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| Practice Syllabus Unit 1: Public Speaking (week of February 2) Practice 1: Making your mistakes with confidence: word selection and damage control Practice 2: ELECTIONS; voice and body control Unit 2: Winning the Round (weeks of Feb 9 through Feb 23) Practice 3: The importance of structure: dominating the flow and catching dropped points Practice 4: A lesson in queueing theory: how to avoid SPOF's Practice 5: A discussion in logic and ways to challenge assumptions Practice 6: Who does it help, who does it hurt: analyzing the harms and benefits of a case Practice 7: Strategies for rebuttal speeches: giving the judge the RFD's Practice 8: Working as a team: strategies and responsibilities of two-person debate Unit 3: Elements of Debate (weeks of March 2 through April 6) Practice 9: The PM constructive speech Practice 10: Building a case: generating points, ordering them, and coaxing the opposition Practice 11: The LO deconstructive speech Practice 12: Providing clash, controlling the round, and effectively using counter-cases Practice 13: The MG speech Practice 14: Signposting and the four-step approach to reconstructing a case Spring Break Practice 15: The MO speech Practice 16: Dumping with style and a review of flowing technique Practice 17: Keys to a winning LOR: crystallizing the round, nailing down the case, highlighting gov flaws, and pulling points across the flow Practice 18: Keys to a winning PMR: dealing with the MO dump, mushrooming key arguments, and beautifying the conclusion Unit 4: Review and Ad hoc Lectures (week of April 13) Practice 19: Practice 20: |
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