At the top of every lesson plan or at the front of

What essential skills?

Apply a cost-benefit analysis to conflicting plans of action.

Summarize and state arguments made in non-fiction texts.

Critical thinking, analytical thinking, creativity, and person to person ( interpersonal )and self
communication (intrapersonal) communication skills.
 You say no plan no win, we say all we need is a plan of action

 We know that you’re not a hack, that if an argument was persuasive enough or mishandled or conceded you vote. A bias neg in this
debate can be overcome. You are open-minded.

Direct instruction and continued introduction to class norms “Do More” “Do More. Be Nice.
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Pass out notebooks – get out the markers. First day of school. Write, Name you go by with your
last name.
Your Last Name
Flowers (Block)
Communication Studies

(Communication Studies. On your transcript it says Communications, but I call it communication

studies because it sounds cooler. ) I will incorporate some concepts of college material into the
curriculum to try and enhance instruction and meet the state standards and frameworks.

Write down what you think of when you think of debate.

DON’T SAY THIS ONE OUT LOUD: when you get into arguments, do you usually win or lose?
How do you know you’ve won or lost?

What does it mean to agree to disagree?

What is a consensus?
What causes us to disagree?

As a society do we agree or disagree more?