Elementary Debate Class (Fall 2023)
These materials are useful for the students to track their homework and their learning. The syllabus has the ‘tentative’ homework schedule as well as the lessons for each meeting. The student workbook serves as a “how to” guide and provides a step=by-step guide for most of the activities we do in the class.
HOMEWORK: There are two sets of homework for each week; about debating and about the debate topic. Both sets are due each week. ty!
Debate Class Homework (Grades 1-3):
Homework for Grades 1-3 (Due on December 30th): Week 13 [Last Day]
Thank you! 🙂
Debate Class Homework (Grades 4-6):
Homework for Grades 4-6 (Due on December 30th): Week 13 [Last Day]
Thank you! 🙂
Homework for Grades 1-3 (Due on December 30th): Week 13
Please do the following assignments…
Banning Single-Use Plastic: [Research], [Evidence (v.12.30)], & [Samples].
1.) Research the plastics topic (the required videos & articles).
Important: Videos #1 & #2 are important – the others are “optional”.
2.) Update your T-chart with important facts (with source & date too).
Note: Click on samples to get a t-chart, which can give you ideas. 🙂
3.) Practice speaking from the outlines that we made in class, okay?
Here are sample outlines for “banning single-use plastics”… soon!
Simplified: [Arguments], [Rebuttals], [Rejoinders], & [Voting Issues].
Homework for Grades 1-3 (Due on December 23rd): Week 12
“Snow Globe” Results: [Details (Dec 16th)].
Please do the following assignments…
Banning Single-Use Plastic: [Research], [Evidence], & [Samples].
1.) Research the plastics topic (the required videos & articles).
Important: Videos #1 & #2 are important – the others are “optional”.
2.) Update your T-chart with important facts (with source & date too).
Note: Click on samples to get a t-chart, which can give you ideas. 🙂
3.) Practice speaking from our outlines that we made in class, okay?.
Here are sample outlines for “banning single-use plastics”… soon!
Simplified: [Arguments], [Rebuttals], [Rejoinders], & [Voting Issues].
Homework for Grades 1-3 (Due on December 16th): Week 11
Concordia Invitational: Snow Globe Debates: [Details (Dec 16th)].
Please do the following assignments…
Banning Single-Use Plastic: [Research], [Evidence], & [Samples].
1.) Research the plastics topic (the required videos & articles). avail = soon!
2.) Make a T-chart with important facts/ideas (including source & date).
3.) Practice speaking about some crossfires about the plastics topic.
Here are sample outlines (Loan Forgiveness) for the “Snow Globe” event…
Simplified: [Arguments], [Rebuttals], [Rejoinders], & [Voting Issues].
Homework for Grades 1-3 (Due on December 9th): Week 10
Concordia Invitational: [Results (Nov 17th)], & [Dec 8th].
Snow Globe Debates: [Dec 16th].
Student Loan Forgiveness: [Research], [Evidence], & [Samples].
Please review (watch/read) the following materials…
1.) Update your t-chart and your notes – we need to respond faster.
2.) Practice speaking the speech outlines (all of them).
3.) Practice speaking crossfires (ty to be faster and more fluent).
Please practice speaking from your outlines and from the following…
Simplified: [Arguments], [Rebuttals], [Rejoinders], & [Voting Issues].
Homework for Grades 1-3 (Due on December 2nd): Week 9
Concordia Invitational: [Results (Nov 17th)], & [Dec 8th].
Student Loan Forgiveness: [Research], [Evidence], & [Samples].
Please review (watch/read) the following materials…
Note: You may need to download the original file from WeShare: [Link].
1.) Public Forum Debate: [Video].
2.) Public Forum Debate: [PDF].
3.) Crossfires: [Video]. [WeShare].
Please practice speaking from your outlines and from the following…
Simplified: [Arguments], [Rebuttals], [Rejoinders], & [Voting Issues].
Homework for Grades 1-3 (Due on November 25th): Week 8
Concordia Invitational: [Results (Nov 17th)], & [Dec 8th].
Student Loan Forgiveness: [Research], [Evidence], & [Samples].
Please review (watch/read) the following materials…
Note: You may need to download the original file from WeShare: [Link].
1.) Public Forum Debate: [Video].
2.) Public Forum Debate: [PDF].
3.) Crossfires: [Video].
Please practice speaking from your outlines and from the following…
Simplified: [Arguments], [Rebuttals], [Rejoinders], & [Voting Issues].
Homework for Grades 1-3 (Due on November 18th): Week 7
Student Loan Forgiveness: [Research], [Evidence], & [Samples].
1.) Please review “Public Forum” Debate: [Video], & [Guide (PDF)]. [WeShare].
2.) Please review “Crossfires” for PF Debate: [Video].
3.) Please practice speaking from yours (& my) outlines to improve fluency.
Simplified: [Arguments], [Rebuttals], [Rejoinders], & [Voting Issues].
Homework for Grades 1-3 (Due on November 11th): Week 6.
1.) Please finish the research about “Student Loan Forgiveness” [Research].
2.) [Optional] Consider writing a T-Chart with some of your best ideas.
First… Here is a sample of evidence writing (to look at): [PDF].
Also… Here is a sample of argument writing (to look at): [PDF].
Also… Here is a sample of rebuttal writing (to look at): [PDF].
Also… Here is a sample of rejoinder writing (to look at): [PDF].
Finally… Here is a sample of writing voting issues (to look at): [PDF].
3.) Please practice using the following outlines to improve your fluency.
Simplified: [Arguments], [Rebuttals], [Rejoinders], & [Voting Issues].
Homework for Grades 1-3 (Due on November 4th): Week 5.
[Great Pumpkin Debates (Oct. 28th): Results (Soon!)].
1.) Please do research about “Student Loan Forgiveness” [Research].
a.) Please watch just 3 of the required videos. [Download (WeShare)].
b.) Please read just 1 of the required articles (Time Magazine, 2023).
2.) Please write down some ‘notes’ (Optional: Make a T-Chart).
3.) Please practice speaking your facts/ideas to improve your topic fluency.
Homework for Grades 1-3 (Due on October 28th): Week 4
Please complete the following research and writing assignments…
1.) Please complete your research about self-driving vehicles [Research].
2.) Please watch the following ‘explainer’ videos: [Download (WeShare)].
a.) [Introductions], [Arguments], [Speeches], & [Rebuttals].
3.) Please do the following writing assignments…
a.) Write an “Argument” about self-driving vehicles for each side.
Note: Please don’t write about Safety, instead read about it [Sample].
b.) [Optional] Write a “4-Step Refutation” outline vs. one of your arguments.
Note: Please use the Safety example again to see how it is done [Sample].
4.) Practice speaking “Crossfires” and “Samples” to improve your fluency.
5.) [Optional] Please make a journal to write about what you’ve learned.
Debate Homework Due on Saturday, October 21st (Pacific Time): Week 3
Research: Please complete the following research assignments…
1.) Watch each of these explainer videos about debating: [Download].
Note: Please watch the following; 1. Burdens, 2. T-Charts, & 3. Crossfire.
Writing: Please complete the following writing assignments…
1.) None.
Debate Homework Due on Saturday, October 14th (Pacific Time): Week 2
Research: Please complete the following research assignments…
1.) Watch each of these explainer videos about debating: [Download].
Note: Please watch the following; 1. Burdens, 2. T-Charts, & 3. Crossfire.
Writing: Please complete the following writing assignments…
1.) None.
NOTE: This homework was reduced to help students get caught up.
Debate Homework Due on Saturday, October 7th (Pacific Time): Week 1
Research: Please complete the following research assignments…
1.) None.
Writing: Please complete the following writing assignments…
1.) None.
IMPORTANT: Nothing was due on the first day of class!
Homework for Grades 4-6 (Due on December 30th): Week 13
Please do the following assignments…
Banning Single-Use Plastic: [Research], [Evidence (v.12.30)], & [Samples].
1.) Research the plastics topic (the required videos & articles).
Important: Videos #1 & #2 are important – the others are “optional”.
2.) Update your T-chart with important facts (with source & date too).
Note: Click on samples to get a t-chart, which can give you ideas. 🙂
3.) Practice speaking from the outlines that we made in class, okay?
Here are sample outlines for “banning single-use plastics”… soon!
Simplified: [Arguments], [Rebuttals], [Rejoinders], & [Voting Issues].
Homework for Grades 4-6 (Due on December 23rd): Week 12
“Snow Globe” Results: [Details (Dec 16th)].
Please do the following assignments…
Banning Single-Use Plastic: [Research], [Evidence], & [Samples].
1.) Research the plastics topic (the required videos & articles).
2.) Update your T-chart with important facts (with source & date too).
3.) Practice speaking from our outlines that we made in class, okay?.
Here are sample outlines for “banning single-use plastics”… soon!
Simplified: [Arguments], [Rebuttals], [Rejoinders], & [Voting Issues].
Homework for Grades 4-6 (Due on December 16th): Week 11
Concordia Invitational: Snow Globe Debates: [Details (Dec 16th)].
Please do the following assignments…
Banning Single-Use Plastic: [Research], [Evidence], & [Samples].
1.) Research the plastics topic (the required videos & articles). avail = soon!
2.) Make a T-chart with important facts/ideas (including source & date).
3.) Practice speaking about some crossfires about the plastics topic.
Here are sample outlines (Loan Forgiveness) for the “Snow Globe” event…
Simplified: [Arguments], [Rebuttals], [Rejoinders], & [Voting Issues].
Homework for Grades 4-6 (Due on December 9th): Week 10
Concordia Invitational: [Results (Nov 17th)], & [Dec 8th].
Snow Globe Debates: [Dec 16th].
Student Loan Forgiveness: [Research], [Evidence], & [Samples].
Please review (watch/read) the following materials…
1.) Update your t-chart and your notes – we need to respond faster.
2.) Practice speaking the speech outlines (all of them).
3.) Practice speaking crossfires (ty to be faster and more fluent).
Please practice speaking from your outlines and from the following…
Simplified: [Arguments], [Rebuttals], [Rejoinders], & [Voting Issues].
Homework for Grades 4-6 (Due on December 2nd): Week 9
Concordia Invitational: [Results (Nov 17th)], & [Dec 8th].
Student Loan Forgiveness: [Research], [Evidence], & [Samples].
Please review (watch/read) the following materials…
Note: You may need to download the original file from WeShare: [Link].
1.) Public Forum Debate: [Video].
2.) Public Forum Debate: [PDF].
3.) Crossfires: [Video]. [WeShare].
Please practice speaking from your outlines and from the following…
Simplified: [Arguments], [Rebuttals], [Rejoinders], & [Voting Issues].
Homework for Grades 4-6 (Due on November 25th): Week 8
Concordia Invitational: [Results (Nov 17th)], & [Dec 8th].
Student Loan Forgiveness: [Research], [Evidence], & [Samples].
Please review (watch/read) the following materials…
Note: You may need to download the original file from WeShare: [Link].
1.) Public Forum Debate: [Video].
2.) Public Forum Debate: [PDF].
3.) Crossfires: [Video].
Please practice speaking from your outlines and from the following…
Simplified: [Arguments], [Rebuttals], [Rejoinders], & [Voting Issues].
Homework for Grades 1-3 (Due on November 18th): Week 6
Concordia Invitational: [Results (Nov 17th)], & [Dec 8th].
Student Loan Forgiveness: [Research], [Evidence], & [Samples].
Please review (watch/read) the following materials…
Note: You may need to download the original file from WeShare: [Link].
1.) Public Forum Debate: [Video].
2.) Public Forum Debate: [PDF].
3.) Crossfires: [Video].
Please practice speaking from your outlines and from the following…
Simplified: [Arguments], [Rebuttals], [Rejoinders], & [Voting Issues].
Homework for Grades 4-6 (Due on November 18th): Week 7
Student Loan Forgiveness: [Research], [Evidence], & [Samples].
1.) Please review “Public Forum” Debate: [Video], & [Guide (PDF)]. [WeShare].
2.) Please review “Crossfires” for PF Debate: [Video].
3.) Please practice speaking from yours (& my) outlines to improve fluency.
Simplified: [Arguments], [Rebuttals], [Rejoinders], & [Voting Issues].
Homework for Grades 4-6 (Due on November 11th): Week 6.
1.) Please finish the research about “Student Loan Forgiveness” [Research].
2.) [Optional] Consider writing a T-Chart with some of your best ideas.
First… Here is a sample of evidence writing (to look at): [PDF].
Also… Here is a sample of argument writing (to look at): [PDF].
Also… Here is a sample of rebuttal writing (to look at): [PDF].
Also… Here is a sample of rejoinder writing (to look at): [PDF].
Finally… Here is a sample of writing voting issues (to look at): [PDF].
3.) Please practice using the following outlines to improve your fluency.
Competitive: [Arguments], [Rebuttals], [Rejoinders], & [Voting Issues].
HMDC Evidence Packet: [Evidence].
Homework for Grades 4-6 (Due on November 4th): Week 5.
[Great Pumpkin Debates (Oct. 28th): Results (Soon!)].
1.) Please do research about “Student Loan Forgiveness” [Research].
a.) Please watch each of the required videos. [Download (WeShare)].
b.) Please read each of the required articles. [Same Link (WeShare)].
2.) Please write down some ‘notes’ (Optional: Make a T-Chart).
3.) Please practice speaking your facts/ideas to improve your topic fluency.
Homework for Grades 4-6 (Due on October 28th): Week 4
IMPORTANT: “WeShare” links for all of the research [Videos] & [Articles].
Please complete the following research and writing assignments…
1.) Please complete your research about self-driving vehicles [Research].
2.) Please watch the following ‘explainer’ videos: [Download (WeShare)].
a.) [Introductions], [Arguments], [Speeches], & [Rebuttals].
3.) Please do the following writing assignments…
a.) Write two “Arguments” on self-driving vehicles (for each side) = 4 total.
Note: It’s okay to copy the samples about “Safety,” plus two more [Sample].
b.) [Optional] Write a “4-Step Refutation” outline vs. each of your arguments.
Note: Please view the “Safety” example again to see how it’s done [Sample].
4.) Practice speaking “Crossfires” and “Samples” to improve your fluency.
5.) [Optional] Please make a journal to write about what you’ve learned.
Research Homework Due on Saturday, October 21st (Pacific Time): Week 3
Research: Please complete the following research assignments…
1.) Do the required research about the “Self-Driving Vehicles” topic: Link.
IMPORTANT: The Videos/Articles) can also be downloaded: [Link].
Writing: Please complete the following writing assignments…
1.) Write a T-Chart about “Self-Driving Vehicles” with 5+ facts for each side.
Speaking: Please complete the following speaking assignments…
1.) Practice fluency of explaining your facts so you can share with the class.
Research Homework Due on Saturday, October 14th (Pacific Time): Week 2
Research: Please complete the following research assignments…
1.) Do the required research about the “Self-Driving Vehicles” topic: Link.
IMPORTANT: The Videos/Articles) can also be downloaded: [Link].
Writing: Please complete the following writing assignments…
1.) Write a T-Chart about “Self-Driving Vehicles” with 5+ facts for each side.
Speaking: Please complete the following speaking assignments…
1.) Practice fluency of explaining your facts so you can share with the class.
NOTE: This homework was reduced to help students get caught up.
Research Homework Due on Saturday, October 7th (Pacific Time): Week 1
Research: Please complete the following research assignments…
1.) None.
Writing: Please complete the following writing assignments…
1.) None.
IMPORTANT: Nothing was due on the first day of class!