Sample Varsity LD Schedule:
Sunday
4:00 Demo Round
5:00 Topic Lecture
7:00 Skill Quiz and Q&A
10:30 Room check
Monday
9:00-10:15 Case writing 101
10:30-12:00 Research and Card Cutting
1:00-2:30 Common Criteria: Util/Deontology
2:30-3:15 CX: Strategies and Approaches
3:30-6:00 Lab Time – Case Work
7:00-8:00 Common Criteria: Rawls & Nozick
8:00-9:00 Speaking Drills
Tuesday
9:00-10:30 Rebuttal Skills
10:45-12:00 Alternative Framework Mechanisms
1:00-2:30 Fallacies
2:45-3:45 The 1AR
4:00-5:00 Lab Time
6:00-7:30 Common Criteria: Social Contracts
7:30-9:00 Speaking Drills
Wednesday
9:00-10:30 Common Criteria:Objectivism
10:45-12:00 NFL Finals Judging
1:00-2:00 Speaking Drills
2:00-5:00 Lab Time - Write your own cases
6:00-10:30 Mandatory Fun Time
Thursday
9:00-10:30 Off Case Positions - Theory
10:40-12:00 Judge Adaptation & Paradigms
1:00-2:15 Off Case Positions - Kritiks
2:30-5:00 Lab Time – Blocks
6:00-9:00 Start/stop rounds
Friday
9:00-12:00 TSDC Tournament
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-5:00 TSDC Tournament
5:00-6:00 Dinner
6:00-9:00 TSDC Tournament
Saturday
7:30 Wake-up
8:00-9:00 Breakfast
9:00 TSDC Tournament Finals
12:00 Awards / Check-out
Sample Novice LD Schedule:
Sunday 4PM-5PM |
Demo Round |
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| 5PM-6PM | Q&A About Demo Round |
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| 7PM-8PM | Topic video/lecture |
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| 8PM-9PM | Skill Quiz and Q&A |
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Monday |
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| 9AM-10AM | Argumentation 101 |
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| 10AM-11AM | Argumentation Practice |
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| 11AM-Lunch | Intro to LD |
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| 1:-2:30PM | The LD Cases: what are they for? |
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| 2:30PM-3PM | Break/Q&A about intro lectures |
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| 3PM-5PM | Intro to Framework |
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| 5PM-6PM | Contentions: what are they, and how do we find them? |
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| 7PM-9PM | Research time with assistance and Q&A |
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Tuesday |
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| 9AM-10AM | Argumentation Warm Up |
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| 10AM-11AM | The AC: What to do |
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| 11AM-12Noon | The NC: What to do |
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| 1-2PM | CX: strategies and approaches |
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| 2PM-3PM | CX Drills |
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| 3-5PM | Case writing 101 |
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| 5PM-6PM | Research with assistance/begin writing case |
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| 7PM-9PM | Q&A, round walk through |
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Wednesday |
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| 9AM-10:30AM | Common Criteria: Social Contracts |
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| 10:45AM-12 | Common Criteria: Moral Philosophies |
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| 1PM-2PM | Speaking Drills |
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| 2-6:00PM | The Value and Criterion: What are they and how do they function |
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| 7PM-9PM | Mandatory fun time |
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Thursday |
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| 9AM-10:30AM | Round Overview and Understanding |
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| 10:45AM-12 | Guest Lecture |
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| 1PM-3:00PM | Lab Time - Independent Case Building |
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| 3:00-5:00PM | lab Time - Assistance from staff |
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| 5PM-6PM | Start Stop Rounds |
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| 7PM-9PM | Final Q&A before tournament, additional start/stop rounds |
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The Novice, Varsity, and Intermediate LD topics for camp:
Resolved: A democracy ought to require the separation of church and state.
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