiatus
Vocab: Debate IV: hyperbole, diabolic, dunce, charlatan, innuendo
Vocab: Debate V: oblivious, poltroon, proselyte, quasi, raillery
1) Students are to learn the part of speech of each word, as well as all definitions, in addition to creating a
CONTEXTUALLY CORRECT SENTENCE with each definition.
2) Students are to RESEARCH (this week) the following category of debate:
STUDENT CONGRESS BILL WRITING : Write a Bill or a Resolution; Present the Bill/Resolution; Debate the Bill/Resolution; Vote on the Bill/Resolution.
3) Students are to RESEARCH (this week) the following Individual Event Category, for presentation: HUMOROUS INTERP.
Students are to find a PUBLISHED WORK in any one of the the following categories: poetry AND prose, play, fiction, non-fiction.***next week: 8 minute presentations (not 1 minute) + a minute introduction to author (and scene)
WEEK OF SEPT. 08: LABOR DAY HOLIDAY ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 07
BENCHMARK TESTS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 08 AND 09
Vocab: Debate I and Speech I: cumbersome, deadlock, debris, diffuse, dilemma
Vocab: Debate II: quixotic, cynical, stoical, stigma, decadence
Vocab: Debate III: mentor, haggard, utopian, mercurial, elicit
Vocab: Debate IV: plagiarize, titanic, irony, effete, expostulate
Vocab: Debate V: hierarchy, liturgy, mirage, morass, noisome
1) Students are to learn the part of speech of each word, as well as all definitions, in addition to creating a
CONTEXTUALLY CORRECT SENTENCE with each definition.
2) Students are to RESEARCH (this week) the following category of debate:
Public Forum topic: Resolved: When in confilit, the United Nations should prioritize global poverty reduction
over environmental protection.
3) Students are to RESEARCH (this week) the following Individual Event Category, for presentation: DRAMATIC INTERP.
Students are to find a PUBLISHED WORK in any one of the the following categories: poetry, prose, play, fiction, non-fiction.Week of Aug. 31:
Vocab: Debate I and Speech I: cumbersome, deadlock, debris, diffuse, dilemma
Vocab: Debate II: quixotic, cynical, stoical, stigma, decadence
Vocab: Debate III: mentor, haggard, utopian, mercurial, elicit
Vocab: Debate IV: plagiarize, titanic, irony, effete, expostulate
Vocab: Debate V: hierarchy, liturgy, mirage, morass, noisome
Vocab homework due Thursday; cumulative vocab quiz to be announced.
Students are to learn the part of speech of each word, as well as all definitions, in addition to creating a
CONTEXTUALLY CORRECT SENTENCE with each definition.
Students are to complete Internet and Database search for both affirmative and negative sides to the resolution:
Resolved: Public high school students ought not be required to pass standardized exit examinations to graduate.
Students are to be prepared to present to one another (and possibly to the class) his or her 'side.'
Students will earn extra credit points (up to 20) for 'dressing the part' of the polished speaker (prepping for TOURNAMENTS.)
Week of Aug. 24:
Vocab: Debate I and Speech I: admonish, breach, brigand, circumspect, commandeer
Vocab: Debate II: Herculean, bowdlerize, pandemonium, pander, coalition
Vocab: Debate III: curtail, travesty, scruple, havoc, assuage
Vocab: Debate IV: chimerical, asinine, bellwether, limbo, approbation
Vocab: Debate V: fait accompli, effete, caterwaul, adjunct, hidebound
VOCAB QUIZ ON WEDNESDAY.
Students are to learn the part of speech of each word, as well as all definitions, in addition to creating a
CONTEXTUALLY CORRECT SENTENCE with each definition.
Students are to view on the Internet at least one example of each of the following 4 categories of debate:
Lincoln-Douglas, Public Forum, Policy, and Student Congress.
Students are to be prepared to properly present and introduce themselves to the class, for a grade (10 points.)
Students will practice Parliamentary Procedure throughout the course, beginning with week #1!
