I am a 7th grade teacher and I so do, so very much, want to teach my Honors classes how to debate. How do I start? Besides going to the Lit Serve, other ideas are out there? We have to teach the persuasibe essay and we have doing it ad nauseum since 5th grade. I would like the to take a 'hot topic' write a persuasive essay based on researched facts for pros and cons, and then develop the essays into debates. Suggestions?????
Thanks in advance, Wendy ---- Bill IVEY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > Here's a link to an article in the "Baltimore Sun" entitled "Power of > debate not up for dispute." > http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/howard/bal-ho.debate13jan13,0,7004514.story > > My students wanted to do a debate this year, and chose as a topic > "Resolved: that the island of Dokdo should belong to Japan." This rather > unexpected and esoteric topic probably has to do with the fact that we > have a number of Koreans in the class, and this territorial dispute is a > hot topic and very emotional to Koreans. (The choice of "Japan" in the > resolution was made by flipping a coin, to be fair to both sides.) Like > the kids in the "Sun" article, my students worked in teams to research, > write, and deliver their speeches. They also pre-wrote "canned questions" > they could use in cross-examination if nothing came to mind as they > listened to what the other team was actually saying during the debate. > They were evaluated by a rubric having to do only with good speech > techniques (which they, of course, wrote). The debate was judged, however, > not only by speech techniques but also by strength, coherence and > organization of ideas, and understanding of the opposing team's ideas. The > kids loved it, and did a great job on debate day. > > Do any of you teach debate? What has worked for you? Do any of your > schools compete with other schools in debate? > > Take care, > Bill Ivey > Stoneleigh-Burnham School > > > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
