SKYVIEW HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE CLASS
Beverly Questad, Ph.D.
1300 NW 139th St.; Vancouver, WA 98683; Phone: 313-1112 voice mailbox 7684#
Debate Web Page: http://skyview.vansd.org/bquestad/ Email: bquestad@vansd.org

Dear Parents/Guardians and Advanced Debate Students,

This year your student has been selected to participate in Skyview’s Debate Class as an advanced debate student. Debate Class at Skyview will continue to be student led (as much as Dr. Questad will allow) and advanced debate students will be the class leaders and trainers in that endeavor. Advanced Debate students will lead much of the class instruction and debate formats as well as train students in moderation and class instruction strategies. Please read over the attached Debate Class Syllabus and Plagiarism Policy for more information.

After you have had a chance to review this packet, please sign, date, detach and have your student return this top confirmation documentation by September 14th. The remainder of the syllabus and Plagiarism Policy should be kept in your student’s notebook for easy reference. I look forward to meeting you at Skyview's Open House on Sept. 21st, beginning at 7:00.

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Dear Dr. Questad,

_____YES (please initial): We give permission for our student's name and/or picture to be published on the Internet per our student's permission regarding quality recognition.

_____NO (please initial): We DO NO give permission for our student's name and/or picture to be published on the Internet per our student's permission regarding quality recognition.

SKYVIEW HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE CLASS
Dr. Beverly Questad
1300 NW 139th St.; Vancouver, WA 98683; Phone: 313-1112 voice mailbox 7684#
Debate Web Page: http://skyview.vansd.org/bquestad/ Email: bquestad@vansd.org

This course should enable you to:

(1) improve your ability to construct, present and defend sound arguments
(2) improve your ability to analyze and evaluate the arguments of others
(3) develop your ability to instruct students in debate

First – Warning ~ Second – Warning
Third – 10 min. wing clean-up duty ~ Fourth – 20 min. wing clean-up
Fifth – Administrative Referral recommending Saturday School
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Absences
Debate is a participation class. Students cannot miss scheduled case presentations and debates. Any student who misses a scheduled presentation or debate will receive a 0 unless previous arrangements have been made. For example, phone partner(s) and email me a minimum of 26 hours in advance so a schedule change can be made during class time. While students are not graded for attendance, many grades are related to in-class participation, not only to show mastery of course goals and objectives but also as a commitment to others in the class counting on your teaming.

Late Work
Late assignments lose 10% for each day late.
Exceptions are made for students on a 174, 504 or IEP contract stipulating a late work acceptance policy.

Make-up for Excused Absences
If a student is absent for lecture, written work, lab time or other non-presentation expectation (see above), please check my web page Debate Assignment Log and Debate Calendar and email me (best) or call the office with a request for missing work. Handouts will be available in the office on the following afternoon for pick-up.

Late Work [After Absence(s) ] Pass
Assignments late due to excused absences will be accepted if a correctly filled out Questad Late Pass accompanies them.
Work will be due within 24 hours of return from a one-day absence, 48 from a 2-day, etc.

Technology Requirement
All work must be word processed unless otherwise instructed.If a student does not have a computer at home or has a problem with Skyview/home computer compatibility, an appointment may be made with Dr. Questad to work in computer lab before or after school, in the evening or on a weekend. Computer Passes for computer use during these times is required by Skyview High School.

• Information, statistics and concepts that did not originate with you
• Paraphrasing, a.k.a. rewording an author’s thoughts or information
• Summarizing what author thinks
• Direct quote from author
• Information gathered from Internet
• Graphics, pictures, charts and photographs

Works Cited

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no plagiarism icon. unknown. Welcome to Plagiarism.org. 1999. iParadigms, Inc. 24 Aug. 1999 <http://www.plagiarism.org/index.html>.

Text
Rael, Patrick. "Plagiarism." Reading, Writing, and Researching for History: Guide for College Students Fall 199924 Aug. 1999. <http://www.bowdoin.edu/~prael/writing_guides/plagiarism.html>