- I started the period by reviewing the five main debate terms: Harms, Significance, Inherency, Topicality, and Solvency. It was very clear that the students have not taken the time to study and memorize these terms. I told them that there may be a quiz next time. If you are reading this blog, I want to let you know that you will, in fact, have a quiz on Monday Feb. 28 about the five main debate terms: Harms, Significance, Inherency, Topicality, and Solvency. The extra credit definitions will be Tag and Plank. Refer to and study the definitions below:
- Harms: the problem that exists in the status quo (the way things are right now).
- Significance: this deals with the quality or degree of harm. The harm is so bad/significant that a change must take place in the status quo.
- Inherency: The barrier to the problem (harm) being solved. The problem (harm) will not be able to fix itself. The change will not occur without new legislation/law.
- Topicality: the plan must be within the parameters of the resolution. You must stay on topic.
- Solvency: The plan will work and will solve the current problems and not create new (potentially more severe harms/problems).
- Tag: A 4-9 work sentence that summarizes the evidence being presented. It is like a topic sentence. It is in your own words.
- Plank: the steps/points in the Affirmative Team's plan.
- Finally, I was able to show the Logos, Ethos, Pathos Power Point Presentation. This power point introduces the concept of rhetoric (persuasive technics). Logos, Ethos & Pathos appeal to different elements of human nature. The goal is for their debate constructives to appeal to all three: Logos (logic), Ethos (ethics), and Pathos (emotions/passion).
- We then reviewed the rest of the sections of the affirmative constructive: the planks of the inherency section, solvency and advantages.
- The students had the rest of the period to work on their affirmative constructives.
- Homework: Finish the Affirmative Constructive & Upload it to Turnitin.com by Sunday Feb. 27. Bring at least 10 source cards for the Affirmative Constructive. Complete Grammar Verbs Unit Review, pages 157 ALL. Complete VFA #19-20. Read your Outside Reading Book. Review the debate terms. Meet in the Library Computer Lab on Monday Feb. 28
Freakonomics
- Today I held the first (of three) tutorial sessions to discussion Freakonomics (the optional OR Book for this grading period).
- I introduced the Socratic Seminar via a power point presentation and a packet that was distributed to all interested students on Tuesday.
- This is the Socratic Seminar Packet and this is the Socratic Seminar Power Point that I showed.
- The first Socratic Seminar will be on Friday March 4. The students will need to have read through Chapter 3 and bring the necessary questions (Level 2 & 3 Questions for each chapter).
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