• Grade 8-10 students
• It is highly recommended that the students have either completed the CKSTEM foundation level or a minimum of one year of public speaking experience

• Advanced public speaking and debating
• More intense and advanced where students will continue to build onto their skills
• Participate in debate competitions

• This will build onto the previously learned elements of a speech and include, in addition:
• Body language, elements of speech, impromptu & persuasive speeches 
• Organization of speech: Summarizing and expanding on a speech
• Effective note-taking
• Verbatim Vs Readout speech (memorizing, reading through information or being comfortable to expand based on their notes)
• Different forms of presentation: presentation, video, podcasts, etc.
• Canadian parliamentary debate
• Constructing and deconstructing effective arguments

Composition of a leader

• Values
• Developing a mission
• Goal setting & Planning
• Building & Motivating a team
• Providing feedback
• Conflict resolution

• Getting deeper into the structure and composition of debate
• Constructing arguments
• Effective use of data and facts
• Refutation - counter-arguments and rebuilding arguments
• Rebuttal – identifying themes and how to close the debate effectively

Students will engage in several activities throughout the sessions that will help them train for internal and external competitions

Students will be regularly assigned work to research and prepare before the next class.