G Block -- Beginning Lincoln Douglas Debate

Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument August 2017

G Block - Beginning Lincoln Douglas Debate

Students in In-Person Cohort A -- Ben S, Feodor, Tasneem
Students in In-Person Cohort B -- Aurora, Everest, Naresh
Students in RLA -- Aaron, Abhijith, Andrew, Carrie, Hannah, Joanna, Sapphire, Vivian
Students Serving as TAs in Novice Policy Class -- Christina, Jeong-Wan, Reuben

Please make sure to sit in your assigned seats -- if we need to fix them to work with our blended class, I will do that.

Current Schedule -- Hybrid -- Week 12 -- Cohort A In-School

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

Week 12 --
Remote Class for Everyone -- Thursday 2:10 - 3:10 p.m. --

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 12 --
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.