by christosapologiaofchs | Oct 28, 2024 | Blog
Delivery: Cadence Cross Examination: When you are preparing for a debate, start thinking about some possible CX questions before you ever get to the tournament. The first thing to do is to pinpoint your basic points of your plan that you would like your opponent to...
by christosapologiaofchs | Oct 14, 2024 | Blog
Delivery: Hand gestures: Reminded about speech organization, confident delivery, and filler words to practice along with hand motions. Debate teaching: Rebuttal First video: Starting premise: world cares about climate change/unrealistic to say that everyone cares...
by christosapologiaofchs | Sep 30, 2024 | Blog
We began by learning about filler words: Why do we use filler words?1) Give a chance for our brain to catch up.2) To avoid silence. 3) Habit Some commonly used filler words: Um: “I, um, don’t think you want to go that way. Uh: “Can you, uh, give this...
by christosapologiaofchs | Sep 14, 2024 | Blog
This is our recap from yesterday’s club meeting! We began by briefly mentioning the homework from last week, which was to watch the NCFCA team policy exhibition round and write down what the teams used to open, conclude, and give roadmaps in their speeches. I...
by christosapologiaofchs | Sep 10, 2024 | Blog
1. Flowing. Eliana taught about the importance of flowing and how it is a growing skill. Just start the best you can and your skill will grow. The idea is simply getting ideas down what the other team says so that you can remember to address them in your speech. We...
by christosapologiaofchs | Sep 9, 2024 | Blog
I hope everyone had a fun first day of debating! Here is a brief recap of what we covered yesterday: 1. We discussed the basic format that can be used in a debate speech. The kids did a practice with impromptu topics using the following format: a) Opener: optional b)...
