Summer Debate Camp - Two Week Intensive for Intermediate Students
In this two week course students will build upon the fundamentals of speech and debate through an intensive experience that will emphasize growth and improvement from day to day and over the two weeks.
Broome County Debate Alliance
Average rating:
4.7
Number of reviews:(2,092)
What's included
10 live meetings
10 in-class hoursHomework
1-2 hours per week. There will be some lessons where students will be encouraged to redo their speeches from prior days so we ask them to keep their notes from day to day and reflect back on what they learned between class.Assessment
Students will be assessed on whether or not they won their debate rounds based upon how well they argued their side and answered their opponents.Class Experience
US Grade 4 - 7
Intermediate Level
During this two week long debate camp students will build upon the basics of speech and debate through a hands on approach where kids participate everyday right from the start. Students should have completed our introductory classes, or have prior debate experience, prior to enrolling in this course. Each class will include both a short lecture followed by an activity to help students learn the skill being taught during the lecture portion of class. The course culminates in a mini-tournament that takes place during the second week. Students will learn how to form arguments, listen to their opponents, develop critical thinking skills, and discern the difference between reliable and unreliable sources for evidence. This will allow students to learn to speak to a diversity of different people in order to learn how to adapt their arguments to the audience they're speaking to. Students will also learn how to fairly listen to and judge others without bias. By the end of the two weeks students will have increased their public speaking skills, logical reasoning, as well as their ability to listen to and understand others. A breakdown of the course is as follows... Week One Monday: Recap of Basics of Debate, Ice Breakers, Speaking Drills, Debate Format Tuesday: Topic, Disadvantages, and Debate Wednesday: Recap of Disadvantages and Debate Games Thursday: Opportunity Costs and Conclusion to Wednesday's Debate Games Friday: Topic Prep and Debate Week Two Monday: Speech Redos, Procedural Argumentation, and Debate Games Tuesday: Philosophy in Debate, Debate Games, Topic Prep Wednesday: Mini-Tournament, Day One Thursday: Mini-Tournament, Day Two Friday: Semifinals and Finals
Learning Goals
Students will learn how to work in teams, better their research, public speaking, debate, listening, and note taking skills.
Syllabus
10 Lessons
over 2 WeeksLesson 1:
Recap Basics and Intro to Intermediate
We will recap what was learned in the introductory course, go over the format of debate we will be using for the intermediate class, and do some speaking drills. 60 mins online live lesson
Lesson 2:
Topic and Disadvantages
We will learn about the topic we will be focusing on for the upcoming debate, learn about cost-benefit analysis, and do practice debates on the topic using disadvantages as way to think through things. 60 mins online live lesson
Lesson 3:
Disadvantages and Debate Games
We will go into more depth about disadvantages, have another opportunity for practice debates, and do some fun drills to help drive home the lesson. 60 mins online live lesson
Lesson 4:
Opportunity Costs and Counterplans
We will learn about opportunity costs and how counterplans work in debate, along with finishing any debates that need to finish from the previous day. 60 mins online live lesson
Other Details
Parental Guidance
We only use age appropriate topics and teach students to be sensitive to others. If there are any topics you don't want to have covered please message us upon enrolling for the course.
Supply List
Students should come with paper and something to write with. Taking notes on a computer is also entirely fine. A timer is suggested, but not required.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
Talking with parents and doing some limited research for the mini-tournament is suggested, but not required.
Joined March, 2020
4.7
2092reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
The BCDA's founder has been run a competitive college debate team for twenty years. He has also run elementary and middle school debate workshops for the past four years both in the US and internationally. We have now taught well over a thousand kids from countries around the world digitally through this platform with great reviews. If for whatever reason you feel the class didn't live up to what you were looking for, please contact us for a refund. We are offering these courses as a way for students to get the benefits of debate and peer-directed education while schools are shutdown. Debate is not necessarily for everyone, but we are confident that if your kid is excited about it they will enjoy this class, and don't want you paying if that's not the case.Reviews
Live Group Course
$85
weekly5x per week, 2 weeks
60 min
Completed by 399 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 9-14
4-12 learners per class
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