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Fall 2008--class upcoming dates, schedule and debates:
Thurs-Oct 30-ch 10; add supplemental material--off-case and case attacks; how to defend your case/plan against attack; strategy in points of order
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**Debate TWO Schedule*************************************
Date-------------------Government------------------Opposition
11-4-------------------Dave and Pat---------------Kamesha and Fred
11-6-------------------Kelly,Ranessa,Gerald-------Lauren and Caroline
11-11------------------Matt and Luke--------------Ashley and Whitney
11-18------------------Drew and Blake-------------Frank and John
11-25------------------Emily and Donielle---------Brent and Trisha
12-2-------------------Danny and Jimmy------------William and William
12-4--final exam review--bring 25 copies of your questions to class. email these to dr. eaves by that morning at 9am. thanks
**Final Exam is SCHEDULED TIME ONLY
Debate Grade Criteria for debate-please follow checklist belo
** the times of your speeches need to be much longer and more developed for this debate. Substantial reductions in grade for speeches under 5 min or rebuttals under 3 min:
Analysis of Arguments (20 points)
**identify fallacies w/opponent
**explain vaue or counter value
**explain plan or counterplan
**create a good narrative or story
Delivery Skills--(20 points)
**good eye contact
**stage movement
**use of gestures
**vocal dynamics--volume,tone,pitch,inflection
Points of Information/Order--(10 points)
**ask at least one question per speaker
**answer all questions asked in constructive
**raise a point of order when justified
**defend one's self if a point of order is raised
Parliamentary Awareness--(10 points)
**aware of speaking order and times
**know your role as a parliamentary speaker
**keenness about the event and what is transpiring
**ability to use answers from POI in one's speech
Strength of Evidence--(10 points)
**good examples
**use of statistics
**cites or studies from popular media--common knowledge
Clash of Opponent;s Arguments--(20 points)
**properly refute opponent' claims
**summarize opponent's position
**extend or rebuild partner's speech
**if rebuttalist, crystalize the round, voting issues
Organization (10 points)
**did you have a roadmap to the speech
**did you follow the roadmap
**were your positions numbered
**did you signpost
**was the plan/counter/case/off-case properly numbered
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Checklist:
Government must have: resolutional interp, definitions, significance, inherency, solvency, plan, and advantages (optional)
Opposition must have 3 of 4: topicality, disadvantage, critique and counterplan
Speech times should be close to max minutes for constructives and only 1 minute short on rebuttals--sub penalty for short speeches
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