Student Binder
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Student Binder

Student responsibilities, weekly rhythm, role playbooks, reading pipeline, story work, and printable guides.

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  1. START Panic-nav + where things live p. 4
    1. Panic-Nav (find one thing fast)p. 4
    2. Where Things Livep. 5
  2. 1 · The Promise What the Forge is, the single rule, your mentors p. 6
    1. The Forge in Plain Languagep. 7
    2. Your Mentors · The Single Rulep. 8
  3. 2 · The Weekly Rhythm Arms Room → Forge → Tavern, step by step p. 12
    1. The Three Sessions (overview)p. 14
    2. The Oxford Debate, Step by Stepp. 15
    3. The Order · Who Speaks Whenp. 16
  4. 3 · Role Playbooks Every role’s job + Evidence Map + Vote Tally p. 17
    1. Every Role’s Job (intro)p. 17
    2. Vote Tally (Moderator)p. 18
    3. Evidence Map (Jury)p. 20
  5. 4 · The Reading Pipeline Book list, debate questions, ACTOR loop p. 24
    1. Book Listp. 25
    2. Debate Questionsp. 26
    3. The ACTOR Loopp. 29
  6. Document Study · U1–U8 A real person for every trait p. 49
    1. U1 · Project Hail Maryp. 50
    2. U2 · Little Womenp. 51
    3. U3 · The Boys in the Boatp. 52
    4. U4 · Pride and Prejudicep. 53
    5. U5 · A Man for All Seasonsp. 54
    6. U6 · All the Light We Cannot Seep. 55
    7. U7 · The Picture of Dorian Grayp. 56
    8. U8 · A Good Man Is Hard to Findp. 57
  7. 5 · The Story Layer The 8 narrative prompts, Forge Reflection p. 58
    1. Forge Reflectionp. 59
    2. The 8 Narrative Promptsp. 60
  8. 6 · The Anvil The portfolio, your thesis, the Gauge p. 62
    1. What the Anvil Isp. 62
    2. Your Portfolio · Your Thesisp. 63
    3. The Gaugep. 64
  9. 7 · Calendar + Checklists Prep deadlines, dates, weekly checklists p. 65
    1. Prep Deadlines + Datesp. 65
    2. Weekly Checklistsp. 68
  10. 8 · FAQ What-if answers p. 69
    1. Absence · Position · Stage Frightp. 70
    2. Mind · Story · Catch-Upp. 71
  11. 9 · Your Guide 30-week guide, tear-out pads p. 72
    1. How to Use These Sheetsp. 73
    2. 30-Week Guidep. 75
    3. Tear-Out Pads (start)p. 77
  12. Tear-Out Pads Each pad on its own page — no scrolling p. 77
    1. Unit Coverp. 77
    2. Moderator · Run Sheetp. 78
    3. Moderator · Vote Tallyp. 79
    4. Debater · Prepp. 80
    5. Debater · Speak Twicep. 81
    6. Researcher · Packetp. 82
    7. Jury · Evidence Mapp. 84
    8. Jury · Observation Gridp. 85
    9. Bench · Prepp. 86
    10. Forge Reflectionp. 87
    11. Story Layerp. 88
    12. ACTOR Nightly Logp. 90
  13. The Forge Dictionary Every special term, one line p. 105
    1. Dictionary (A–Z)p. 105