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Camp Format | Class Date | Class Time | Delivery Method |
Public Forum | 3/18-22 | 10:00AM-1:00PM | Online |
Public Forum | 3/25-29 | 1:30PM-4:30PM | Online |
Worlds | 3/18-22 | 1:30PM-4:30PM | Online |
Worlds | 3/25-29 | 10:00AM-1:00PM | Online |
Debate Class Description
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This course is designed to give students a very solid and strong start to debate.
Without going through the Foundation course, students easily get lost, which hinders their improvement and affects their interest in debate. We believe that no one can succeed at a high level without learning the basic, fundamental skills.
This is why we ask all our students to complete a term of Foundations before moving into the Intermediate class.
Target Debate Skills
- Basic debate format rules
- Speech and argument structure
- Rebuttal techniques
- Public speaking skill
- Basic note-taking
- Generating arguments
- Explaining impacts
- Beginner topic analysis
- Modeling a debate
- Weighing arguments
Knowledge Sessions
- Basic criminal justice
- Basic international relations
- Role of education
- Human rights and animal rights
- Basic philosophy
This course is designed to develop intermediate debate skills through use of challenging debate topics in domestic formats of debate (Canadian National Debate Format or British Parliamentary).
In class, students focus on specific debate skills to help them progress more quickly to the next level while expanding their knowledge.
Target Debate Skills
- Strategic argument choice
- Using multiple lines of analysis and rebuttal
- Drills on improving quality of argumentation
- Use of framing and weighing devices
- Intermediate-level burden analysis
- Drills on earlier skills (intros, presentation, note-taking)
Knowledge Sessions
- Economics
- Gender and society
- Journalism
- International relations
- Human rights and animal rights
In this Winter Camp, students will focus on improving their reading and writing skills. The term is usually divided into 3 separate units, largely contemporary: short stories, poetry, and non-fiction articles.
Students will improve their overall comprehension, as well as their ability to produce strong writing samples that make use of a variety of literary elements; at the end of the term, students will be able to think critically about passages, analyze content and writing style, and produce written responses.
Students will respond to the reading passages using different methods of writing, such as personal response, summary, and analysis.
In class activities, students will:
- read passages (short stories, poetry, non-fiction articles)
- complete comprehension questions
- review new vocabulary
- discuss reading passage content
- analyze reading passage content
- complete grammar exercises and/or literary device exercises
- write responses to the reading passages (reflection, reaction, analysis, short story, etc)
- check & edit homework