Policy debate

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks will further the discussion formed with Days of Gold and consolidate students’ understanding of greed as a positive quality. This nonfiction story will also shift our discussion of money motivated greed to a new topic: personal status as a motive of greed. An important idea in the story is benevolent deception and the belief that doctors could legally keep many things secret from their patients especially if the patients were poor or a minority. Students will…

fascinated with sharing ideas and opinions. I spent years on the debate team, and found joy in typing key points across countless index cards. Any possible argument and counter-argument was concisely outlined and neatly filed in an old brown recipe box festooned with sparkly stickers. I was equally happy being ‘pro’ or ‘con’, much to the chagrin of my family when I couldn’t contain rebuttals to the classroom. As I logged debate after debate, I found I could empathize with almost any point of…

1. What are your first thoughts when you hear Harris’ goals? Ans: Harris’ goals are unrealistic at this stage secondary to injury he has suffered which is T3 complete spinal cord injury and resultant paraplegia. Paraplegia is defined as complete paralysis of lower extremities and possible trunk region as well (Spinal Injury Network, n.d.). 2. What do you say in response? Ans: I will educate Harris’ on his injuries to increase insight to his deficits. I will handle situation very delicately.…

PoliSci Essay 3- Television in Politics It’s not uncommon to see heated debates between candidates. Some of the editing in those debates comes out less obvious, even though it has a large effect. The choice to have heated debates, and careful editing, however, can make a debate far more memorable and entertaining. Diana Mutz’s study has a section on the effect these two variables, and some of the strategies discovered to be in use by this experiment one of this study can improve memorability,…

Roald Dahl and Ray Bradbury both wrote books for kids; Roald Dahl and Ray Bradbury both had kids and both were married. Roald Dahl and Ray bradbury died within the last 3 decades Roald Dahl was 18 younger than Ray bradbury when he died. Roald Dahl and Ray bradbury both have books that have been turned into movies. They both had a decent amount of writing styles in common like the both wrote fiction. When they were older they were both full time writers. Roald Dahl and Ray Bradbury both…

In the essay, Curriculum as Conversation, a quote by Kenneth Burke is proposed, to compare reading and writing to a conversation. In a section of this quote, about an ongoing discussion, Burke states that, “You listen for a while, until you decide that you have caught the tenor of the argument; then you put in your oar. Someone answers; you answer him; another comes to your defense; another aligns himself against you, to either the embarrassment or gratification of your opponent, depending upon…

Debate has existed in the world for hundreds of years, developing at the beginning of humanity but evolving more publicly in the early eighteenth century. Humans love to argue their point of view with others in order to determine the “correct” perspective on various matters. Throughout the world, many approach a debate with opinions formulated from different outlooks on life. Perspectives of a situation establish themselves based on where and how a person was raised. When elaborating on…

The article showed us that the media source that they used back then for the media was coverage of the debate given to us through news reports. The article explains how we got the information as well as how we can receive the information incorrectly because we are only viewing from one source. Another article that was reviewed was “Information Manipulation…

LEARNING ANALYSIS WORKSHEET ACCRS: K.W.1 : Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book Steps Yes/ Not Yet What Happened? Accommodation/Modification 1. Read story to class as a whole. Y Random questions presented throughout to ensure comprehension. Allowed students additional time to look over photos of story if needed. 2. Decide who is the main character of the story. Y Most were able to identify…

7. Constructive Teaching in Action: A High School Classroom Debate The teacher during this virtual classroom observation, Sarabinh Levy-Brightman, used two different learning strategies in her classroom. First, she used whole-class and small group discussions. To do this, she would provide the whole-class with a question and then she would allow time for students to work on this question in smaller groups. Provide both whole-class and small groups in the classroom provide their own benefits…