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Judging and scoring a debate
I can judge and score a debate.
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Year 5
Judging and scoring a debate
I can judge and score a debate.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- A debate usually has a winning team.
- The winning team in a debate can be decided by an audience vote, or a judge, or a panel of judges.
- The judges award a score out of ten in four different areas: content, style, delivery and points of information.
Keywords
Judging - Judging means evaluating and deciding something.
Delivery - Delivery is how a person presents something.
Style - Style refers to the way that a person presents something.
Content - Content is the substance, material and information that something is made of.
Common misconception
Children might think that judging a debate needs to be done by adults.
Children can most definitely judge a debate themselves once they know what they're looking for.
It might be a good idea to use the teacher as the example to be judged first of all, in case any pupils find it uncomfortable to be judged by their peers.
Teacher tip
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
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6 Questions
Q1.
Complete this sentence. 'Rebuttal and points of information make a debate...'
long
predictable
Q2.
Which two things should a speaker's notes be?
beautifully written
in coloured ink
Q3.
What should a speaker spend their last few minutes before a debate doing?
resting
writing their notes
speaking to the judges
Q4.
Why might abbreviations be found in a speaker's notes?
because they're fun to use
because the judges award extra points for using them
Q5.
Why is it easier to make eye-contact with the audience when a speaker has notes?
notes distract the audience
notes give the audience something to look at
Q6.
Which two of these may be found in notes to make them easier to read?
pictures
colours
Exit quiz
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6 Questions
Q1.
Which of these could describe a debate?
a silent show
a scripted play
Q2.
What are the two ways a debate can be decided?
playing rock, paper, scissors
one person from the audience is elected to decide
Q3.
Which two of these are categories used to score a speaker?
age
appearance
Q4.
What is the maximum score a speaker can achieve in each category?
5
50
100
Q5.
If a speaker responds well to challenges posed to them by the other team, they would achieve a strong score in which category?
delivery
content
style
Q6.
Which two of these are in the judging criteria for the category 'style'?
good amount of eye-contact with the audience
speaking clearly and at a good volume