Tuesday, May 1 ~ Debate Rubric Explained

        GRAMMAR

• Whose vs. Who's

          DEBATE

• EQ: How will I be graded for the debate? Click here for the rubric
• IF last week was about research, this week is about HOW we actually go about the debate.

HW: Work with your partner to create cards or a doc of possible cross examination questions. 

Monday, April 30 ~ Peer Editing of Speeches

GRAMMAR

• Than or Then? 

DEBATE

·        Check Points with partner:

o   1-Make sure you have a balance of evidence in your speeches (for example, a debate that is based completely on pathos won't win. Make sure your evidence is PLENTIFUL and includes ethos, logos and pathos).

o   2-What questions do you think the opponents will ask you about....get your rebuttals ready!

o   3-Make sure your evidence is organized so that both partners can read and find it. Maybe color coordinating notecards by THEMESS would help?

·        Peer-Editing of Opening/Closing Statements ~ TWO Peer-edits please!

o   Rate each of the 3 areas of evidence from 1-5 (5=strong)

o   Circle anything that needs clarification.

o   Write down any arguments not mentioned.

o   Put a box around anything that has a logical fallacy.

o   Does the writer use Ethos, Logos and Pathos? Make a note of how the

HW: Brainstorm possible Cross-examination questions.

Block Day, April 26/27 ~ Get Due Dates

GRAMMAR

• One more who/whom exercise.

Bring your $5!!!

DEBATE

• Get Due Dates
• Research/Partner Work Day
• Note cards due today!
• Outlines due Monday.

Poem points?

Finish Impromptus?

HW: Speeches Due on Monday!

Wednesday, April 25 ~ Work on Speeches

GRAMMAR

• Read this explanation on when to use who or whom.
• Practice here. 

DEBATE

• EQ: Who is the opener? Who is the closer?  
• Today's priorities:
• First, finish your note cards.
• Next, start your speech outline. Here is a starter doc. to copy. We will have most of block day to finish these before they are due on Monday. 

HW: Note cards are due next time! Speech outlines due on Monday, 4/30. 

Tuesday, April 24 ~ Debate Structure

GRAMMAR

• Do you know (weather, whether) the (weather, whether) is going to change to rain today?
• Practice here.

DEBATE

•  Click here to see our debate structure.
• Talk with your partner to brainstorm main arguments and background that must be laid out in the opening. Think about possible cross-examination questions if you have time. 
• Last five minutes: Impromptus!

Monday, April 23 ~ Debate Research Organization

GRAMMAR

• Quizzes back and corrected.

DEBATE

• Before we begin, talk with your partner. Agree on three main THEMESS. Then share those with your opponents (Not the actual arguments, just your agreed on THEMESS. 

Today we learn how to organize your notes into cards. See the examples below.

Lines Side
Organize your cards by THEME.

This one is all about MONEY.

Each number corresponds with its matching website on the reverse.


Blank Side

The numbered websites correspond the the numbered notes on the other side.






*It is important to keep track of your sources just in case your opponents ask you to prove the information isn't made up.



What kind of Evidence do I put on my card?

• Facts/Statistics
• Quotes
• Cause/Effect
• Anecdotes (short stories)
• Opinion (from experts or general)
• Hypothetical examples
• Comparisons 

In class, research with your partner. Make as many cards as you can. Do not repeat any information. Instead, split the THEMESS between the two of you. Work together to form a well rounded argument with many angles.

HW: 5 cards/partner (at least 3 bullets on each card) are due on Block Day. You definitely may want more cards before your debate, but this will be a good start.

Block Day, April 19-20 ~ THEMESS

Vocab Quiz & Journal Check today!

DEBATE

     EQ: What actually constitutes as evidence anyway? 

• Facts/Statistics
• Quotes
• Cause/Effect
• Anecdotes (short stories)
• Opinion (from experts or general)
• Hypothetical examples
• Comparisons 

      EQ: How can I organize my research to be ready for a fast-paced debate? 

THEMESS is an acronym for the SEVEN areas you can use to look for arguments. By knowing these seven areas, you will make sure that you have thoroughly searched for all the possible angles of an issue. Please record this acronym and it's hint questions in your Debate Notes.

Time     Does it save people time?

Health      Does it allow people to be physically, mentally or socially healthier?

Education    Does it enable people to become better educated?

Money             Does it save people money?

Environment      Does it help the Earth's environment?

Safety                  Does it keep people safer?

Scripture                  Does it support a Christian world view?

Use the THEMES Worksheet to practice and analyze the article for each "angle" or topic.

Independent Practice: Choose an article of your choice from your own research. Organize your evidence using the THEMESS format to make sure you've examined all angles and sides of your topic. 

HW: Complete a THEMESS chart based on your own debate topic.

Wednesday, April 18 ~ Debate Vocab & Teams!

GRAMMAR

• buy, by, bye

Journal 37: Debate Vocab

• Affirmative - The side of the debate that says "yes" to change. This team will strive to show that the current system/law/rule must change. Often this team will lay out a possible plan of change. 
• Brief – A summary of all the evidence to be used in a debate. Similar to what lawyers use in American courts, debaters can use this as an organizer in preparation for the formal debate.
• Burden of Proof – The affirmative or positive side is proposing a (new) position or resolution. Therefore it falls to this side to show evidence for that position. This requirement is called the burden of proof.
• Proof – evidence supporting the team’s position or used to denigrate or defeat the opposing view.
• Proposition – A suggestion that is offered for consideration or acceptance. An idea presented calling the hearer to accept a specific position or changes his actions. There are several kinds of propositions. Depending on the nature of the proposition, the evidence for the position will change. A.K.A. the resolution.
• Value - Television is harmful to kids; animals have rights too. This is a debate of opinions.
• Fact – North American cars are more trouble prone than Japanese marks. This is a debate of fact. An argument based on whether something is true or false.
• Policy – The government should include prescription medication as part of funded public health care. This is a debate proposing a change of procedure or a call to action.
• Presumption – In a debate, the positive side is an advocate for change. Therefore the negative side is defending the status quo. The negative side enjoys the presumption that they are correct. Presumption is acceptance of the correctness of a position based on prior evidence or belief. Ex. Affirmative: The world is round vs. Negative: The world is flat.
• Rebuttal – Statements claiming that some proposition is untrue or incorrect. A team uses the rebuttal time to refute statements made by the opposition.
• Resolution – A formal statement of the proposition. Ex. “Be it resolved that the government should eliminate taxes on the purchase of reading material.”
• Status Quo – The generally held opinion held prior to the start of the debate. The Affirmative argues to change it in some manner.

Choosing topics/partners

Research Time

Impromptus? 

Here are the topics your class chose:

Period 1
Abortion Parental Consent: Should a 16 year old be able to do this without permission?
Armed Teachers: Should teachers be able to bear arms with a valid firearms license?
Gender-Neutral Bathrooms: Should state law require them?
Genetic Screening: Is it right to screen unborn fetuses for genetic disease?
Gun Control: Do the laws need to change for public safety reasons?
GMOs: Should genetically modified foods be banned?

Period 2
Age of Alcohol Consumption: Should the age of 21 be changed?
Armed Teachers: Should teachers be able to bear arms with a valid firearms license?
Gender-Neutral Bathrooms: Should state law require them?
Gun Control: Do the laws need to change for public safety reasons?
Physician Assisted Suicide: Should a doctor be legally allowed to help a person die?
Driving Age: Should the legal driving age be raised to 18?

Period 3
Genetic Design: Should the U.S. make designer babies legal as they are in other countries?
Armed Teachers: Should teachers be able to bear arms with a valid firearms license?
Gun Control: Do the laws need to change for public safety reasons?
Homework: Would education be more effective if homework were limited or guided by a policy?
Physician Assisted Suicide: Should a doctor be legally allowed to help a person die?
Muslim Travel Ban: Is it ethical to ban folks from the Muslim countries due to terrorism track record?

Period 5
Auto Insurance Discrimination: Why does it cost more for guys under 25?
Voting Age: Should the U.S. change the legal voting age?
Gun Control: Do the laws need to change for public safety reasons?

Abortion Parental Consent: Age 16?
Physician Assisted Suicide: Should a doctor be legally allowed to help a person die?

Tech: Apple vs. Samsung

Period 6
Age of Alcohol Consumption: Should the age of 21 be changed?
Armed Teachers: Should teachers be able to bear arms with a valid firearms license?
Gun Control: Do the laws need to change for public safety reasons?
GMOs: Should genetically modified foods be banned?
Homework: Would education be more effective if homework were limited or guided by a policy?

Philosophy: Is truth absolute or relative? 

Click here to see the key of what folks chose in class.

Tuesday, April 17 ~ Logical Fallacies

Confused Words: Allude vs. Elude

HW: Journal 36: Record terms and brief descriptions of each logical fallacy in this video #3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmRCpqO_1JA

• Excluded Middle -
• Red Herring - 
• Special Pleading - 
• Non-Sequiter - 
• Argument from Ignorance –

HW: Find a commercial that you believe displays one of these logical fallacies. Turn your commercial in here and be prepared to show it to the class and explain how it displays a logical fallacy. (10 pts.) NOTE: All commercials must be APPROPRIATE for school. If you wouldn't show it to your grandma...don't bring it here!

IMPROMPTUS

Monday, April 16 ~ Logical Fallacies #1&2

Confused Words: Adverse vs. Averse

• adverse - unfavorable 
• averse - opposed to 
• Take the quiz here.

Let's finally vote on the opinion poll.

LOGICAL FALLACIES

EQ: What is a Logical Fallacy? 

Review definitions:

• Logical Fallacy - an error in argument that makes something seem convincing even if it is not true. (These errors may be used purposefully or accidentally.)
• Rhetoric - the art of using language effectively and persuasively.

Today we will add to your Debate notes in preparation for a quiz. As we watch, record each type of Logical Fallacy with a definition + an example. 

Journal 34: Record terms and brief descriptions of each logical fallacy in this video #1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N3TROA8MYY

• Ad Hominem - 
• Band Wagon -
• Argument from Antiquity - 
• All - Natural -
• From Authority -
• Appeal to Quantum Physics -

Journal 35: Record terms and brief descriptions of each logical fallacy in this video #2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z71w-rHkeSk

• Weasel Words -
•  Straw Man Argument - 
• Loaded Question -
• Poison the Well -
• Proof by Verbosity -

HW: Finish all journals and use the tab to prepare for a journal check this week. 

Block Day, April 12-13 ~ Magazine Ad Analysis

GRAMMAR

• He caught (sight/site) of the page he had (sighted/cited) in his report.

• Practice here.

PERSUASION

• First, let's look over the currently available debate topics. Click here. 
• EQ: How are Ethos, Logos and Pathos used in advertising? 
• First, let's start with some discussion:
• Where do we see advertisements these days? 
• What advertisements stick in your mind? Why? 
• Do you think these advertisements actually affect what you want or buy? 
• Now for this video. 

PRACTICE

• Journal 33: Persuasion in Magazine Ads: For each magazine ad, record the way it appeals to Ethos, Logos, and Pathos. Please practice on at least five ads. 
• Format: Brand/Product:
  Ethos:
  Logos:
  Pathos:

IMPROMPTUS?

ART SHOW?

Wednesday, April 11 ~ More impromptus...

GRAMMAR

•  FARTHER or FURTHER: You would walk to the (farther, further) side of the room, but you would need to think (farther, further) about whether the action would be necessary.
• In modern English, further has emerged as the more common term, and can be used in abstract and metaphorical contexts, including with regard to time, where it is unusual to see farther. (‘We intend to stay a further two weeks.’) But when it comes to physical distance – further down the road, farther down the road – both words are acceptable. If you are writing or speaking in a formal context, it may be better to stick to the traditional abstract/physical distinction.
• Quiz yourself here. 

PERSUASION

• Pair share your commercials...Are there a few worth watching with all of us? 
• Discussion: Is pathos a legitimate area of evidence or simply manipulation? 
• Let's take notes on this video. What strategies could you use for your debates? 
• Impromptus!

HW: nope. 

Tuesday, April 10 ~ Persuasion & Rhetoric

GRAMMAR

• Here is another practice on Affect/Effect. 

PERSUASION

• First, let's read over the answer key to the ELP Mix up. Then, as Journal 32, record one argument (you may choose them from the bullets) for each of the three methods of persuasion. Choose the ones that were most crafty or surprising so that you will have creative examples to look back on in forming your own arguments. For each one, record a simple explanation of why you deem this one particularly persuasive. Click here for the key:  http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-ethos-logos-and-pathos.html
• Impromptus: Over the next few weeks, we will complete two-minute impromptu speeches for a ten point grade. Your only goal will be to continue speaking for the entire two minutes. But first we must make our topics! Please consider things that you might wish to draw from a hat. Create two impromptus slips before the fun can begin. PG 13 please! Try to make these interesting...something we would want to hear about.
• Who will go first? 

HW: Find the most persuasive commercial you can. Record the link and the reason you believe it is so persuasive. Turn in your links and ideas here. 

Welcome Back! ~ Monday, April 9

GRAMMAR
Warm-up:  Take this little quiz on Accept/Except & Affect/Effect

• Lots of papers will be returned while you work on this. 

PERSUASION

EQ: What are rhetorical devices? What makes an argument persuasive?
Let's get some starter definitions in your journal:

• Logical Fallacy - an error in argument that makes something seem convincing even if it is not true. (These errors may be used purposefully or accidentally.)
• Rhetoric - the art of using language effectively and persuasively.

PRACTICE

• You could study this link to refresh your memories or watch this video.
• Journal 31: With a partner, look over the list from this link. Talk over the issue and how to use all three methods to argue a side. Then, compose a well written paragraph, explaining your arguement. Please mention the word rhetoric as well.
• If we have time, test yourself on E, L & P by untangling the mixed up examples here. 

HW: Finish the ELP Mix up in Notability, etc... Just label each bullet as ethos, logos or pathos.




http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-ethos-logos-and-pathos.html