Next Week's Debate

Hi Class!

Now that we've completed our first class debate and you have received your scores, you should have a better idea of what you can work on to improve your debate skills. Remember that the main focus for our next class debate is on speaking skills. While you all impressed me during our debate on animal testing, some people relied too much on note cards. Let's make sure to try and memorize more of our contentions so we can deliver them with more confidence!

Good luck and see you all on Tuesday!

Mrs. Kim

Hi Class!

Great work during yesterday's class! You were all focused and driven and you made me very proud. Here are just a few reminders for our next class.

Homework due 7/12

1. Come prepared with debate note cards (Use bullet points! If you write full sentences or paragraphs, you will be tempted to read your entire speech).
2. For the speakers presenting an "appeal to emotion" or an "appeal to logic", make sure to bring your visuals.
3. Make sure to time yourselves as you practice delivering your speeches (time windows listed below).
4. Review your vocabulary words/key concepts (listed below).

Vocabulary Words and Key Concepts
1. resolution/resolved
2. affirmative (AFF)
3. negative (NEG)
4. coin flip (key word: method)
5. argument
6. appeal to emotion
7. appeal to logic
8. appeal to authority
9. rhetorical question
10. contention
11. flowing
12. anecdote

Order of Debate
AFF - Intro (Stephen)
AFF - C#1 (Stephen)
NEG - Intro (Justin)
NEG - C#1 (Justin)
AFF - C#2 (Jake)
NEG - C#2 (Goomo)
AFF - C#3 (Lauren)
NEG - C#3 (Alex)
AFF - Closing (Lauren)
NEG - Closing (Goomo)

Time Windows
Intro = 30 - 45 seconds
Contentions = 45 seconds - 1 minute
Closing = 30 - 45 seconds

Requirements
* properly uses rhetorical questions or anecdotes to grab the audience's attention
* provides information that is supported by articles
* displays visuals when necessary
* stays within time windows
* remains mindful of posture, voice projection, pronunciation/enunciation, stance, eye contact, and tone
* leaves out filler words

I know that this is a lot of information, but I believe that each one of you is prepared to deliver a successful presentation! I'm very excited to watch our first class debate and hope that you are as well. Rehearse your speeches and come to class prepared :). Remember that our AFF team won the coin flip and will be presenting first.

Please let me know if you have any questions! Good luck!

Mrs. Kim

Our New Class Blog!

Hi Class!

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Our first three classes together have been wonderful. I have witnessed each one of you opening up and expressing your ideas. Now that we have set a foundation for our class and understand how important it is to speak in an educated and respectful manner, we will begin applying our skills into our first debate!

Our first debate topic will be on the issue of animal testing. There are two main reasons why people experiment on animals:
1) SCIENTIFIC reasons - People experiment on animals to find out more about the animals themselves.
2) MEDICAL reasons - People experiment on animals in order to test substances and procedures to see if they are harmful.

Our first class debate will be about whether we should experiment on animals for scientific and medical purposes.

Homework
- With parental supervision, research the topic of experimenting/testing on animals. Print at least THREE articles and bring them to class on Tuesday. Be prepared to discuss this topic, as we will be choosing debate teams during our next class!

If you have any questions or comments, you can leave them in the form of a comment to this blog. Just scroll down to the end of this post and click "comment".

See you on Tuesday!

Ms. Kim