Tuesday 18 February 2014

English 8

Today we began class by discussing a debate.  First, we came up with a working definition of the word debate:


We then watched  debate and came up with a criteria for what made a good debate:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIeLgzWDekI

We decided that a good debater:

was able to explain things or articulate

looked a certain way

knew facts and had a good basic knowledge

did not constantly repeat the same message

was educated


We came up with a list of pros and cons for a future debate on slavery:



Finally, students completed a journal entry.

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