<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 7:12 PM -0500 wrote: >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?????
Hi! Your local high school may have a debate team; members of the team and/or the coach could be resources. This is the website for the debating association my school belongs to (mostly high schools): http://www.daneis.org/ You may also write me, on- or off-list for ideas - I used to assistant coach our debate team for a few years, once took some kids to Nova Scotia for a French language debate, and of course just did a debate unit in my seventh grade Humanities class. 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
