Tuesday, September 27, 2011

No practice Friday, 9/30

No practice on Friday, 9/30 at BHS. If you can't make another practice this week, that's fine.

Please be sure to turn in your ASB/Activity clearance form and your debate expectations. Thanks!

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Changes to Tournament Schedule

Hello Debaters and Parents,


Please note there has been a few changes to the original tournament schedule I sent home with your student last week. Kamiak HS (in Mukilteo) is offering a one-day practice tournament for first year debaters on 10/15. This is a great opportunity to see what a tournament is like. Second year and up debaters are welcome to judge. Students need to confirm with me by Friday, October 7th if they are attending. On the 15th we will depart from the schools at 6:30am and return around 9pm.


The other change is for the weekend of Oct 28th/29th. The Glacier Peak tournament has been cancelled, so we will instead attend Gig Harbor HS's tournament. We will stay overnight in Gig Harbor.


I will need parent drivers for both tournaments so please let me know as soon as possible if you can help. All volunteers need to be fingerprinted beforehand.


Thank you for your time, and I'll have more information on the blog as I learn it.


Aly Hoover

Friday, September 16, 2011

Resources for Practices Week of 9/19

How to do Extemporaneous Speaking
http://www.wcdebate.com/3ie/39extemp.htm

Extemporaneous Speaking blog with questions to research:
http://speechgeek.com/extemp/

West Coast Connection evidence site for LD/Policy/Public Forum/Extemp:
http://www.wcdebate.com/00webproducts/connection/

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Monday, September 12, 2011

Resources for 1st week of practices

September/October 2011 LD Topic

Resolved: Justice requires the recognition of animal rights.

October 2011 Public Forum Topic

Resolved:Private sector investment in human space exploration is preferable to public sector investment.

2011-2012 Policy Debate Topic

Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its exploration and/or development of space beyond the Earth’s mesosphere.

Public Forum and LD Video Showcase


LD Presentation (powerpoint)

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=1A8eOIdbd7tK4kPx89n4gpAUuMPLeL-tS-nHVj0_fsu9jUwy5etz7eQq0rztL&hl=en_US

Public Forum Presentation (powerpoint)