Background and
Historical Context
16 - Demonstrates a clear and sophisticated understanding of the historical context of topic and the cause and effect relationship between significant events; discusses essential legislation and/or court cases that relate to this topic.
16 - Demonstrates a clear and sophisticated understanding of the historical context of topic and the cause and effect relationship between significant events; discusses essential legislation and/or court cases that relate to this topic.
12 - Demonstrates a clear understanding
of the historical context of topic and the cause and effect relationship
between significant events; discusses how the courts have ruled on this topic.
8 - Demonstrates some understanding of the
historical context of topic and the cause and effect relationship between
significant events; attempts to discuss how the courts have ruled on this topic
4 - Demonstrates little to no understanding of the historical context of topic and the cause and effect relationship between significant events; fails to discuss how the courts have ruled on this topic.
Constitutional/Legal
Understanding
16 – Succinctly and persuasively discusses the relevant legal provisions and constitutional question(s); provides concise summary of relevant Supreme Court opinions; communicates a clear understanding of opinion arguments in a sophisticated manner; uses level three vocabulary
16 – Succinctly and persuasively discusses the relevant legal provisions and constitutional question(s); provides concise summary of relevant Supreme Court opinions; communicates a clear understanding of opinion arguments in a sophisticated manner; uses level three vocabulary
12 - Discusses the relevant legal
provisions and constitutional question(s); provides concise summary of relevant
Supreme Court opinions; communicates an understanding of opinion arguments in a
sophisticated manner
8 – Attempts to discuss the relevant
legal provisions and constitutional question(s); provides concise summary of
relevant Supreme Court opinions; communicates a some understanding of opinion
arguments in a sophisticated manner
4 – Does not or weakly addresses the
relevant legal provisions and constitutional question(s); provides concise
summary of relevant Supreme Court opinions; communicates a clear understanding
of the opinion arguments in a sophisticated manner
Evidence
16 – Persuasively uses relevant legal,
historical, numerical/statistical data, and current events to support arguments;
succinctly and accurately quotes majority and/or dissenting Supreme Court
opinions; explains how evidence connects to values and arguments.
12 - Uses relevant legal, historical,
numerical/statistical data, and current events to support arguments; succinctly
and accurately quotes majority and/or dissenting Supreme Court opinions;
explains how evidence connects to values and arguments.
8 – Attempts to use relevant legal,
historical, numerical/statistical data, or current events to support arguments;
attempts to quote majority and/or dissenting Supreme Court opinions; attempts
to explain how evidence connects to values and arguments.
4 – Does not use relevant legal,
historical, numerical/statistical data, or current events to support arguments;
inaccurately quotes majority and/or dissenting Supreme Court opinions; does not
explains how evidence connects to values and arguments
Presentation of Values and Arguments
16 – States and defines team’s values; presents strong and nuanced arguments in a persuasive, succinct and cogent manner; demonstrates
command of a variety of sentence structures, phrases (noun, verb, adjectival,
etc.), and clauses (dependent, relative, etc.) consistently throughout the speech; resolves issues of complex or contested usage; speaks clearly in a manner
that engages audience.
12 - States and defines team’s values;
presents teams arguments in a persuasive and succinct manner;
demonstrates command of variety of
sentence structures, phrases (noun, verb, adjectival, etc.), and clauses
(dependent, relative, etc.) consistently throughout most of the speech; speaks clearly in
a manner that engages audience
8 – States but does not define team’s
values; presents teams arguments in a manner that is somewhat persuasive;
speaks somewhat clearly and attempts to engage audience; demonstrates command of variety of
sentence structures, phrases (noun, verb, adjectival, etc.), and clauses
(dependent, relative, etc.) consistently throughout sections of the speech; engages the audience at points during the speech
4 – Does not state values; arguments
are convoluted and hard to follow; does not engage audience.
Refutation
· Based on cross
examination performance for First
Affirmative Constructive
· Based on cross
examination performance and refutation component of speech for all other Constructives
· Based on cross
examination questions and closing speeches for Rebuttalists
16 – Summarizes, critiques,
deconstructs, and challenges opponents’ arguments and values in a persuasive
and sophisticated manner; challenges and disputes opponents’ evidence and
provides evidence to the contrary
12 - Summarizes, critiques,
deconstructs, and challenges opponents’ arguments and values; challenges and
disputes opponents’ evidence and provides evidence to the contrary
8 – Attempts
to summarize, critique, deconstruct, or
challenge opponents’ arguments and values; attempts to challenge and dispute
opponents’ evidence and provides evidence to the contrary
4 – does not
summarize, critique, deconstruct, or
challenge opponents’ arguments and values; does not challenge and dispute
opponents’ evidence or provide evidence to the contrary
School of the Future
Politics and Government – J. Copeland
Debate Scoring
Sheet
Affirmative 1: _______________________
Affirmative 2: _______________________
Affirmative Cross Ex: _______________________
Affirmative Total: ______________________
Negative 1: __________________________
Negative 2:
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Negative Cross Ex:
___________________________
Negative Total: ________________________
Rank speakers between 1 and 6.
1. (20 pts)
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2. (18 pts)
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3. (16 pts)
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4. (14 pts)
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5. (12 pts)
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6.
(10 pts)
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Affirmative total (rubric totals + speaker points total)
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Negative total (rubric totals + speaker points total)
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Winner ________________________________
Reason for decision:
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