Capital High School LD

Practice Before State

Shea — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:09:28 +0000

I’ve waited as long as I can on whether or not Ally will be able to do practice debates on either Monday or Thursday as the rest of us agreed upon. She’s still working on it, and I’m just going to schedule practice at 3:30 on Thursday afternoon at Capital High. Meet in the Capital library. We my just have to run two debate practices back-to-back using one LDer twice. We will see. Just plan on showing up at 3:30 this Thursday.

PRACTICE THIS WEEK!!

Shea — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 02:38:56 +0000

Okay kids, based on what I have heard back about practice schedules, this is what will be happening this Wednesday:

6:00 p.m.

Ally (AFF) v. Laura (NEG) – Shea watching
Kristin (AFF) v. Dawson (NEG) – Emily watching

7:00 p.m.

Laura (AFF) v. Kristin (NEG) – Shea watching
Dawson (AFF) v. Ally (NEG) – Emily watching

Please show up at Borromeo Hall on the Carroll campus at 5:45, so we can get the rounds started and get out of there at a decent time. We’ll use the practice rooms the Carroll team uses since the college will still be on break.

Proposed Practice Schedule Week of 1-1-07 to 1-5-07

Shea — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 17:42:14 +0000

Tuesday (1-2)
2 debate slots (one with me watching and one with Emily watching)Wednesday (1-3)
2 debate slots (one with me watching and one with Emily watching)

We can do two rounds per coach back-to-back on just one of those days, so:

Tuesday or Wednesday
2 debate slots (one with me watching and one with Emily watching)
2 debate slots (switch coaches)

These two possible schedules will get each of you one debate on each side of the resolution before Gonzaga. We are leaving Thursday morning, so we need to get this hammered out quickly.

Proposed Case Writing Schedule

Shea — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:47:35 +0000

Here’s what I would suggest in terms of a case writing schedule:Dec. 21: AFF & NEG case ideas (as in what your strategy is going to be on each side in relation to everything we discussed at practice last night)

Dec. 24: AFF & NEG outlines (with V, VC, resolutional analysis, and contention taglines with the cards you plan to use underneath them)

Dec. 27: AFF case (rough draft)

Dec. 29: NEG case (rough draft)

Dec. 30-31: Revisions and finalize cases

I’m happy to help work with you on cases through email while I’m in Idaho. I’ll be back in Helena on the 26th, so it will be possible to meet over the rough drafts of the cases before the finalized versions.

You don’t have to follow this schedule exactly, but I would highly suggest it. Remember, you need to have this finished in order to get some good practices in before Gonzaga.

P.S. I forwarded the Big Sky LD debate brief to all of you. If you do not have it, let me know ASAP and I’ll get one to you.

New Jan/Feb LD Topic

Shea — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 23:48:35 +0000

…and wow is it way better than the Nov/Dec topic!

Resolved: the actions of corporations ought to be held to the same moral standards as the actions of individuals.

Talk about the tons of places you can go with this!

Thursday Practice

Shea — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:10:54 +0000

We’ll meet at 7 in our regular place. Every one will be expected to read the final version of the case they’re running at Great Falls tomorrow night, so come prepared to do that. We will make any necessary changes after everyone’s had a run-through. And just a reminder: I will not be at the Great Falls tournament this weekend, so we need to get these things done at practice tomorrow night.

And sorry about the Sunday meeting, things have been hectic and high-stress around here lately.

Sunday Meeting & Tournament Rosters

Shea — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 16:56:41 +0000

We will meet Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Firetower. Please have the revisions we discussed last night at the meeting, and Laura, I will need to see a copy of the case you plan to run at Great Falls.

Great Falls Roster

Varsity:

Ally Bushnell
Kristin Hoffman
Laura Rush

Novice:

Dawson Dohlen

*I will not be at the Great Falls tournament due to an on-call commitment*

Gonzaga Roster

Varsity:

Ally Bushnell
Kristin Hoffman
Laura Rush

Novice:

Dawson Dohlen (though I may put you in junior varsity)

*I do plan on attending the Gonzaga tournament, and details about certain participation requirements will be coming out next week*

Christmas Party at Uusif’s

Kristin — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:21:54 +0000

Hey guys- you’re all invited to the speech and debate Christmas party! It’s going to be on Sunday on December 17th, 5pm @ my house. There’s going to be lots of food and maybe twister. It’ll be cool, so I hope you all can come. Let me know one way or the other.

uusif

Practice the week of 12-4 through 12-8 & New Resolution

Shea — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 16:34:52 +0000

Debate practice at 7 p.m. on Thursday in our regular spot.Please come prepared to practice, and bring your ballots from the Carroll tournament. I have not been as strict as I could be about coming prepared (meaning having your cases with you for one). I really don’t want to become the “strict” coach, but if you come to practice unprepared, I will send you home, which could affect your eligibility for participation in the next tournament.

Great Falls/Gonzaga Rosters

I am going to need a headcount for both Great Falls and the Gonzaga tournament in January. All requests to drop tournaments must go through me first, and I will not authorize for a competitor to be dropped from a tournament until I have talked to that competitor first. Unless you tell me otherwise, I will assume that you are going to a tournament.

Also, the new resolution for January/February 2007 came out this weekend. It is not the college admissions ones. It is:

Resolved: The actions of corporations ought to be held to the same moral standards as the actions of individuals.

Carroll Update

Kristin — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 23:26:32 +0000

Congrats to Ally who was a quarterfinalist at the Carroll Tournement and Dawson who achieved his first winning record as a debater! Nice Job you guys! I’m very proud of you!

Uusif