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I What is a debate?

1. Have you ever debated someone before?
2. Did you win or did they?
3. What kinds of things might you debate about with you parents or friends?

II How do we debate?A.     When we debate we offer a PLAN, an idea of something we want or want to do.B.     We offer reasons why our friends or parents should say yes to our plan.C.     If they don’t say yes, we may continue to try and tell them reasons why they should say yes and do what we want.D.     That is basically how a real debate works.E.      We exchange ideas.a.       We tell someone why they should change their plans or do what we wantb.       They tell us why they don’t want to. 

    F. Who wins the debate?            a. The person that proves there is a need to change or do something OR the person that can show why something has more value than something else.            b.  The person that provides the best arguments or EVIDENCE about something usually wins. 

G.     Let’s break into groups of two first and try to debate what movie you should go and see.a.       One person will be the AFFIRMATIVE person that suggests a certain movie. Offer one reason why not do anything tonight is bad; offer your plan to watch a movie and offer one good thing will happen if you watch a movie.b.       One person will be the NEGATIVE that argue against going to the movies or seeing a particular movie. Think of one reason why not watching a movie tonight is good, offer one bad thing that might happen if you watch a movie tonight. c.       Each person gets 2 minutes to say/give their proposal and speech? Then the next person gets two minutes to debate against that speech.  

H.     Part of the debate round is something called the cross-ex. The cross ex comes between the first 2 Affirmative Speeches and the first 2 Negative speeches.a.       Who do you think cross-ex’s the Affirmative speaker?b.       Who do you think cross-ex’s the Negative speaker? III Play the Cross ex game one on one. 2 STUDENTS face each other, the one asks the below questions in a 5 minute period and then they switch positions. This will help them practice answering questions on their feet.    I. CLOSE  Thanks for coming. Next week we will learning more about team debating.                                               CROSS EX QUESTIONS: 

What is your favorite color? 

What is you favorite sport? What is your favorite movie 

 What color is your hair? 

What color is your eyes? 

What do you not like to eat? 

What time do you get up in the morning? 

What does your dad do for work? 

How many sisters do you have? 

How many brothers do you have? 

Who is your best friend? 

Where is your favorite place to go? 

Where do you like to go out to eat? 

When was your last haircut? 

How old is your car? 

When did your parents get married? 

What color is your mom’s eyes? 

Where do you live? 

What is your phone number? 

If the far left liberal, global warming - environmentalists were truly committed to their cause, they would be strong proponents of “stay at home, home-school moms”( a traditional right-wing group).  Having all mothers stay home, rather than driving their SUV’s and mini-vans to daycare, school, and work would dramatically reduce carbon emissions from our environment.

Not only that, if all the children were taught at home, there would be no need for school busses polluting our cities and towns. These two factors alone would cut our oil and gasoline usage dramatically (and reduce traffic volume by about 50%). We could further reduce our energy demands by not having to build, heat, cool and power our public schools. There’s got to be a huge tax cut in there somewhere given the money government takes to prop up public education.

So the next time a tree-huggin’, whale-saving, liberal looks down their nose at your Christian conservative, home-schooling family, you can tell them you are doing your part (along with hundreds of thousands of other home-school families) to reduce carbon emissions,  and to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, and cut back on national energy demands.

Who knows, you may be able to sell them your carbon offsets someday!

                        In team policy debate one of the first things you do after studying the resolution for the year, is to decide on the best “case”. The couple of years we were involved in debate we created a template to help my children set up their cases. This is helpful for beginers in learning the format needed to present a team policy debate case.           

                         _______________________________________

                                                            Title of the Case

____________________________________________________________

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(story, fact or quote that relates to your resolution )

Resolved: (This is the National Resolution for your club each year) _________________________________________________. 

Observation 1 Definitions: (Define the Words in your Resolution) 

A.     ______________________________________________B.     ______________________________________________C.     ______________________________________________D.     ______________________________________________ 

Observation 2 Harms ( List 2 Harmful things of the current status quo) 

1. __________________________________________________ 

2. ___________________________________________________ 

Observation 3 Plan:

Agency: ( That will implement the plan) __________________________________________

Plank 1 (What will you do to fix the problem?; enact legislation?)

________________________________________________

Plank 2 _________________________________________________

Enforcement: (What will the fine be or punishment and who will enforce non compliance of the new policy?)

________________________________________________________

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Funding ( How will you pay for your plan? Taxes, Fees, drop funding from another government program)

_________________________________________________________

Observation 4 Advantages: (What good things will come about because of your plan?)

1.      __________________________________________________________

2.      __________________________________________________________

PICK ONE SPEECH TO PRESENT:

1. Apologetics
   1. 5 minute speech
   2. Choose one of the tenants of the Christian Faith and support why you believe it.
   3. Must have 3 pieces of evidences from credible sources
   4. Must use 2 pieces of Scripture to support your belief.
   5. This speech needs to have all the parts of a speech

      i.Opening, Hook

ii. Introduction to your Speech

iii. 3 POINTS

iv. Closing

f. This speech cannot be read from the paper. It must be in an outline form, to be glanced at during the speech, while the speech is being given.

g. GRADE

25% of the grade is based on the 5 minute time frame

25% of the grade will be on your physical stance giving your speech

50% of the grade will be based on the content of the speech:5% Hook, 10% Introduction, 10% for each of the 3 Points=30% and 5% Closing

2. Dramatic Interpretation

5 minute speech

1. This speech must be obtained from a piece of literature, Word for Word, dramatic interpretation of the literature.
2. It must be memorized from the literature piece. You will not be allowed to bring the book, poem, play or prose up with you.
3. 4 minutes of the Speech must be a dramatic Interpration of the piece. It will be easiest to use a book or play. You may cut and paste portions of the play or book together , in order for you to get 4 minutes.

d. GRADE

1. 25% of the grade is based on the 5 minute time frame

2. 25% of the grade will be on your physical stance giving your speech

3. 50% of the grade will be based on the memorization and dramatically accurate interpretation of the literary piece.

3. Persuasive Speech

5 minute speech

1. This speech must be a piece your own work.
2. It must be memorized.
3. This speech needs to have all the parts of a speech

i. Opening, Hook

ii. Introduction to your Speech

iii. 3 POINTS

iv. Closing

e. GRADE

1. 25% of the grade is based on the 5 minute time frame

2. 15% of the grade will be on your physical stance giving your speech

3. 50% of the grade will be based on the persuasive speech meeting all of the content requirements.

4. 10% of the grade will be based on your success in persuading the audience of your position.

Day 3 The Word walked among man before the Virgin Birth

Read Genesis 3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

After Adam and Eve sinned, we know that they hid themselves. Who was it that was walking in the Garden of Eden?

Let us take a look at God. He is the Father, The Word and the Holy Ghost.

Jesus said that: John 6:46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.

The book of Acts describes the coming of the Holy Spirit this way:

 Acts 2: 2-4 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

John the Baptist describes the presence of the Holy Spirit in this way:

John 1:33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.

Jesus is the only one of the Godhead that has taken on the flesh of man. So who was it that was walking in the Garden of Eden to talk with Adam and Eve?

What a wondrous thing to have the LORD God Almighty talking to you face to face!

Abraham had that experience. Read the passage:

Genesis 18: 20-23 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know. And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward
Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

It was amazing enough that Abraham stood yet before the LORD. But, even greater than that, he had a conversation with the LORD as one would with a friend.

Read Genesis 18: 23-33

And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that [are] therein? That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

And the LORD said, If I find in
Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which [am but] dust and ashes: Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for [lack of] five?

And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy [it]. And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do [it] for forty’s sake.

And he said [unto him], Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do [it], if I find thirty there. And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy [it] for twenty’s sake.

And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there.

And he said, I will not destroy [it] for ten’s sake. And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

The LORD God explained beforehand why he was going to speak with Abraham and this is what he said:

Read Genesis 18: 17-19  And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

We have learned that the LORD God took the time to talk to a man that loved him and would bring up his family to follow the LORD.

Let us strive to bring up our families in the nurture and admonition of the LORD!

Activity: Have your child trace their footprints on a piece of paper, cut them out and color them to remind themselves that God walked with man, before he came as a baby born to a virgin.

For many home-school families, the bulk of the educational responsibility is placed upon the mother. It’s not that the father is incapable of teaching his charges; it’s just that he is usually the one who works (outside of the home). Let’s face it, few of us men, (myself in particular) would be able to teach, multi-task, and manage the home at the level our brides can, day-in and day-out. There’s just to many things going on at one (or any given) time to keep track of for us singular focus types.

Oh sure, I could teach the basics, some may even be able to teach the more advanced subjects. The challenge for me, and many other men would be doing that consistently and effectively while fulfilling the other daily familial responsibilities. I like to tell my bride I can do all the things (as in each individual task) that she does. I just can’t do them all (as in all of them), like she does - let alone, every day.

I can, and have fed the kids many times…but I have forgotten that a couple of times.        ( The quality of care drops dramatically when she leaves the house). I can, and have done the dishes and laundry but I have great difficulty understanding the concept of doing a job that has no end in sight. It drains me. I mean, once you get done doing the dishes, there’s more dishes. The laundry only differs from dishes in that I don’t think (especially with 8 children) we could ever say the laundry has ever been “done” in the literal sense of the word. I know many men are genuinely surprised to find out that “doing the laundry” actually includes folding everything and putting it back where it came from a few days ago. That compounds the problem immeasurably.

All I know is that once the piles are down to a few manageable loads, there’s still more laundry to do! When I work in my trade, I can see what I have completed. There is a noticeable and measurable progression by the end of each day that will not have to be done again and again. That measure satisfaction seems un-attainable in the home.

At home, all this goes on all day long, every day. On the few occasions that I’ve been home, by the time the second load of dishes comes around, I’m ready for my nap! My bride says “you can’t”…not just because she doesn’t. She says I can’t take a nap because the laundry and the dishes will continue to pile up and it will just get worse. I guess that’s where I’m different from her! I’m thinkin’ I need a nap precisely because the laundry and the dishes will keep piling up!

Did I mention the all kids have to be home-schooled during all this? I was gonna get to that but I had to take the garbage out because the baby had a blowout that made his jump suit expendable. There are some stains I just don’t want coming out in the wash…or anywhere else for that matter.

This is just a glimpse of what goes on, in and around home-schooling families on a daily basis. I didn’t forget to mention the spills, the floors, the furniture, the shopping or the errands, it’s just that I need to get to the point of this article.

The primary role of the typical home-school dad is to help, support, and encourage his bride in all she does. One of the things that most grieves me is when I see a husband who does not believe his wife is qualified to teach their children. That is insulting and degrading.

God Almighty places the responsibility for teaching children solely on the parents. That which God calls us to do He will enable us to do. Your job, as the spiritual leader of your home is to love her, encourage her, and instill confidence in her so she will flourish in her role. Rather than undermining her with veiled insults regarding her ability to teach, speak grace, and that which is edifying to her.

How successful do you think you would be if your boss or co-workers had no confidence in your ability and made that known to you in no uncertain terms?

Who is more likely to be successful, a person who is held in disdain by his peers, whose every little mistake is scrutinized and magnified, and publicized; causing insecurity.

Or, a person who is valued and encouraged by his peers, whose mistakes are seen as just that – mistakes that one has the liberty to learn from ?

Confidence is an amazing motivator. With it, one believes he / she can do anything. Without it, one is at a loss to do things they once excelled in. You can see that illustrated in professional athletes very often.  A husband can and should inspire confidence in his bride. His encouragement will inspire confidence. His support of his bride in backing her authority before the children will bring order and peace into the home. His time and effort in helping out around the house will go further in bringing peace to other areas of the home!!! Then you can take your nap!

There are so many good reasons to home-school your child. It is my hope to encourage you with just a few. Each precious child is unique in so many ways. The way one child learns compared to another can be quite varied, even within the same family.

Some children are auditory learners, some are visual learners, and some just have “do it” or hands on learners. Home-schooling allows parents to teach their children in ways that are more effective based on the way each individual child processes information.

The “one size fits all system” of state run education cannot possibly accommodate all these methods. Personally, the idea that an adolescent boy can learn anything sitting in chair for 6-8 hours a day is just ridiculous. A young girl may be able to sit in compliance and learn in the process, but boys are typically wired by God to run, move, explore, and touch stuff. Some young boys can sit through school all day and do well, but those who struggle with either the sitting or the learning are often labeled ADD.

Another good reason to home-school your child is because each child will have his or her own interests and passions. Home-schooling allows the parents to gear the curriculum around those interests. This really becomes significant as the years go on. Your child has interests, passions, and talents placed within by God Himself. Our primary job as parents of 8 and counting is to see what God has placed in them and enable them to flourish in that. When a child (especially boys) is interested in a subject, he or she will “want” to learn. The challenge is found in the subjects they have no interest in.

Lastly, and most importantly, the primary reason to home-school your child is because the person(s) who loves them most, and who is genuinely interested in their personal success is teaching them. Mom and / or dad are with their child every day, not only teaching subjects, but instilling character and building strong relationships. It is my contention that the impact of that cannot possibly be measured and there isn’t enough money in print to compare to its value.