On Monday, my students should all be back from their spring break, which was from March 3 - March 10. Our face-to-face class will be devoted to getting organized and figuring out who will be doing what. In groups of three, the students will be drafting three main arguments for their debate resolution, then going to credible sources in our library's database to put their debate together.
People who are scheduled to do the first debate on March 17th will use Wednesday's online lesson to participate in a discussion forum and to submit their documents in their team file folders. I have decided to grade each person's participation in the debate project rather than to give a group grade. This makes them all accountable for their own learning and the learning of the others in the group.
The debate resolutions that were drafted during the last class meeting were voted on by the class and ranged from requiring immigrants who come to the States to have basic English language literacy skills to paying males full paternity leave if their spouses have a baby or if they adopt a baby.
The debates should be lively. The debate process has been structured to include rules and procedures to roles to a debate rubric.
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