Debate assessment clarification

Please take note of the rubrics for the debate attached to 'What adjudicators are looking for'. One will be used by me to assess each individual speaker (Debate Rubric, 25m), and the other will be used by the student judges to decide which group wins the debate (table with 'Chairperson:____________ near the top left).

The teachers are still in discussion whether or not to amend the assessment mark to include the team strategy component, but as previously stated, the emphasis is primarily (or solely) on your own performance.

In addition, for the three-speaker groups, the choice of having a reply speaker will be optional. The reply speaker's role is actually not as easy as it seems - he will have to condense the 6 previous speakers' points into a rather short summary, as well as explain why his team's case is stronger than the opponent team's.

As mentioned before, a speaker who chooses to double as a reply speaker will not be penalised if he performs poorly for one role.