MI Debate

hey everyone
here's the debate info [on bulletin board] for MI if you didnt catch it.

TEAM A
charlyn
xiao wen
kai xin
rachel
linh
terence
ben

TEAM B
Daixi
sixuan
elaine
sherrie
daniel
justin

TEAM A: proposition for
"this house believes in black magic"

someone took my TEAM C and TEAM D listings SORREE

TEAM C: proposition for
"this house believes in faith healing"

TEAM A vs TEAM B: 03.May.Tuesday
TEAM C vs TEAM D: 05.May.Thursday

- 7 mins to introduce + present case
-have a clear base line, conclusion of argument

1st proposition speaker:
clarifies key terms
gives 1st sound reason in support of conclusion with data, specific examples
* SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE *
after 1min, members from opposition may offer POINTS OF INFORMATION
[can stand up to query veracity of points / point out flaws]

1st opposition speaker:
evaluates 1st reason given by proposing team
judges credibility of source of info
gives 1st reason for conclusion of opposing argument

2nd proposition speaker:
consider evaluative response of opposing team + attempt to re-establish validity of 1st reason for proposing team
establish 2nd reason to support conclusion
evaluate 1st reason by opposition + demolish if possible

2nd opposition speaker:
look at reasons 1 & 2 of proposing team, show why they're not valid
re-establish 1st reason given by opposition team to support conclusion & give 2nd reason.


1)3rd proposition and opposition speakers build on above pattern

2) debate's open to anyone. anyone who wishes to speak may do so.

3) both teams given 5 mins to work on final attack and defence

4) opposition gives final 5 min presentation followed by proposition.

5) all speakers have 3 mins.

> Elaine.