Tuition — $1995 Commuter; $3395 Resident
June 28th — Resident Arrival
This year, students will be staying in the upperclass dormitory LXR. Information about the dorm can be found
here: https://residentialliving.georgetown.edu/communities/upperclass/lxr
Students should arrive between 12 & 6pm, but if they need to arrive at different hours, they should simply notify sbauschard@georgetowndebate.org in advance.
Students are on their own during the day from the time of check-in until 7pm, when we will meet as a group in the dorm lounge.
General residential information can be found at our Resident FAQ that is provided by the Policy workshop. Please note that all dorm supervision is provided by the Georgetown Policy Debate Workshop.
June 29th — Commuter Arrival, First Day of Class — 9am-6pm
ICC 450 *8am — Commuter arrival. Commuter arrival will be at the ICC building and our classes will generally be held here. Due to scheduling, there may be days when the classes are held in different buildings, and you will be notified by email and through this website if there is any change.
Please note that on the first day we ask Commuters to arrive at 8am in order that we can square away any paperwork and logistical needs. In the future, students may arrive at 9am.
The following contains our academic schedule. Please note that we will always make adjustments to the schedule based on the needs of our students desire to adapt instruction to their specific needs. We generally find, however, that most students need substantial assistance in all of these areas. Also, we generally find that most students do not fit cleanly into more or less advanced groups, as most students are stronger in some areas and weaker in others. Given these two realities, we will try to group the students as much as possible in given situations.
9: Workshop Introduction
Public Forum Debate – Purposes, Core Values, Academic gains, Competitive interests – Introductory discussion to PF that will be used to focus programming for the next 10 days.
10: Intro to China and the topics (Stefan)
Discussion
11: The Xi Topic (Stefan)
Discussion
12: Lunch (Ramses will escort younger students to lunch)
Walsh 390 1:30 The Belt & Road topic (Stefan)
Discussion
2:30 Contention writing — Review of the basics (Stefan)
3:00 Topic research (Stefan)
3:30: Card Cutting (Stefan)4
4-5/6: Topic research broke up in groups
5/6: Commuter pick-up Walsh 390
56/-7: Resident Diner
7-9: ICC 462 . Prep (Ramesh)
June 30th — 9am-6pm class
9am-12 — Wash 494
Contention writing broken into groups — Stefan & Ramesh
Lunch (Ramses will escort younger students to lunch)
1:30 Constructive speech presentations and analysis
2:30 Beginners continue to work on speeches (Ramesh)
advanced students will start on cross-fire (Stefan)
3: Lecture — The Rebuttal speeches and applying the previous lecture (Stefan)
4: Lecture – Rebuttal block writing (Stefan and Ramesh)
4:30: Rebuttal prep
5/6: Commuter pick-up Wash 494
6-7 Resident dinner
7-9: Resident study hall with instructor (Stefan) ICC 210B
July 1 — 9am-6pm class
ICC 450 9-12: Rebuttal prep and brief writing
Stefan and Ramish with broke up groups
12: Lunch
1: Lecture – Summary and Final Focus speeches
2: Debate prep
3-6: Beginners continue debate prep
5/6: Commuter pick-up ICC 450
6-7 Resident dinner
7-9: Activities with instructor (requires for students under 15 (Ramesh)
July 2 — 9am-6pm class
9-12: Public Forum Debates
These are the first debates for more advanced students and anyone who is prepared and feels comfortable debating. Beginner students will watch.
12: Lunch (Ramesh)
1:30-2: Debrief from Debates
2-6: Rebuttal, Summary, and Final Focus speech redos
(Debaters continue to work on improving their arguments as some students continue speeches)
ICC 462 5/6: Commuter pick-up
6: Resident dinner
7-9: Fun activities on campus with instructor (Ramesh)
July 3 — 9am-6pm class
ICC 462 9: Lecture: Flowing
10: Lecture – Beginners start debates
Advanced students will watch debates and provide feedback. They will then discuss what they learned from watching and how that impacts judging.
12: Lunch (Ramesh)
1: Lecture – Beginners continue debates. Advanced students will have a lecture and discussion on judge adaptation
2-6: Practice debates and feedback (beginners)
2: Lecture — Framework and topicality (advanced)
3-5/6: Advanced techniques — add-ons, flex cases, changing cases based on first or second, set order vs flip. Lots of tricks to play on opponents based on strategy.
ICC 462 5/6: Commuter pick-up
5/6-7: Resident dinner
7-9: Study Hall (required for all) Stefan
July 4th
Day off
July 5th — 10am-3pm class
ICC 462 9: Recap and review from the previous week
10: Advanced flowing and flowing practice
11: Lecture – judge adaptation
12: Lunch
1-3: Public Forum Debates
ICC 462 5/6: Activities with instructor, required for those under 15 Ramesh
ICC 462: Commuter Pick-Up
7-9: Activities with instructor, required for those under 15 (Ramesh)
ICC 462 June 30th — 9am-6pm class
9: Individual evaluative assessment
10-12: Skills electives
12: Lunch
2-6: Break-down students based on assessment to develop areas of strength and improve on areas of weakness
ICC 462 6: Commuter pick-up
6: Resident dinner
7-9: Resident study hall (required for all)
July 6th — 9am-6pm class
9: Being a productive member of the debate community
10: Tutoring younger and less experienced students
11: Flowing & cross-fire practice
12: Lunch
ICC 221B 1-5: Practice debates and speeches
6: Resident Dinner
7: Resident Study hall (required for all)
July 7th — 9am-6pm class
9: Participating in a debate tournament
10-12: Tournament Prep
12: Lunch
1-6: Tournament prep
ICC 462 6: Commuter pick-up
6: Resident Dinner
7: Resident Study hall (required for all)
July 8th — 9am-6pm class
ICC 462 9-6: Public Forum debate tournament
Special dinner for Resident Students.
Activities with instructor
July 9th — 9am-6pm class
Resident students can depart the evening of July 3rd or the morning of July 4th.
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