Im Affirmative Speaker 2: Carlos Paredes

Lincoln-Douglas Debate format: Planning Sheet

Affirmative: Constructive speech
Affirmative speaker 1: ____________________________ (prepare speech)
Negative: Questions for Affirmative side
Negative speaker 1: ____________________________ (prepare questions)
Affirmative speaker 1: ____________________________ (improvise well)
Negative. Constructive speech
Negative speaker 1: ____________________________ (prepare speech)
Negative: Refutation
Negative speaker 2: ____________________________ (prepare refutation and
improvise well)
Affirmative: Questions for Negative side
Affirmative speaker 2: Do you think black lives do not deserve a special
treatment after everything racist people have done against them?
Would you let white cops to continue killing people just because they think they are a
danger? (prepare questions)
Negative speaker 2: ____________________________ (improvise well)
Affirmative: Rebuttal and/or refutation
Affirmative speaker 3: ____________________________ (prepare rebuttal and
improvise well)
Negative: Rebuttal
Negative speaker 1 (or 3): ____________________________ (prepare rebuttal and
improvise well)
Negative: Summary
Negative speaker 2 (or 3): ____________________________ (prepare summary)
Affirmative: Rebuttal

Affirmative speaker 2: To rebutte my opponents ideas I will speak about how

important it is to give the black people their place, that those deaths mean something
they are not another number, even if many white people has been killed, this is and
indicative that there is a huge issue, not only in the United States but in the whole
world, and we need to stop this, Black Lives Matter is a movement, so it moves people
instead of leaving them without taking actions and being without emotions about this
huge problem.
(prepare rebuttal and improvise well)
Affirmative: Summary
Affirmative speaker 3: ____________________________ (prepare summary)