Debate Fundamentals - Lesson 17

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<h2 style="text-align:center;"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"><strong>LESSON 17: HOW DO DEBATE JUDGES GIVE SCORES?</strong></span></h2><p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">In competitive debate, judges carefully listen to each speaker and give them a score based on how well they present their arguments.

Debate Fundamentals - Lesson 16

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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"><strong>LESSON 16: ANALYZE A SAMPLE DEBATE SPEECH</strong></span></p><p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"><strong>Speaker:</strong> Affirmative Team – Speaker 2</span><br><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"><strong>Motion: This House believes that social media does more harm than good.</strong></span><br><span style=

Debate Fundamentals - Lesson 15

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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"><strong>LESSON 15: MOCK DEBATE VIDEO- REBUTTAL!</strong></span></p><p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"><strong>Motion: This House Would Ban All Zoos</strong></span></p><p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"><strong>Your Role: Negative Team&nbsp;</strong></span></p><p><span style="background-colo

Debate Fundamentals - Lesson 14

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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"><strong>LESSON 14: DEBATING HOMEWORK: REBUTTAL&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="background-color:#00ffff;color:#000000;"><strong>VIDEO</strong></span></p><p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"><strong>Task:</strong> Create a<strong> video</strong> where you&nbsp;<i>rebuttal&nbsp;</i>the opposing team's argument.

Debate Fundamentals - Lesson 13

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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"><strong>LESSON 13: NEWS STORY WITH OPINION</strong></span></p><p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">In our next class, you will act as a&nbsp;<strong>reporter</strong>, presenting a 2–3-minute news story.

Debate Fundamentals - Lesson 12

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<h2 style="text-align:center;"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"><strong>LESSON 12: LOGICAL FALLACY, EXTRA UNDERSTANDING&nbsp;</strong></span></h2><p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"><strong>Part 1: Watch the following descriptive videos to gain a stronger understanding of how logical fallacies could be used in daily conversations.&nbsp;</strong></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="

Debate Fundamentals - Lesson 11

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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"><strong>LESSON 11: LOGICAL FALLACY</strong></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"><i>This week, we learnt about about 3 types of logical Fallacies&nbsp;</i></span></p><p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#ff0000;"><strong>Ad Hominem Attack:</strong></span><br><span style="

Debate Fundamentals - Lesson 10

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<h2 style="text-align:center;"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"><strong>LESSON 10: DEBATE RESEARCHING</strong></span></h2><p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"><strong>Choose one of the motions below and spend only 10–15 minutes researching.&nbsp;</strong>Your goal is to find three different types of reliable information that could strengthen your argument or a rebuttal.</span></p><p><span style="background-color:transparent;

Debate Fundamentals - Lesson 9

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<h2 style="text-align:center;"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"><strong>LESSON 9: REBUTTAL PRACTICE</strong></span></h2><p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Below is a short speech from the Affirmative Team. Pretend you’re on the Negative Team.

Debate Fundamentals - Lesson 8

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<h2 style="text-align:center;"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"><strong>LESSON 8: WRITING DIFFERENT HOOKS WITH POWER</strong></span></h2><p><span style="background-color:#ffff00;color:#000000;"><strong>Watch the video and answer the question below:</strong></span><br><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"><strong>1.&nbsp;</strong>What type of hook did she use?</span><br><span style="background-co