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A history of excellence| The 2-week ENDI
June 9-22, 2013 Check in is Sunday the 9th Check out is Saturday the 22nd |
The 4-week ENDI
June 23 – July 20, 2013 Check in is Sunday the 23rd Check out is Saturday the 20th |
The 6-week ENDI
June 9 – July 20, 2013 Check in is Sunday the 9th Check out is Saturday the 20th |
| Middle School Debate Institute |
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Debate Across Curriculum |
Partial attendance is a possibility, please contact the staff to discuss options.
We will be accepting applications up until May 1st. We will be notifying people of acceptance as soon as we receive their information. The $150 fee will be deducted from your tuition. Anyone not accepted will have their full application fee returned to them.
No applicant will be considered without submission of a full and accurate application. The extent and quality of the applicant’s previous debate experience, including demonstrated potential, will be the primary factors in admissions decisions. Other factors which may be considered include: the strength and number of tournaments attended, speaker awards, the comments offered in the enclosed Letter of Recommendation, and geographic diversity.
Students will form relationships within specific groups. These will serve as the smaller groups through which most lab instruction will occur. Debaters will spend a majority of their days learning directly within these groups. Lab Groups will include daily activities, group assignments, research groups, and both full and mini practice debates.
In addition to the lab setting, debaters will learn the content of the topic through camp wide lectures and through the direct instruction of every lab leader. These lectures will include broad-based coverage of both affirmative and negative arguments. Debaters will also receive a complete analysis of the topic that will prepare them to be experts on the year’s resolution.
In addition to the lab setting, debaters will learn the content of the topic through camp wide lectures and through the direct instruction of every lab leader. These lectures will include broad-based coverage of both affirmative and negative arguments. Debaters will also receive a complete analysis of the topic that will prepare them to be experts on the year’s resolution.
All camps include a tournament at the end of the institute to make sure that everyone leaves with a tournament experience on the topic. Additionally, every lab will do a minimum of 2 full practice debates per week within their labs making sure that students leave with experience deploying arguments on the topic.
In addition to traditional practice rounds, labs will focus on other proven debate skill builders including mini-debates, focused one-on-one debates, video-taping debates, and working to improve general skills with time efficiency.
Students will receive electronic copies of all materials produced during their time at the institute. A camp evidence packet produced by Emory Institute staff–including several affirmatives and negative positions–will be provided to the students at the beginning of the camp. This evidence will be produced by the staff of the Emory Institute.
All research done at the camp will be directly edited and augmented by the Emory faculty for the purpose of creating materials ready for use in competitive policy debate.
► How to employ debate theory
► How to maximize the strategic potential of each speaker position
► How to improve speaking style
► How to develop appropriate research technique
► How to generate ideas for research
