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Year 5
Preparing for a debate
I can follow a guide to help prepare for a debate.
New
New
Year 5
Preparing for a debate
I can follow a guide to help prepare for a debate.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- An important part of preparing for a debate is generating points for your side of the argument.
- The points that your team generates should be ordered from strongest to weakest to ensure your best points are included.
- The points generated should be assigned to different members of your team.
- A debate team should liaise with each other while writing their speeches to avoid repetition.
Common misconception
Children may think that all points are equally effective in a debate.
Whilst it is good to generate lots of points when preparing for a debate, they will vary in how effective they are.
Keywords
Generate - Generate means to produce or create something.
Order - To order is to arrange things a particular way.
Assign - To assign means to allocate or designate.
Liaise - Liaise means to communicate with someone else.
This lesson will prepare your children to work in teams to independently prepare for a debate. However, they will likely need adult support while they get used to doing this.
Teacher tip
Licence
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Starter quiz
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6 Questions
Q1.
In a debate, what would an opposing team member use to interrupt a speaker while they are making their speech?
rebuttal
summary
Q2.
What will a point of information often be phrased as?
a statement
a command
Q3.
Why should a point of information only be 10-15 seconds long?
to make sure the audience do not lose interest
to give the speaker just a short time to rest while they're not speaking
Q4.
Which of these would an opposing team member not do when making a point of information?
stand up
place one hand on their head
extend one hand out to the speaker
Q5.
How many points of information should be accepted during a speaker's speech?
as many as possible
none
Q6.
Which of these are ways a speaker could decline a point of information?
make a cross with their hands
look away from the person making the POI
Exit quiz
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6 Questions
Q1.
What is the acronym used to support a team in preparing for a debate?
PEPS
BRB
Q2.
What does GOAL stand for?
generate, order, arrange, liaise
generate, order, assign, look
generate, organise, assign, liaise
Q3.
What is a team generating when preparing for a debate?
noise
questions
Q4.
How many points should a team try to generate?
1 - 2
2 - 3
more than 5
Q5.
What should the team do after they have generated all their points?
assign them to the speakers
liaise with each other
Q6.
Why is it important that a team liaises with each other whilst writing their speeches?
to help each other write their speeches
to check each other's speeches have been written neatly