The GFCA would like to thank James Herndon, debate coach at Emory University, for coordinating the Novice Packet this season.
Affirmatives & Case Negs
Asteroid Mining Aff GFCA Novice Packet
Asteroid Mining Neg GFCA Novice Packet
Solar Satellites Aff GFCA Novice Packet
Solar Satellites Neg GFCA Novice Packet
Constellation Aff GFCA Novice Packet
Constellation NEG-GFCA Novice Packet
Colonization Aff GFCA Novice Packet (Spending DA answers as well)
Colonization Neg GFCA Novice Packet (Spending DA included)
Disadvantages
Launches DA GFCA Novice Packet
Tradeoff DA GFCA Novice Packet
China Soft Power DA GFCA Novice Packet
Spending DA GFCA Novice Packet (All of this evidence is also in the Colonization files)
PDF Versions
Asteroid Mining Aff GFCA Novice Packet
Asteroid Mining Neg GFCA Novice Packet
Solar Satellites Aff GFCA Novice Packet
Solar Satellites Neg GFCA Novice Packet
Constellation Aff GFCA Novice Packet
Constellation Neg GFCA Novice Packet
Tradeoff DA GFCA Novice Packet
China Soft Power DA GFCA Novice Packet
Launches DA GFCA Novice Packet
Colonization Aff GFCA Novice Packet
Colonization Neg GFCA Novice Packet
Novice Rules
All first-year competitors (i.e. novice) will only be allowed to use the approved novice evidence packet in competitions.
(1) Novice students may not modify the plan texts.
(2) Novice students will be allowed to update arguments on their own so long as the content of the argument does not change. If any major argument becomes non-unique the GFCA Executive Committee will release a new argument to take its place.
(3) Novice students will be allowed to run topicality arguments, but not theory arguments or specification arguments. Extra topicality and effects topicality arguments will be considered theory and will not be allowed in the novice division.
(4) Novice students may rearrange the organization of evidence but may not add and/or change the content of the arguments in the packet. This means students may find new evidence but not change the fundamental intent of the argument.
(5) Novice policy teams may not run counterplans or kritiks.
(6) A student who has competed in a different forensic activity but is in their first resolution of policy debate is considered a novice.
(e) A student is no longer eligible for competition in the first-year/novice division once they have reached competition in their second year resolution.
(f) There is only one winner in each debate. Judges determine the winner based on argumentation ability, speaking technique, case development, and evidence. Judges score competitors with speaker ranks and points. The team with the higher speaker point total wins the debate, unless indicated by the judge as a low-point win.
(g) Each debater is awarded a maximum of thirty (30) speaker points.
Please send a novice packet at your earliest convenience to the e-mail address above or to:
William Nelson
Forensics Coach
Lanier High School
918 Buford Highway
Sugar Hill, GA 30518
We would like to register our new team with the GFCA as soon as possible.
Bill Nelson
I would also like a novice packet sent to this email address or to:
Heather Tallant
Horizon Christian Academy
P.O.Box 2715
Cumming, Georgia 30028
Thanks!
I have the same request. Maxine Marks and I are starting a debate club at Luella High School in Locust Grove. We would love a novice packet sent to us via email or by snail mail to:
Maxine Marks/Denise Wood
Luella High School
603 Walker Road
Locust Grove, GA 30248
Please send a novice package to
Sylvia McCracken
South Gwinnett Debate Coach
3030 Forbes Trail
Snellville, GA 30039
I like this website very much, this is my first time ever using it, it was referred to me by my debate teacher. This is my first & last year as a debate member since I am a Senior. I have just recently joined the Debate/Forensics league. I will be looking forwards to having more stuff on this website that I may be able to use.
I would like a novice packet sent tome at the above or to
Luther G Haynes
512 8th ave E
Jerome Id 83338
Please send a novice packet to us at this address:
Martha Ray
725 Arden Close
Atlanta, GA 30327
Please send me a novice packet to:
Ward Abel
Debate Coach
201 Walt Banks Road
Peachtree City, GA 30269
Thank you!
Everyone – you can download the novice packet on this page. All of the links take you to the files in the novice packet.
If you have specific questions, feel free to ask – instead of mailing teams the packet, the GFCA has provided the packet available to download.
Thanks!
Thanks, Jeffrey!
I’m brand new to coaching and have a MS Varsity team with some questions. Can anyone answer these?
1. Does affirmative need to pick one case or can you use all the cases?
2. Can you incorporate MS JV evidence?
3. Is SSP and SPS the same argument?
4. Is there a way to get a glossary?
5. Why are there different plans for different cases?
Thanks so much! Have a great day!
Great to have you with us. Here are my opinions, not official, just the opinions of a single coach who has done this for a few years: 1) Pick one only, don’t mix and match. In other words, can’t add cards to 1AC that are not listed as 1AC in the packet, and you can’t take cards from Constellation 1AC and put them in the SSP 1AC; 2) Space Colonies can be run in MS varsity, so yes, you can run evidence from that packet; 3) Yes; 4) No; 5) Because each plan is different depending upon the case. For e.g., you couldn’t solve space colonies by putting up space satellites, you couldn’t solve asteroid mining by doing the Constellation plan.
Thank you so much for your help! My students are so excited to have answers!