Please see English III Honor's link for debate class plans.

Welcome to debate!

My name is Ms. J (Jessica Puig). I was born and raised in South Florida and moved to Marianna 3 years ago.  I started debate and speech during my sophomore year in high school. I was in debate for three years and competed all three years. I went to Florida Atlantic University and received my bachelor's degree in Communications specializing in Rhetoric, Communications, and Society. 

There is a misconception that "debate is arguing."  Really, there are two sides to debate, what I like to call the political side and the literary side.  We will explore both. Please look over the web site and see if debate and public speaking is for you!

Ask me about our debate team!

Links for the class:  

• To find speeches:  American Rhetoric     African American Speeches  

•  Current Events Questions/ Grading

•  VOCABULARY

This Year in Debate...

Political/ Debate

1. Lincoln-Douglas Debate: This is a one on one philosophically based debate.  Students will research philosophy, facts, and statistics to defeat their opponent. 

Theory of debate:

• Ethos, Logos, Pathos: Ethos, Logos, and Pathos Notes
• Canons of Rhetoric
• Inductive and Deductive Reasoning Notes
• Fallacies
• Philosophy : Website One    Website Two

Writing a debate:

• Click Here for Lincoln-Douglas Notes
• What does a "Constructive" look like?
• Toulmin Model
• Research: Florida Electronic Library & Citation Machine
• Great Research Site:   High School Debate Topics
• Speaking order

2. Team Debate: This is a debate similar to Lincoln/Douglas however, in this debate there are two people to a team. 

3. Original Oratory:  Original Oratory is a speech given by a student that is researched and memorized.

• Figures of speech

4. Open Forum: In Open Forum students will debate a topic that is in the headlines today.  Students will research to find facts and statistics to support their arguments.   

• Open Forum Research Site

•  Open Forum Questions/ Grading

Literary interpretation

Click Here for Notes

1. Oral Interpretation This is a selection of poems and stories that students will use the six conventions of "delivery" (pronunciation, enunciation, pitch, timbre, volume, rate) to interpret as they read aloud.

    A. Prose:  A prose is a story.  

    B. Poetry: Is just poetry.

2. Humorous Interpretation/ Dramatic Interpretation: Students will interpret a funny or serious story.

3. Duo Interpretation/ Group Interpretation: Students will interpret a story in pairs or in a group.

4. Declamation:  Students will interpret a speech written by another person.