Year 8 - Introduction to Debating - Lesson 1 - What is Debate

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Speak Up, Speak Out

An Introduction to Debating

LO: Can I understand debate,

argumentand persuasion andexplain what I already know?


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Types of talk

People talk all the time, but often fordierent reasons and in dierent

contexts.

Can you name the types of talk youare familiar with?


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How can we calltese scenarios

!debates"# How are tey

organised#$at do tey a%e in

common#


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&eatures oftalk

his refers to the dierent rules fordierent types of talk.

he way we speak when we are upset isdierent to how we speak when we are

feelin! ex"ited.


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'ersuasi%e talk

&eatures of'ersuasi%e

Talk


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Persuasi#e te"hni$ues, phrases ordis"ourse markers?

'ersuasi%eTecni(ues,'rases and

Discourse)arkers


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ritin!

'ower of tree

*moti%e language

+etorical (uestions

Say again

Undermine opposing %iews

Anecdote

Direct address

*xaggeration

Including lists of treeitemsreasons-

.uestions to getyour audiencetinking / tey

don"t re(uire an

answer-

In%ol%e your audience byspeaking to tem

directly using personalpronouns and sared

experiences-Including littlestories to

illustrate a point-

Destroycriticise teopposing argument-

$ords, prases and

imagery tat arouse anemotional response-

0eing o%er1te1top to

get a pointacross-

+epeating te same word, praseor idea more tan once for

empasis-

'ersuasi%e


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'ersuasi%e discourse markers2 *xamples

It is often said that %

People maydisa!ree%

&ost peoplethink%

&ost people would a!reethat%

'ot many would denythat%

It(s hard to i!nore

that%

It "ould bear!ued%


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Apply

Persuade your partner to let you ha#etheir lun"h.

ry to use persuasi#e te"hni$ues,phrases and ) or dis"ourse markers.

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Year 8 - Introduction to Debating - Lesson 1 - What is Debate