[GFCA] GFCA Novice Packet

Pam Childress pchildress at gocats.org
Mon Aug 21 09:35:15 PDT 2017


Thanks!  Pan

On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 11:06 AM Maggie Berthiaume <maggiekb at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi All,
> Here's Wave 1 of the GFCA Novice Packet. (Reminder on the full roll-out
> schedule is below.)
>
> While the arguments are similar to the NDCA packet overall, *the files
> will not be identical as we have decided not to include counterplans until
> October. *
>
> *Thanks to the following people for writing the files* (I just
> re-organized and compiled for Georgia): Whit Whitmore (Title I Aff and
> Neg), David Heidt (supplements to all files), Scott Phillips (Hazelwood Aff
> and Neg) and Miranda Ehrlich (Fiscal Discipline DA).
>
> Thanks!
> Maggie
>
>
> *Wave 1 — August 21st Release Date; can be read starting at Mount Vernon
> (September 2)*Title 1 Affirmative / NegativeHazelwood Affirmative /
> Negative
> Federalism Disadvantage (links to both affirmatives)
> Spending Disadvantage (links to Title 1)
> Hate Speech Disadvantage (links to Hazelwood)
>
> *Wave 2 — October 1st Release Date; can be read starting at Grovetown
> (October 7)*States CP (vs. Title 1 Affirmative)Hate Speech CP (vs.
> Hazelwood Affirmative)Topicality (argument TBD)
> *Wave 3 — December 1 Release Date; can be read starting at Cherokee
> (December 8)*Hazelwood Affirmative — Critical VersionCapitalism or
> Neoliberalism Critique *General Rules*(1) Novice students may not modify
> plan or counterplan texts.(2) Novice students will be allowed to update
> arguments on their own so long as the content of the argument does not
> change. If any major argument becomes non-unique, the GFCA Executive
> Committee will release a new argument to take its place.(3) Novice
> students may rearrange the organization of evidence and modify tags,
> underlining, and highlighting, but they may not add new arguments and/or
> change the content of the arguments in the packet. Students may also find
> new evidence to support existing packet arguments but not change the
> fundamental intent of the argument.
>
-- 
Pamela Childress
Valdosta High School - English
Debate & Speech Coach
GFCA - Director of Communications
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