2008 NOVICE POLICY SCHEDULE

 

2008 NOVICE POLICY SCHEDULE. 1

Sunday, July 20.. 1

Monday, July 21.. 2

Tuesday, July 22.. 3

Wednesday, July 23.. 4

 

 

 

Sunday, July 20

 

 

 

TIME

What’s happening

Where you go

STAFF DETAILS

 

  6:00

DINNER served until 6:30

Prentiss Dining Hall

Staff: Eat where you wish during meal times; you pay for your own meals.

 

  7:00

INTRODUCTION MEETING

Tell Novices, Advanced, and Champ kids where to go

Maxey 133

 

 

  7:15

The Basics of Debating

Olin 161

 LECTURE

--the basics of debate

--the novice cases

--Example Mini-Debate

STAFF: TAKE ATTENDANCE! MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT KIDS!

 

  8:15

Bracketing and Tagging Evidence

Olin 161

--Choose evidence that you would use

--Bracket evidence in an article

--Tagging evidence

HAVE THE BRACKETING EV, “USE IT OR LOSE IT,” AND EVIDENCE TO TAG

STAFF: TELL STUDENTS ABOUT PROPER BRIEFING: Remind students: thick black and dark blue pens only; ½ inch margins; citations after tags; please check their work!

 

 

  9:15

Prepare affirmative and negative mini-cases

Olin 161

--Prepare a mini-affirmative case

--Prepare negative mini-cases

HAVE THE EV. FOR WRITING CASES SHEETS

 

10:30pm

End-of-Day: Head to Lyman or Douglas; Remain near or in the Residence Hall at night unless accompanied by a staff member.


 

 

Monday, July 21

 

 

 

 

What’s happening

Where you go

STAFF DETAILS

 

  9:00

BREAKFAST served until 9:30 (hot), 9:45 (cold)

Prentiss Dining Hall

 

 

  9:45

Present mini-cases

Olin 161

STAFF: TAKE ATTENDANCE--done at 10am, 1:30pm, and 7:30pm

 

10:45

Flowing and refuting arguments

Olin 161

WITH CANDI

--Flowing and Refuting Arguments

--Practice Refuting Arguments

HAVE THE REFUTATION HANDOUTS

 

11:45

Rebuilding Arguments

Olin 161

STAFF: TAKE ATTENDANCE

--Rebuild arguments

--Practice Rebuilding Arguments

HAVE THE REBUILDING ARGUMENTS HANDOUTS

 

12:45

LUNCH, served until 1:15

Prentiss Dining Hall

 

 

  1:45

CAMP PICTURE

Front steps of Memorial

STAFF: TAKE LABS TO MEM

 

  2:00

Preparing responses to the affirmative mini-cases

Olin 161

Prepare responses to the affirmative mini-cases

HANDOUT NEGATIVE EVIDENCE

 

  3:30

Questions and Answers

 

Olin 161

WITH LUKE

STAFF: TAKE ATTENDANCE

Play the Cross-Examination Game

HOW TO DO THE CX GAME:

1 student is answerer; Rest Line up as questioners

First in line asks questions (2 to 4 of ‘em): if bad questions—go to end of line; if bad answer (just one)—end of line.

Comments you should be making:

Respondent: 1. too longer to begin answer; 2. no specifics or reason in your answer; 3. too defensive/not right argument versus question; etc.

Questioner: 1. questions not going anywhere; 2. letting the respondent talk on and on.

If it’s a tie—good q’s and good a’s, then questioner goes to end of line.

 

  4:30

Preparing responses to the negative mini-cases and backup for the affirmative

Olin 161

Prepare responses to neg answers to the case and to the negative mini-cases

HANDOUT BACKUP AFF. EVIDENCE

 

  6:15

Dinner served until 6:45

Prentiss Dining Hall

 

 

  7:45

What happens in a mini-debate

Olin 161

Explain How to do mini-debates/what happens in a mini-debate

 

  8:15

Mini-Debates

Olin 161

Engage in mini-debates

Each student should go aff and neg. Give feedback and have redo’s.

 

10:30pm

End-of-Day: Head to Lyman or Douglas; Remain near or in the Residence Hall at night unless accompanied by a staff member.


 

 

Tuesday, July 22

 

 

 

 

What’s happening

Where you go

STAFF DETAILS

 

  9:00

BREAKFAST served until 9:30 (hot), 9:45 (cold)

Prentiss Dining Hall

 

 

  9:45

Issues in Policy Debate; What happens in a short debate

Olin 161

STAFF: TAKE ATTENDANCE

 

10:15

Example Short Debate

Olin 161

WITH DES AS MC, SPENCER, ROBBY, ANDREW, LUKE

4-1-3 TIMES

 

11:00

Preparing an Affirmative Case

Olin 161

WITH CANDI

Preparing an Affirmative Case (sig, inh, solv, plan text); write a 4 min. 1ac.

HANDOUT THE AFF CASE WORKSHEET

 

12:45

LUNCH, served until 1:15

Prentiss Dining Hall

 

 

  1:45

Prepare disadvantages and answers to the disadvantages

Olin 161

STAFF TAKE ATTENDANCE

Prepare Novice disadvantages

Prepare answers to Novice disadvantages

HANDOUT DISADVANTAGE FILES

2-3-4 Disadvantage debates

 

  3:45

Short Debates

Olin 161

Discuss what arguments to present in the short debates

Judge the Debates

(Times are 4-1-3)

Each team should go aff and neg.

Give feedback and have redo’s.

 

  6:15

DINNER served until 6:45

Prentiss Dining Hall

 

 

  7:45

Counterplans and responding to counterplans

 

Olin 161

Prepare Novice counterplans, counterplan responses

2-3-4 CP debates

HANDOUT COUNTERPLAN FILES

 

10:30pm

End-of-Day: Head to Lyman or Douglas; Remain near or in the Residence Hall at night unless accompanied by a staff member.


 

 

Wednesday, July 23

 

 

 

 

What’s happening

Where you go

STAFF DETAILS

 

  9:00

BREAKFAST served until 9:30 (hot), 9:45 (cold)

Prentiss Dining Hall

 

 

  9:45

Kritiks and responding to Kritiks

Olin 161

Prepare Novice Kritiks and responding to Kritiks

2-3-4 K debates

HANDOUT KRITIK FILES

 

12:00

The Camp Files

 

Olin 161

Explain the rest of the camp’s affs, disads, counterplans, and kritiks

Students should begin to file these.

DISTRIBUTE THE CAMP AFFS, DISADS COUNTERPLANS AND KRITIKS

 

12:45

LUNCH, served until 1:00pm

Prentiss Dining Hall

 

 

  1:45

Aff answers to Disadvantages

Olin 161

Write answers to all camp disadvantages

 

  4:00

Aff answers to Counterplans

Olin 161

Write answers to all camp counterplans

 

  6:15

DINNER served until 6:45

Prentiss Dining Hall

 

 

  7:45

Aff answers to Kritiks

Olin 161

Write answers to all camp Kritiks

 

10:30pm

End-of-Day: Head to Lyman or Douglas; Remain near or in the Residence Hall at night unless accompanied by a staff member.

 

BEGINNING THURSDAY—FOLLOW THE REGULAR POLICY SCHEDULE