A Checklist and Notes for the Weeks BEFORE the DEBATES
Final Countdown to Debate:
A Checklist and Notes for the Weeks BEFORE the DEBATES
Date Due / Done?(use X or check) / Task or Objective to be Completed / Completed By (Team Member/s Names)
Harms & Inherency Revised Based on Peer Editing – Any other changes that need to be made:
Team (or at least one member) has met with Mrs. Scheel to discuss the progress of the plan and any revisions Mrs. Scheel deems necessary.
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Plan’s Mandates Added to Outline – details explained – evidence provided, if necessary.
What still needs to be done?
Plan’s Administration Added to Outline – details and evidence?
What still needs to be done?
Plan’s Enforcement Added to Outline – details and evidence?
What still needs to be done?
Plan’s Funding Added to Outline – details and evidence?
What still needs to be done?
_____ / Solvency:
· Is each HARM addressed in the Solvency Section?
· Is the evidence provided for each sub-point of the Solvency powerful and strong enough to withstand criticism by The Negative?
· Did you check the sample outlines in the Debate book for comparison’s sake?
What still needs to be done?
Research that still needs to be done:
Date Due / Done?
(use X or check) / Task or Objective to be Completed / Completed By (Team Member/s Names)
1/30 and/or 1/31 / At least ONE person from each Team Attends Mrs. Scheel’s Formatting Workshop on Monday 1/30/17 and/or Tuesday 1/31/17 / 1/30
1/31
1/31 / Evidence Cards Created (at least 3) related to the Harms/Needs, Inherency, and/or the Solvency sections. If you have evidence related to the four-parts of The Plan, you should include that information within the 1AC Outline. However, you could also have evidence cards related to The Plan, if you anticipate that The Negative team will attack some part of that with greater force.
· Most groups divide up this task between 2 or more people in the group.
2/2 at the late-est) / The EXCHANGE of INFO:
Give the Affirmative Team, against whom you are debating as The Negative, your team’s Gmail addresses (just write them down on a notecard or sheet of paper). THE 1AC may not be changed in substance AFTER Feb. 3rd (the day AFTER the exchange). However, formatting issues may be addressed.
It’s the Negative’s job to contact Mrs. Scheel (in-person and/or email) if the Aff team has NOT supplied the Google file electronically.
You should receive from the Affirmative a mini-outline that includes their Resolution and Mandates on Thursday, Jan. 26th. / (make sure everyone takes a picture or copies the info )
1/31 / Outlining Format of the Entire 1AC / Outline (from Resolution to Solvency) is consistent, neat (indentations line up from section to section), lacking highlights, and ending with a pristinely formatted Bibliography (hanging indent; non-URL portion of entry is double-spaced; the URL-portion is single-spaced if lengthy).
1/31
** / EACH Member of the Team Submits the Team’s FULL Outline/1AC (including Bibliography, but NOT evidence cards) to Turnitin.com in preparation for the peer editing the next day in class.
* / Teams that are the Negative on Tuesday, February 7th and Wednesday, February 8th should meet with an instructor:
· Mrs. Scheel during Conference period on 2/1 and/or 2/2 and/or
· Mrs. Een during after school tutoring (4-5:30 p.m.) on Wednesday, Feb. 1st in her room, 248.
Date Due / Done?
(use X or check) / Task or Objective to be Completed / Completed By (Team Member/s Names)
2/1 / Peer Editing done in class for the assigned outlines
· If time permits, groups should work on their Negative’s Outlines & Evidence Cards.
2/2 / FINAL Revision completed in-class on Thursday, Feb. 2nd and then as homework. Each member of the group should make revisions based on Peer Commentary and Teacher Commentary.
2/2 / ONE Member of the Affirmative Team Submits his/her team’s REVISED and FINAL 1AC to Turnitin.com before Midnight on Thursday, February 2nd.
** This date was wrong on the printed copy that was distributed to students on 1/25. I read that the final, revised 1AC was due on Jan. 31st, but that is incorrect; it’s due on Thursday, February 2nd.
2/6 / Mrs. Scheel (and she strongly suggests EACH member of your AFF team) needs a PRINTED copy of your REVISED and COMPLETE (with Bibliography) 1AC.
OPTIONAL: Group meets during conference or lunch or before school or after school or during after school tutoring time (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) to practice together.