Year 5 - English
Preparing for a debate
Introduction to debate
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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 follow a guide to help prepare for a debate.
Key Notes
- 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.
Vocabulary To Learn
- 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.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Children may think that all points are equally effective in a debate.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key 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.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'generate'
Generate means to produce or create something.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Children may think that all points are equally effective in a debate. Correction: Whilst it is good to generate lots of points when preparing for a debate, they will vary in how effective they are.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Giving proof and summarising an argument Study Guide
- Judging and scoring a debate Study Guide
- Justifying an opinion Study Guide
- Learning the roles in a debate and making a rebuttal Study Guide
- Making and responding to points of information Study Guide
- Making points and explanations in a debate Study Guide
- Writing notes to support delivering a speech in a debate Study Guide
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