G Block -- Beginning Public Forum Debate

Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument August 2017

G Block -- Beginning Public Forum Debate

Students in In-Person Cohort A -- Atreyi, Laila, Sanjana
Students in In-Person Cohort B -- Anaya
Students in RLA -- Ambilu, Annie, Lily, Vivek
Students Serving as TAs in Novice Policy Class -- Jamin, Sanjay, Tara

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 17 -- Hybrid Sched Remotely

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

Week 17 -- Debrief/Work on Blocks/Practice Debates
Remote Class for Everyone -- Monday 11:35 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. -- Debrief Sunvite and
Newton South/Collect Arguments/Assign Blocks
Remote Class for Everyone -- Tuesday 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. -- Practice Debate/
Everyone Flows and Everyone Not Debating Writes Comments
Remote Class for Everyone -- Wednesday 11:20 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. -- Practice Debate/
Everyone Flows and Everyone Not Debating Writes Comments
Remote Class for Everyone -- Friday 10:55 - Noon -- Prep for Big Lex/Training for
Students Serving as Room Checkers

Week 16 -- This Class Does Not Meet During Week 16

Week 15 -- This Class Does Not Meet During Week 15

Week 14 -- Finish Watching Debate/January Cases/Speaking
Kaz and Cohort A in School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Monday 11:35 a.m. -
12:30 p.m. -- Finish the Video Round/Topic Analysis
Kaz and Cohort A In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Tuesday 11:15 a.m. -
12:30 p.m. -- Work on January Cases/Speaking Drills (And Get Feedback)
Kaz and Cohort A In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Wednesday 11:20 a.m. -
12:30 p.m. -- Speaking Drills/Work on January Cases (And Get Feedback)
Kaz and Cohort A In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Friday 10:55 -
Noon -- Secret Snowflake/Work on January Cases

Week 13 -- Debrief/Start January Topic/Do January Cards
Kaz and Cohort B in School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Monday 11:35 a.m. -
12:30 p.m. -- Debrief Princeton & MSDL#2/Intro to January Topic/Assign Five Cards
Kaz and Cohort B In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Tuesday 11:15 a.m. -
12:30 p.m. -- Do Speaking Drills
Kaz and Cohort B In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Wednesday 11:20 a.m. -
12:30 p.m. -- Watch and Analyze a Round
Kaz and Cohort B In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Friday 10:55 -
Noon -- Present Each Student's Five Cards

Week 12 -- Prep With Partners/Short Review of January Topic
Remote Class for Everyone -- Thursday 2:10 - 3:10 p.m. -- Partner Prep Time/Q & A/Brief
Intro to the January Topic

Week 11 -- This Class Does Not Meet During Week 11

Week 10 -- International Relations & Conflict/Practice Debates
Kaz and Cohort A in School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Monday 11:35 a.m. -
12:30 p.m. -- Discuss International Relations and Conflict
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 -- Prepare for Little Lex (This Class DOES NOT MEET Next Week)

Week 9 -- Figuring Out How PF Works/Writing PF Cases
Kaz and Cohort B in School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Monday 11:35 a.m. -
12:30 p.m. -- Explain Block Files/Debrief Monticello/Start Working on Block File
Kaz and Cohort B In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Tuesday 11:15 a.m. -
12:30 p.m. -- Drills -- First Speaker and Second Speaker Activities/Persuasion
Kaz and Cohort B In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Friday 10:55 -
Noon -- Editing Cases and Blocks/Assign Other Cases

Week 8 -- Debrief and Future Planning
Remote Class for Everyone -- Thursday 2:10 - 3:10 p.m. -- Debrief Manchester and
Prepare for November-December Topic Debates

Week 7 -- In Class Scrimmage
Remote Class for Everyone -- Thursday 2:10 - 3:10 p.m. -- Spilt the Class and Debate

Week 6 -- Figuring Out How PF Works/Writing PF Cases
Kaz and Cohort A in School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Monday 11:35 a.m. -
12:30 p.m. -- Summary and Final Focus Lecture/Watch Half a Round
Kaz and Cohort A In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Tuesday 11:15 a.m. -
12:30 p.m. -- Crossfire, Judge Adaptation and Research Mini-Lectures
Kaz and Cohort A In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Wednesday
11:20 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. -- Topic Analysis on No First Use/Class Discussion of Possible
Arguments on the November-December Topic
Kaz and Cohort A In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Friday 10:55 -
Noon -- Using Tabroom/Drill Stations -- Extension Drills, Analytic Rebuttal Drills and
Crossfire Drills (After a Case is Read)

Week 5 -- Debating/Casing/Rebuttals/Drills
Kaz and Cohort B In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Tuesday 11:15 a.m. -
12:30 p.m. -- Finish Impact Calc Tournament and Debrief/Introduce Partnership Form
Kaz and Cohort B In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Wednesday
11:20 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. -- Casing Lecture/Analyze Some Cases/Flowing Drill
Kaz and Cohort B In School/Remote Class for Everyone Else -- Friday 10:55 -
Noon -- Discuss Homework/Rebuttal Lecture/Rebuttal Drills

Week 4 -- Impact Calc Tournament
Remote Class for Everyone -- Thursday 2:10 - 3:10 p.m. -- Take Turns Debating/When
Not Debating Then Flow and Write Comments

Week 3 -- Instructional Sessions/Activities/Small Quiz
In Person Class for Some Freshmen/Remote Class for the Rest of the Folks -- Tuesday
11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. -- Checking In and Form Explanation/What is PF/Abstracts
of Argumentation/Argumentation Activity (Highlight Claim, Warrant and Impact in
Three Colors for Homework)
In Person Class for Some Sophomores/Remote Class for Rest of Folks -- Wednesday
11:20 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. -- Intro to Flowing/Flowing Drills (Finish Flow for Homework)
In Person Class for Some Seniors/Remote Class for Rest of Folks -- Friday 10:55 - Noon
-- Weighing Lecture/Mini Quiz/Intro to Impact Tournament

Week 2 -- Norms/Expectations/Partner and Team Building
Remote Class for All -- Thursday 1:25-2:15 p.m. -- Introduction to Pathos-Logos-Ethos
and Other Elements of Persuasion/Activities Related to Pathos-Logos-Ethos
Asynchronous Work for All -- Friday 12:30-1:45 p.m. -- Pathos-Logos-Ethos Activity

Week 1 -- Norms/Expectations/Partner and Team Building
Remote Class for All -- Thursday 1:25-2:15 p.m. -- Introductions and Ice Breakers/Digital Norms and Class Schedule/Skribbl and Kahoot
Remote Class for All -- Friday 11:15 a.m.- Noon -- Learning About Persuasion Through
Videos and Conversation/Planning for Friday's Asynchronous Work
Asynchronous Work for All -- Friday 12:30-1:45 p.m. -- Survey and Quotation Analysis

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

Week 17 -- Finish Assigned Blocks/Revise Cases/Prep for Big Lex & Other Jan Events
Week 16 -- Work on January Cases/Do the Big Lex Jobs Form
Week 15 -- Work on January Cases
Week 14 -- Record and Upload "Salvage the Round Speeches/Start Working on January
Cases/Do January & Big Lex Tournament Forms
Week 13 -- Work on the Five Card Assignment/Fill Out January Tournament Form
Week 12 -- Start Working on January Cases
Week 11 -- Prepare for the December Tournaments
Week 10 -- Prepare for Little Lex and In Class Practice Debates
Week 9 -- Work on Nov-Dec Cases and Blocks
Week 8 -- Really Finish Sept-Oct Cases/Start Working on Nov-Dec Cases
Week 7 -- Prepare for In Class Scrimmage/Work on Pro and Con Cases
Week 6 -- Recording of Summary Prediction/Video Analysis/Case Outline/One Full Case
Due on October 29
Week 5 -- Do Partnership Form/Impact Calc Form/Case Analysis/Reconstruct a Case/
Watch a Recording/Argument Map
Week 4 -- Really Finish Beginning of Year Forms/Impact Calc Tournament Prep
Week 3 -- Really Finish Beginning of Year Forms/See Above With Class Activities
Week 2 -- Really Finish Beginning of Year Forms/Finish Asynchronous Work
Week 1 -- Complete Info Sheet and 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.