Mariner Speech and Debate Club Meeting #3 Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Affirmative and Negative Team Responsibilities  Affirmative Team- WE WANT CHANGE!  Prove that change is needed  Provide a workable plan to create change to make things better  Negative Team- NO CHANGE- STATUS QUO  Attack the affirmative team’s case with clash and counterarguments  Show benefits of the status quo  Each speaker will have between 3-5 minutes- this is NOT a lot of time…time flies by when you are in front of the podium.

Speak Responsibilities- 1A  1 st Affirmative speaker  Introduce self and team members  Clearly state the topic  Define terms  Tell the judges what the main points of your case will be (what you intend to prove)

Speaker Responsibilities- 1N  1 st Negative Speaker  Introduce self and team members to audience  Clearly state your opinion to the topic  Tell the judges what you main point will be

Speaker Responsibilities- 2A  2 nd Affirmative speaker  Responds to Negative team’s remarks  Attacks the Negative team’s main points  Presents evidence to prove your team’s 1st main point.  Restates your team’s position

Speaker Responsibilities- 2N  2 nd Negative speaker  Responds to Affirmative team’s remarks  Attacks the Affirmative team’s main points  Presents evidence to prove your team’s 1st main point.  Restates your team’s position

Speaker Responsibilities- 3A  3 rd Affirmative speaker  Responds to Negative team’s remarks  Attacks the Negative team’s main points  Presents evidence to prove your team’s 2 nd main point.  Restates your team’s position

Speaker Responsibilities- 3N  3 rd Negative speaker  Responds to Affirmative team’s remarks  Attacks the Affirmative team’s main points  Presents evidence to prove your team’s 2 nd main point.  Restates your team’s position

Speaker Responsibilities- 4A  4 th Affirmative speaker  Responds to Negative team’s remarks  Attacks the Negative team’s main points  Presents evidence to prove your team’s 3 rd main point (final point).  Restates your team’s position

Speaker Responsibilities- 4N  4 th Negative speaker  Responds to Affirmative team’s remarks  Attacks the Affirmative team’s main points  Presents evidence to prove your team’s 3 rd main point (final point).  Restates your team’s position

NEGATIVE BLOCK!  Negative block is when the negative team goes back to back- this takes place with the 4 th negative speaker and 5 th negative speaker  Remember…burden of proof, where it allows for the affirmative team to start and end the debate.

Speaker Responsibilities- 5N  5 th Negative speaker  Reviews the entire debate and explains the main reasons why the negative team should win the debate.

Speaker Responsibilities- 5A  5 th Affirmative Speaker  Restate your team’s main points that were argued throughout the debate  Respond to the main points that the last two negative speakers discussed  Explain the main reasons why the affirmative team should win the debate.

Judging a Debate  Judges base their decision on  Quality of evidence presented  Persuasive appeal  Overall team effort