My Site
  • Home
  • Lincoln Douglas
  • Policy
  • Public Forum
  • Tournament Information
  • Contact Me
  • About
  • Judge Training Materials
  • 2020-2021 Home Page
  • A Block -- Advanced Policy Debate
  • B Block -- Beginning Policy Debate
  • C Block -- Advanced Lincoln Douglas Debate
  • E Block -- Advanced Public Forum Debate
  • G Block -- Beginning Lincoln Douglas Debate
  • G Block -- Beginning Public Forum Debate
Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument August 2017

B Block -- Beginning Policy Debate

Students in In-Person Cohort A -- Felix
Students in In-Person Cohort B -- Arjun, Ishaan, Jianna, Sophie
Students in RLA -- Ahmed, Alexis, Alex L, Ananya, Misty, Ronak
Students Serving as TAs in Novice Policy Class -- Amanda, Larry, Pia, Will


Picture
<-- A Cohort for Novices. There are no TAs in the A Cohort



Picture
<-- B Cohort for Novices. There are no TAs in the B Cohort.

Current Schedule -- Hybrid -- Week 29 -- Hybrid (Cohort B)

Picture
ADVISORY -- MEETS THURSDAY APRIL 14 FROM 2:30 to 3:10. H-BLOCK CLASSES SHORTENED!

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

Week 29 -- Debrief State/Courts Lecture
​
Remote Class for All -- Monday 2:10-3:10 p.m. -- Debrief States/ Courts Lecture by Pia
Week 28 -- More Advanced Policy Lectures and Drills
​Cohort A and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Monday 8:30-9:15 a.m. -- Perm
     Writing and Prepping for Tournaments with Amanda and Atul

​​Cohort A and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Tuesday 8:30-9:40 a.m. --
    
Baudrillard with Larry and Alex
​​Cohort A and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Wednesday 8:30-9:45 a.m. --
     Courts Affs and Theory with Pia

​​Cohort A and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Thursday 8:30-9:35 a.m. --
      Answering K Affs and a 2NR Drill at the End of the Block with Will
Week 27 -- Various Advanced Policy Lectures and Practice
​Cohort B and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Monday 8:30-9:20 a.m. -- Block
     Writing with Amanda

​​Cohort B and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Tuesday 8:30-9:40 a.m. -- Guest
     Lecture from Zoey (Various Kritiks) 

​​Cohort B and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Wednesday 8:30-9:45 a.m. -- Set
     Col Kritik Lecture with Larry and Friends

​​Cohort B and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Thursday 8:30-9:40 a.m. -- Racial
     Capitalism-Undercommons-Logistics Lecture with Will
Week 26 -- Debrief/Future Planning
​
Remote Class for All -- Monday 2:10-3:10 p.m. -- Debrief Woodward/Plan for State/Start
    Thinking About Next Year's Topic/Do Rebuttal Redos
Week 25 -- Filling the Holes/Previewing Other Files
​
Remote Class for All -- Monday 2:10-3:10 p.m. -- Filling Holes and Previewing Files/Sign
    Up for State/Complete Rebuttal Redos
Week 24 -- Advanced Policy Instructional Sessions/Projects
​Cohort A and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Monday 8:30-9:15 a.m. --
     Advanced Policy Theory Lecture (by Amanda)

​​Cohort A and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Tuesday 8:30-9:40 a.m. -- Politics
     Disad Lecture (by Pia)

​​Cohort A and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Wednesday 8:30-9:45 a.m. --
     History of Debate Lecture (by Will)

​​Cohort A and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Thursday 8:30-9:35 a.m. --
​     Advanced Kritick Concepts Lecture (by Larry and Alex)
Week 23 -- Debriefing/Planning for Evidence Project
​Cohort B and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Monday 8:30-9:20 a.m. --
     Answering Questions from Lakeland/Introduction of Evidence Project

​​Cohort B and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Tuesday 8:30-9:40 a.m. --
     Finalize Assignments and Work on Evidence Project

​​Cohort B and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Wednesday 8:30-9:45 a.m. --
     Work on Evidence Project

​​Cohort B and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Thursday 8:30-9:40 a.m. --
​     Work on Evidence Project
Week 22 -- Future Planning/Impact Turn Debates/Reflection
​
Remote Class for All -- Monday 2:10-3:10 p.m. -- Impact Turn Debates/Review Future
​     Events (Especially Lakeland and Woodward)
Week 21 -- Debrief/Future Planning/Answering New Arguments
​
Remote Class for All -- Monday 2:10-3:10 p.m. -- Debrief Pennsbury/Discuss Answering
     New Arguments/Discuss Intentions for Next Year/Do Form/Plan for U Penn
Week 20 -- DAs/CX/Flowing/The Mechanics of Online Debate
​Cohort A and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Monday 8:30-9:15 a.m. -- Fun K
     Quizzes and Team Building Activities/Finish Forms/Finish Missing Assignments

​​Cohort A and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Tuesday 8:30-9:40 a.m. -- Impact
     Turns Lecture and Q&A/Remember to Sign Up For Rest of Regular Season Events

​​Cohort A and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Wednesday 8:30-9:45 a.m. --
     New Files Lecture and Q&A/Get Ready for Pennsbury 

​​Cohort A and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Thursday 8:30-9:40 a.m. --
     Cutting Cards Workshop in Breakout Rooms
Week 19 -- DAs/CX/Flowing/The Mechanics of Online Debate
​Cohort B and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Monday 8:30-9:20 a.m. --
     Verbatim Practice/Homework: Flowing a K Aff and Framework Speeches Drill

​​Cohort B and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Tuesday 8:30-9:40 a.m. --
     Practice Framework Speeches/Homework: Scroll Through Lecture & Pose Questions

​​Cohort B and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Wednesday 8:30-9:45 a.m. --
     Answering AfroPess Lecture/Homework: Read Gordon Card and Answer Questions

​​Cohort B and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Thursday 8:30-9:40 a.m. --
​     Answers to AfroPess Practice Speeches/Homework: Deadline for Flowing Drill
​​Week 18 -- This Class Did Not Meet in Week 18
Week 17 -- Getting Used to Verbatim/Prep for Big Lex/Redos
​
Remote Class for All -- Monday 2:10-3:10 p.m. -- More Work on Verbatim/Finish Redos
Week 16 -- Topicality/K Tricks/Politics DA/Team-Building
​Everyone Remote -- Monday 8:30-9:20 a.m. -- Capitalism vs Policy Affs Presentation
​​Everyone Remote -- Tuesday 8:30-9:40 a.m. -- Framework Presentation
​​Everyone Remote -- Wednesday 8:30-9:45 a.m. -- Cap K Presentation
Everyone Remote -- Thursday 8:30-9:35 a.m. -- Test Plus Introduction to Verbatim
Week 15 -- Topicality/K Tricks/Politics DA/Team-Building
​Everyone Remote -- Monday 8:30-9:20 a.m. -- In Depth Discussion of Topicality
​​Everyone Remote -- Tuesday 8:30-9:40 a.m. -- Common K Tricks and Politics Disads
​​Everyone Remote -- Wednesday 8:30-9:35 a.m. -- Fun Team Building Activities
Week 14 -- Debriefing and Moving Forward with Arguments
​
Remote Class for All -- Monday 2:10-2:30 p.m. -- Debrief Ridge-LaSalle/Flowing Drill
Week 13 -- Answering Kritiks and New Files
​
Remote Class for All -- Monday 2:10-3:10 p.m. -- How to Answer New Arguments
Week 12 -- Drills/Learning New Arguments/P.O.S.T.A.L.
​​Cohort A and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Tuesday 8:30-9:40 a.m. -- Drills
     (CP & DA/K/T) -- Everyone Does Two

​​Cohort A and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Wednesday 8:30-9:45 a.m. --
     Learn the Meaning of POSTAL/Answers to Counterplans/2ACs Against Counterplans

​​Cohort A and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Thursday 8:30-9:40 a.m. -- Other
     Disads and Counterplans in the Packet
Week 11 -- Abolition Kritik/Debrief Little Lex/Team-Building
​Cohort B and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Monday 8:30-9:20 a.m. --
      Introduction to the Abolition K/Debrief Little Lex

​​Cohort B and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Tuesday 8:30-9:40 a.m. -- Guest
      Lecture on the Abolition K

​​Cohort B and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Wednesday 8:30-9:35 a.m. --
​      Team Building Activities and Mini-Debates
Week 10 -- K Drill and 2AC Creation
​
Remote Class for All -- Monday 2:10-3:10 p.m. -- K Drill and 2AC Creation Activity
Week 9 -- Answering Kritiks and New Files
​
Remote Class for All -- Monday 2:10-3:10 p.m. -- Answering Kritiks
Week 8 -- Debrief Manchester/Learn About T/Checking In Test
​​Cohort A and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Monday 8:30-9:20 a.m. -- Debrief
      the Manchester Tournament/Discuss Procedures and Arguments

Cohort A and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Wednesday 8:30-9:45 a.m. --
      Theory and Topicality -- Lectures and Practice

​​Cohort A and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Thursday 8:30-9:40 a.m. -- Test
      on the Basics of Policy Debate/Introduction to Kritiks
Week 7 -- DAs/CX/Flowing/The Mechanics of Online Debate
​Cohort B and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Monday 8:30-9:20 a.m. -- Mini
       DA Debates in Small Groups

​​Cohort B and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Tuesday 8:30-9:40 a.m. -- CX
       Lecture and CX Drills/Time to Prep with Partner(s)

​​Cohort B and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Wednesday 8:30-9:45 a.m. --
       Kicking out of Arguments/Affirmative Answers to DAs

​​Cohort B and Kaz In School (Everyone Else Remote) -- Thursday 8:30-9:40 a.m. --
       Graded Flowing Drill/Email Chains and Speech Docs/How to Read Paradigms and
       How to Use Slack (and Tabroom)
​Week 6 -- Disads/Highlighting/More Flowing/Q & A
​
Remote Class for All -- Monday 2:10-3:10 p.m. -- Continued Discussion of Disads/Flowing
​       Practice/Small Group Meetings With Partners/TAs Drop by for Q & A
​​Week 5 -- This Class Does Not Meet in Week 5
Week 4 -- Review of Old & Learn New Concepts/Practice Them
​Remote Class for Most (Except TAs) -- Monday 8:30-9:20 a.m. -- Breakout Sessions to
       Review Claim/Warrant/Impact/Structure of Debate/How Files Work/Federalism DA

​Remote Class for Most (Except Kaz/9th Grade Cohort A) -- Tuesday 8:30-9:40 a.m. --
       Impact Calc Lecture/Impact Calc Debates/Flowing Lecture and Drills

​Remote Class for Most (Except 10th Grade Cohort A) -- Wednesday 8:30-9:45 a.m. --
       ​Structure of Affirmatives (Especially Death Penalty Aff)/Talk About Partnerships/Get
       to Know Partners in Breakout Rooms

​Remote Class for Everyone -- Thursday 8:30-9:40 a.m. -- Counterplan Lecture/DA
       Lecture
​Week 3 -- This Class Does Not Meet in Week 3
​Week 2 -- Basics of Debate/Topic Thoughts
Remote Class for All -- Monday 2:20-3:10 p.m. -- Parts of an Argument/Parts of a Debate
       /Basic Vocabulary of Debate/Start Thinking About the Topic
/Planning for Tuesday's
       Asynchronous Work

​Asynchronous Work for All -- Tuesday 10:30-Noon -- Modified Mini Debates
Remote Class for All -- Friday 8:30-9:20 p.m. -- More About the Topic
  
Week 1 -- Norms/Expectations/Partner and Team Building
Remote Class for All -- Monday 2:20-3:10 p.m. -- Introductions and Ice Breakers/Digital        Norms/TA Introductions and Break Out Round Robin/Kahoot/Planning for Tuesday's          Asynchronous Work
​Asynchronous Work for All -- Tuesday 10:30-Noon -- Survey and Small Article Analysis

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

Week 29 -- Make Sure all Q3 Work is Done/Get Started on Courts Activity
Week 28 -- Prep for State/Finish Overdue Rebuttal Redos/Do Newly Assigned Drills
​Week 27 -- Take Notes/Ask Questions/Get Ready for State
​Week 26 -- Do Rebuttal Redos/Get Ready for State
​Week 25 -- Prep for Woodward/Finish Old Work/Do State Signup Form
Week 24 -- Work on and Finish Evidence Projects
Week 23 -- Work on Evidence Project
​Week 22 -- Reflection and Rebuttal Redos from U Penn
Week 21 -- Forms and Prep for U Penn
Week 20 -- Make Sure Old Work is Done/Finish Forms and Prep for Tournaments
​Week 19 -- Homework Specified Above
Week 18 -- Finish Redos (Due Jan. 22)/Continue Working with New Files
Week 17 -- Put Files on Verbatim (if Desired)/Redos Due Jan. 22/Prep for Big Lex
Week 16 -- Redos Due in ONE Week/Complete Forms/Study for Test on Thursday
Week 15 -- Finish Redos/Ask Questions About New Material/Big Lex and Other Forms
Week 14 -- Look Over T Files and Blocks/Do Ridge and La Salle Redos
Week 13 -- Complete Your Redos/Do January Tournament Form
Week 12 -- Address Sheet/Redos/Submit 2ACs to CP/Have 2ACs and 1ARs to K
                   Done/Have Answers to Off Case Arguments/Ask Questions/Highlighting
​Week 11 -- Review and Think About Highlighting the Abolition Kritik
Week 10 -- Continue Prepping Files for Little Lex
Week 9 -- Work with the New Files/Prepare for Upcoming Tournaments
​Week 8 -- Look Through and Highlight Wave 2 Files/Review for Test on the Basics
​Week 7 -- Highlighting/Organizing Arguments By Speech/Organizing Team Folders
​Week 6 -- Continue Working on Highlighting/Talking With Partners/Forms
​Week 5 -- Meet With Partners/Start Preparing Files/Make Tabroom Accounts
Week 4 -- Take Home Quiz/Partnership Form/Look at Impact/Reflection Form on Impact
​                 Calc Tournament/One Paragraph Explaining Framing
​Week 3 -- REALLY Complete the Beginning of Year Forms/Watch for Notes from TAs​
Week 2 -- Really Complete Beginning of the Year Forms
Week 1 -- Complete 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/1y0egEEgk-bACmmoBIymL7J8UTW0S7DFCjWw51b0qMDQ/edit?usp=sharing

No Homework Dates and Homework Guidelines
Picture
Picture
Proudly powered by Weebly