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Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument August 2017

G Block - Beginning Lincoln Douglas Debate


Current Schedule - Fifth Week of Full Return - Week 37 Overall

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Class Plans By Week -- The Newest Activities are on the Top

Week 37 -- Finish Congress/Talk a Bit About Next Year
In Person Plus RLA Folks -- Monday 1:40 - 3:10 p.m. -- Do Congress
In Person Plus RLA Folks -- Wednesday 10:10 - 11:05 a.m. -- Finish Congress
In Person Plus RLA Folks -- Friday 10:20 - 11:05 a.m. -- Discuss the 2021-2022 Season
​      and School Year/Discuss the Summer Project
Week 36 -- Do Congress/Make Sure ALL OLD WORK is DONE
In Person Plus RLA Folks -- Monday 1:40 - 3:10 p.m. -- Do Congress
In Person Plus RLA Folks -- Wednesday 10:10 - 11:05 a.m. -- Do Congress
In Person Plus RLA Folks -- Friday 10:20 - 11:05 a.m. -- Do Congress
Week 35 -- Congress Prep/Start Doing Congress
In Person Plus RLA Folks -- Wednesday 10:15 - 11:10 a.m. -- Upload Congress
     Resolutions BEFORE the End of the Block/Prep Congress Speeches

In Person Plus RLA Folks -- Friday 10:20 - 11:05 a.m. -- Start Doing Congress
Week 34 -- Final Activities w/TAs/Congress Prep/Senior Recog
In Person Plus RLA Folks -- Monday 1:40 - 3:10 p.m. -- Activities with TAs/Congress Prep
     if Time Permits

In Person Plus RLA Folks -- Wednesday 10:15 - 11:10 a.m. -- Final Activities with
​     TAs/Senior Recognitions/Congress Prep if Time Permits

In Person Plus RLA Folks -- Friday 10:20 - 11:05 a.m. -- Final Activities with TAs
Week 33 -- Philosopher Presentations
In Person Plus RLA Folks -- Monday 1:40 - 3:10 p.m. -- Continue the Philosopher
​      Presentations (Everyone Takes Notes)

In Person Plus RLA Folks -- Wednesday 10:15 - 11:10 a.m. -- Finish Presentations/Start
      Doing Speaking Activities

In Person Plus RLA Folks -- Friday 10:20 - 11:05 a.m. -- Continue Doing Speaking
      Activities/Finish Up Old Sets of Notes
Week 32 -- Present Philosopher Projects/Take Notes
Remote Class for Everyone -- Thursday 2:10 - 2:30 p.m. -- Present Philosopher Projects/
​      Everyone Else Takes and Turns in Notes When Not Presenting
Week 31 -- Present Philosopher Projects
Remote Class for Everyone -- Thursday 2:10 - 2:30 p.m. -- Present Philosopher Projects
Week 30 -- Philosopher Projects
Kaz and Cohort B in School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Monday 11:35 a.m. -
    12:30 p.m. --
Work on Philosopher Projects
Kaz and Cohort B in School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Tuesday 11:15 a.m. --
     12:30 p.m. -- Work on Philosopher Projects/Schedule First Presentations

Kaz and Cohort B in School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Wednesday 11:20 a.m. --
     12:30 p.m. -- 
Start Presenting Philosopher Projects
Kaz and Cohort B in School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Friday 10:55 - Noon --
      Present Philosopher Projects
Week 29 -- Philosopher Projects
Kaz and Cohort B in School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Monday 11:35 a.m. -
    12:30 p.m. -- Introduce and Assign Philosopher Projects Topics

Kaz and Cohort B in School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Tuesday 11:15 a.m. --
     12:30 p.m. -- Work on Philosopher Topics

Kaz and Cohort B in School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Wednesday 11:20 a.m. --
     12:30 p.m. --
Work on Philosopher Topics
Kaz and Cohort B in School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Friday 10:55 - Noon --
     
Work on Philosopher Topics/Check in With TAs on Project Progress
Week 28 -- Practice Debates/Flows & Comments/Finish Cases
Remote Class for Everyone -- Thursday 2:10 - 2:30 p.m. -- Practice Debates/All
     Students Flow/People Not Debating Write Comments/Finish Old Work by Friday
Week 27 -- Practice Debates/Flows & Comments/Finish Cases
Remote Class for Everyone -- Thursday 2:10 - 2:30 p.m. -- Posted Practice Debates/All
     Students Flow/People Not Debating Write Comments
Week 26 -- Check In/Stations Activities/Case Work/Debates
Kaz and Cohort A in School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Monday 11:35 a.m. -
​     12:30 p.m. -- Check-In Form/Finish Set Col/Reminder About State Sign-up
Kaz and Cohort A In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Tuesday 11:15 a.m. -
     12:30 p.m. -- Stations Activities
Kaz and Cohort A In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else
 -- Wednesday 11:20 a.m. -
     12:30 p.m. -- March-April Case Prep

Kaz and Cohort A In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Friday 10:55 - 
      Noon -- Practice Debates
Week 25 -- Check-In/Stations/Lecture/Practice Debates
Kaz and Cohort B in School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Monday 11:35 a.m. -
    12:30 p.m. -- Check-In Form/Prep Time for Woodward or March-April Debates/Do
     State Form

Kaz and Cohort B in School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Tuesday 11:15 a.m. --
     12:30 p.m. -- Stations Activities

Kaz and Cohort B in School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Wednesday 11:20 a.m. --
     12:30 p.m. -- Kritik Lecture

Kaz and Cohort B in School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Friday 10:55 - Noon --
      Practice Debates
Week 24 -- This Class Does Not Meet During Week 24
Week 23 -- Check-In/De-Brief/Short Class Because of Advisory
Remote Class for Everyone -- Thursday 2:10 - 2:30 p.m. -- Debrief Lakeland and
     Shrewsbury/Check-In On March-April Prep/Reminder About Forms & Events
Week 22 -- Review/March-April Work/Stations Activities
Kaz and Cohort A in School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Monday 11:35 a.m. -
​     12:30 p.m. -- Check-In Form and Review of Future Plans and Events
Kaz and Cohort A In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Tuesday 11:15 a.m. -
     12:30 p.m. -- March-April Topic Lecture
Kaz and Cohort A In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else
 -- Wednesday 11:20 a.m. -
     12:30 p.m. -- Stations Activities-Casework-Other Activities Based on Check-In Form

Kaz and Cohort A In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Friday 10:55 - 
      Noon -- 
Stations Activities-Casework-Other Activities Based on Check-In Form
Week 21 -- Stations Activity/Questions/Practice Debates
Kaz and Cohort B in School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Monday 11:35 a.m. -
      12:30 p.m. -- Finish Stations Activity/Debrief Stations Activity/Updates on Forms and
      Tournaments
Kaz and Cohort B in School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Tuesday 11:15 a.m. -
      12:30 p.m. -- Fill Out Form and Answer Questions Within the Form
Kaz and Cohort B in School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Wednesday 11:20 a.m. -
      12:30 p.m. -- Practice Debates
Kaz and Cohort B in School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Friday 10:55 - Noon --
       Practice Debate
Week 20 -- Three Stations in Breakout Rooms
Remote Class for Everyone -- Thursday 2:10 - 3:10 p.m. -- Flowing-CX-Persuasion
      Stations/Reminder to Finish Forms
Week 19 -- Debrief Previous Weekend/Q and A
Remote Class for Everyone -- Thursday 2:10 - 3:10 p.m. -- Discuss Arguments from
​      Hendrick Hudson/General Question and Answer Time
Week 18 -- Debrief and Future Planning
Kaz and Cohort A In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Tuesday 11:15 a.m. -
     12:30 p.m. -- Debrief Big Lex/Plan for Hen Hud & Columbia/Other Stuff
Kaz and Cohort A In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else
 -- Wednesday 11:20 a.m. -
     12:30 p.m. -- Kritik Lecture and Questions and Answers on Kritiks

Kaz and Cohort A In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Friday 10:55 - 
      Noon -- Theory Quiz and Review of Correct Answers
Week 17 -- Q&A/Theory Lecture/Practice Debates
Remote Class for Everyone -- Monday 11:35 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. -- Survey of Questions/
     Provide Answers to Those Questions from the Past Few Weeks/Schedule the Practice
     Debates for Later in the Week
Remote Class for Everyone -- Tuesday 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. -- Theory Lecture
Remote Class for Everyone
 -- Wednesday 11:20 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. -- Day #1 Practice
     Debates (for Folks Debating at Big Lex)

Remote Class for Everyone -- Friday 10:55 - Noon -- Day #2 Practice Debates (for Folks
     Debating at Big Lex)
Week 16 -- This Class Does Not Meet During Week 16
Week 15 -- This Class Does Not Meet During Week 15
Week 14 -- Jan-Feb Prep/Test/Q & A Before Time Away
Kaz and Cohort A in School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Monday 11:35 a.m. -
​     12:30 p.m. -- Lecture on Topic Specific Arguments
Kaz and Cohort A In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Tuesday 11:15 a.m. -
     12:30 p.m. -- Prep for Jan-Feb Topic/Study for Test
Kaz and Cohort A In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else
 -- Wednesday 11:20 a.m. -
     12:30 p.m. -- Take Test/Continue Jan-Feb Prep

Kaz and Cohort A In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Friday 10:55 - 
      Noon -- Q & A Before Long Time Away From Class/Get Varsity Mentors
Week 13 -- Q & A/Kant/DAs/CPs/Prep for Ridge and Jan-Feb
Kaz and Cohort B in School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Monday 11:35 a.m. -
​     12:30 p.m. -- Q & A Session Based on Survey
Kaz and Cohort B In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Tuesday 11:15 a.m. -
     12:30 p.m. -- Kant Lecture
Kaz and Cohort B In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else
 -- Wednesday 11:20 a.m. -
     12:30 p.m. -- Disads and Counterplans in LD Lecture

Kaz and Cohort B In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Friday 10:55 - 
      Noon -- Prep for Ridge or Do Jan/Feb Prep
Week 12 -- Intro to New Topic
Remote Class for Everyone -- Thursday 2:10 - 3:10 p.m. -- Intro to Jan-Feb Topic
Week 11 -- This Class Does Not Meet During Week 11
Week 10 -- Impact Calc Tournament and Practice Debates
Kaz and Cohort A in School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Monday 11:35 a.m. -
​     12:30 p.m. -- Impact Calc Tournament/Reminders About Upcoming Tournaments
Kaz and Cohort A In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else
 -- Tuesday 11:15 a.m. -
     12:30 p.m. -- Practice Debates

Kaz and Cohort A In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Wednesday
     11:20 a.m. - 12:30  p.m. -- Practice Debates
Kaz and Cohort A In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Friday 10:55 - 
      Noon -- Independent Prep and Q & A Session (Finish Impact Calc Tournament if Not
      Finished on Monday)/Reminder -- This Class Does NOT Meet Next Week
Week 9 -- Intro to Nov-Dec Topic/Weighing/Impact Calc
Kaz and Cohort B in School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Monday 11:35 a.m. -
​     12:30 p.m. -- Assigning of Impact Calc Impacts/Discussion of Nov-Dec Topic
Kaz and Cohort B In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else
 -- Tuesday 11:15 a.m. -
     12:30 p.m. -- Preparation for Impact Calc Tournament/Review of Weighing

Kaz and Cohort B In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Friday 10:55 - 
      Noon -- Additional Discussion of Nov-Dec Topic/Work on Cases/Imp Calc Stuff
Week 8 -- Debrief and Preparations for Future Events
Remote Class for Everyone -- Thursday 2:10 - 3:10 p.m. -- Debrief Manchester/Prepare
     for Monticello and Scarsdale/Work on Aff and Neg Cases
Week 7 -- Debrief and Preparations for Future Events
Remote Class for Everyone -- Thursday 2:10 - 3:10 p.m. -- Debrief Regis #1 and MSDL
​     Novice Events/Prepare for Manchester/Work on Aff and Neg Cases
Week 6 -- Fundamentals of Case Construction/Write Cases
Kaz and Cohort A in School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Monday 11:35 a.m. -
​     12:30 p.m. -- Utilitarianism vs Deontology/Frameworks/Veil of Ignorance
Kaz and Cohort A In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else
 -- Tuesday 11:15 a.m. -
     12:30 p.m. -- Get Some Novices on Slack/Teach Tabroom for Beginners/Work on Aff
     or Neg Arguments in Small Groups

Kaz and Cohort A In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Wednesday
     11:20 a.m. - 12:30  p.m. -- Discussion of Definitions/Working on Aff and Neg Cases
Kaz and Cohort A In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Friday 10:55 - 
      Noon -- Breakout Rooms to Do Debates/Flowing Practice
Week 5 -- Finishing Debates/Basic Concepts/Cutting Cards
Kaz and Cohort B In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Tuesday 11:15 a.m. -
     12:30 p.m. -- Finish Mini Debates/Feedback/Everyone Does a Flow

Kaz and Cohort B In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Wednesday
     11:20 a.m. - 12:30  p.m. -- Strategies and Arguments/Explaining Turns, Offense,
     Defense and Weighing/Assign Google Form to Practice These Techniques

Kaz and Cohort B In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Friday 10:55 - 
     Noon -- Research Techniques and How to Cut Cards/Start Cutting Some Cards
Week 4 -- Check On Cards/Next Steps in Writing a Case
Remote Class for Everyone -- Thursday 2:10 - 3:10 p.m. -- Finish the Mini Debates
Week 3 -- Learning the Basics/Practicing the Basics
In Person Class for Some Freshmen/Remote Class for the Rest of the Folks -- Tuesday
      11:15 a.m. -12:30 p.m. -- Check In and Form Explanation/Notes on the Structures of
​      LD (Speech Times/CX/Etc)/Discussion of Civil Disobedience 

In Person Class for Some Sophomores/Remote Class for Rest of Folks -- Wednesday
      11:20 a.m. -12:30  p.m. -- Flowing/What It Is/Practice Doing It

In Person Class for Some Seniors/Remote Class for Rest of Folks -- Friday 10:55-Noon
      -- Learning About Research and About How to Cut Cards
Week 2 -- Parts of an Argument and Civil Disobedience
Remote Class for All -- Thursday 1:25-2:15 p.m. -- Review Asynchronous Work/Continue
      Discussing Parts of Argument and Civil Disobedience/Plan for Friday's Asynchronous
      Work Exploring Civil Disobedience Arguments

​​Asynchronous Work for All -- Friday 12:30-1:45 p.m. -- Additional Work on Parts of an
       Argument in the Context of Civil Disobedience
Week 1 -- Norms/Expectations/Team Building
Remote Class for All -- Thursday 1:25-2:15 p.m. -- Introductions and Ice Breakers/Digital        Norms and Class Schedule/Kahoot
Remote Class for All -- Friday 11:15 a.m.- Noon -- Structure of an Argument/Examples of
      Arguments/Simple Discussion of Civil Disobedience/Planning for Friday's
      Asynchronous Work

​Asynchronous Work for All -- Friday 12:30-1:45 p.m. -- Find an Article and Highlight the
      Parts of the Argument in a Paragraph

Homework By Week -- The Most Recent Assignments are on Top

Week 37 -- Prepare for the Last Sessions of Congress
Week 36 -- Prep for Congress Speeches/Make Sure ALL Written Work is Completed
Week 35 -- Upload Congress Resolutions/Prepare Congress Speeches/Do Congress
Week 34 -- Finish Up Any Work TAs Need to Evaluate/Work on Congress Resolutions
Week 33 -- ​Take Notes on Presentations and Upload Notes and Projects
​Week 32 -- Take Notes on Presentations and Upload Notes and Projects
Week 31 -- Take Notes on Presentations and Upload Notes and Projects
Week 30 -- Work On and Finish Philosopher Projects
Week 29 -- Make Sure Q3 Work is Done/Upload March-April Cases/Philosopher Projects
Week 28 -- Finish All Old Work/Complete Flows and Comments from This Week
Week 27 -- Finish March-April Cases Before State/Complete Flows and Comments
Week 26 -- Work on March-April Cases/Sign Up for State
Week 25 -- Prep for Woodward (Jan-Feb Topic) and State (Mar-Apr)/State Signup Form
Week 24 -- Work on March-April Cases/Prepare for Needham
Week 23 -- Work On March-April Cases/Finish Old Forms
Week 22 -- Make Sure Jan-Feb Cases are Uploaded/Start March-April Work
Week 21 -- Finish Forms and Jan-Feb Cases/Upload Jan-Feb Cases Before Break
Week 20 -- 
Work on Jan-Feb Cases/Get Prepared for Upcoming Debates/Finish Forms
Week 19 -- Work on Jan-Feb Cases/Get Prepared for Upcoming Debates
​Week 18 -- Work on Jan-Feb Cases/Get Prepared for Upcoming Debates
​Week 17 -- Work on Jan-Feb Cases/Get Prepared for Practice Debates and Big Lex​
Week 16 -- Work on January-February Cases/Do Big Lex Jobs Form
Week 15 -- Work on January-February Cases/Do Big Lex Jobs Form
Week 14 -- Study for Test/Work on January-February Cases
Week 13 -- Continue Working on January-February Cases
​Week 12 -- Start Working on January-February Cases
​Week 11 -- Get Prepared to Debate in December
Week 10 -- Finalize Nov-Dec Cases/Prep for Practice Debates/Impact Calc 
Week 9 -- ​Start Working on Nov-Dec Cases/Work on Impact Calc Arguments
​Week 8 -- Work on Affirmative and Negative Cases

Week 7 -- Work on Affirmative and Negative Cases
Week 6 -- Work on Affirmative and Negative Cases
​Week 5 -- ​​Do Google Form Making Turns & Weighing Arguments/Cut Some Cards
​Week 4 -- Really Finish Beginning of Year Forms/Keep Reading Articles
Week 3 -- Really Finish Beginning of Year Forms/Cut Three Cards of Your Own
Week 2 -- Really Finish Beginning of Year Forms/Finish Asynchronous Work
Week 1 -- Complete Online Info Sheet and Other Beginning of the Year Forms

Important Notes on Norms and Expectations

1. ALL students are expected to be good Digital Citizens while engaging one another online. Please review the Lexington Public Schools expectations if you have questions. Phones should be put away unless your phone is your access tool for the Zoom Zone (not recommended, but if it is the only thing that works, use it).
2. Students should remain muted unless speaking to the entire group, or unless participating in a discussion (when multiple microphones may be active -- often, but not always, in Break Out Rooms).
3. As a GENERAL practice, ALL students are expected to Zoom into class by the official start time (see schedule above) and should plan on remaining engaged in class activities, unless specifically dismissed, for the entire block. This applies to students in the RLA and those students whose cohort is not meeting in person during a particular day/week. In-person students will very likely be Zooming in from the classroom as well, to make full group participation possible.
4. Because eye contact and facial expressions are important parts of communication, students are very strongly encouraged to leave their cameras on during online learning. Actual names should be visible and the listing of pronouns is encouraged, but not required.
5. Students should make every effort to resolve long-term technical challenges and seek help if required. Individual reasons for keeping cameras off beyond tech challenges should be discussed privately with the teacher.
6. Students are encouraged to use headsets, especially while physically at school, to improve their ability to hear their Zooming-In colleagues, and to be better understood while speaking with a mask on. The school may eventually provide them, but if you have your own in the meantime, you should bring them in.
7. Slack is the REQUIRED communication method during all tournaments and is strongly recommended for more urgent messages, and more immediate responses, from Kaz, although emailing is also acceptable.


Course Expectations
docs.google.com/document/d/1GJiE2dAhM5eybvwoSyv705qOMYzKP_fDuI0jjLr5e9o/edit?usp=sharing

No Homework Dates and Homework Guidelines

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