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Year 5 - English

Judging and scoring a debate

Introduction to debate

Unit Summary

In this unit, pupils develop their understanding of debating conventions, including justifying, making points, giving proof, summarising, responding, judging and scoring a debate. Pupils learn how best to prepare for a debate and how to write notes to deliver a speech during a debate.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to judge and score a debate.

Key Notes

  • 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.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • 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 Mistakes To Avoid

  • Children might think that judging a debate needs to be done by adults.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain this English learning goal in two key 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.

2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'judging'

Judging means evaluating and deciding something.

3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.

Mistake: Children might think that judging a debate needs to be done by adults. Correction: Children can most definitely judge a debate themselves once they know what they're looking for.

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