BL Debate Camps Summer Workshop 2023

Debate Skill and Strategy Development | 2-Week-Session
The First Week – Session Sample Schedule

Day 1: Monday

10:00 a.m. – Welcome, attendance, getting connected to Google Classroom

10:30 a.m. – Morning Lecture

11: 00a.m. – Introduce yourself

11: 30a.m. – Labs

Day 2: Tuesday

10:00 a.m.  – Morning Lecture

10:30 a.m. – Labs

11:30 a.m. – Lecture

12:00 p.m. – Labs

Day 3: Wednesday

10:00 a.m.  – Morning Lecture

10:30 a.m. – Labs

11:30 a.m. – Lecture

12:00 p.m. – Labs

Day 4: Thursday

10:00 a.m.  – Morning Lecture: Advocacy & Audience Engagement

10:30 a.m. – Labs

11:30 a.m. – Labs – perform!

12:00 p.m. – Tournament Q&A  

 

Day 5: FridayPractice Tournament!

9:00 – Attendance

9:30 – Round 1

10:30 – Round 2

11:30 – Round

The Second Week – Session Sample Schedule

Day 6: Monday

10:00 a.m.  – Debrief

10:30 a.m. – Morning Lecture

11:00 a.m. – Morning Lecture II: Topic Lecture 

11:30 a.m. – Discussion of debate topic / research plan 

Day 7: Tuesday

10:00 a.m.  – Morning Lecture I: Case Construction & Debate Structure / Time Limits 

10:30 a.m. – Morning Lecture II: Flowing & Demonstration Debate; Analogies and Narratives 

11:00 a.m. – Labs: Writing Speech

12:00 p.m. – Writing Cases 

Day 8: Wednesday

10:00 a.m.  – Morning Lecture: Rebuttals & Blocks; Establishing Audience Rapport

10:30 a.m. – Labs

11:30 a.m. – Lecture: Cross Examination

Day 9: Thursday

10:00 a.m.  – Announce pairings for round 1 (Debate) 

10:15 a.m. – Round1

11:15 a.m. – Announce pairings for round 2 (Debate)

11:30 a.m. – Round2

Day 10:           Friday

9:00 a.m. – Attendance / Announce pairings for round 3 (Debate)

9:15 a.m. – Round 3 Debates

10:15 a.m. – Announce pairings for round 4

10:30 a.m. – Round 4 Debates

11:45 a.m. – Announce pairings for Semi finals

12:00 p.m. – Semi finals

1:15 p.m. – Announce pairings for Finals

1:30 p.m. – Finals

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