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I What is a debate?

1. Have you ever debated someone before?
2. Did you win or did they?
3. What kinds of things might you debate about with you parents or friends?

II How do we debate?A.     When we debate we offer a PLAN, an idea of something we want or want to do.B.     We offer reasons why our friends or parents should say yes to our plan.C.     If they don’t say yes, we may continue to try and tell them reasons why they should say yes and do what we want.D.     That is basically how a real debate works.E.      We exchange ideas.a.       We tell someone why they should change their plans or do what we wantb.       They tell us why they don’t want to. 

    F. Who wins the debate?            a. The person that proves there is a need to change or do something OR the person that can show why something has more value than something else.            b.  The person that provides the best arguments or EVIDENCE about something usually wins. 

G.     Let’s break into groups of two first and try to debate what movie you should go and see.a.       One person will be the AFFIRMATIVE person that suggests a certain movie. Offer one reason why not do anything tonight is bad; offer your plan to watch a movie and offer one good thing will happen if you watch a movie.b.       One person will be the NEGATIVE that argue against going to the movies or seeing a particular movie. Think of one reason why not watching a movie tonight is good, offer one bad thing that might happen if you watch a movie tonight. c.       Each person gets 2 minutes to say/give their proposal and speech? Then the next person gets two minutes to debate against that speech.  

H.     Part of the debate round is something called the cross-ex. The cross ex comes between the first 2 Affirmative Speeches and the first 2 Negative speeches.a.       Who do you think cross-ex’s the Affirmative speaker?b.       Who do you think cross-ex’s the Negative speaker? III Play the Cross ex game one on one. 2 STUDENTS face each other, the one asks the below questions in a 5 minute period and then they switch positions. This will help them practice answering questions on their feet.    I. CLOSE  Thanks for coming. Next week we will learning more about team debating.                                               CROSS EX QUESTIONS: 

What is your favorite color? 

What is you favorite sport? What is your favorite movie 

 What color is your hair? 

What color is your eyes? 

What do you not like to eat? 

What time do you get up in the morning? 

What does your dad do for work? 

How many sisters do you have? 

How many brothers do you have? 

Who is your best friend? 

Where is your favorite place to go? 

Where do you like to go out to eat? 

When was your last haircut? 

How old is your car? 

When did your parents get married? 

What color is your mom’s eyes? 

Where do you live? 

What is your phone number? 

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