Debate Fundamentals - Lesson 9

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<h2 style="text-align:center;">LESSON 9: REBUTTAL PRACTICE</h2>Below is a short speech from the Affirmative Team. Pretend you’re on the Negative Team. Your job is to write a rebuttal – that means you say why you disagree with what they said.Motion: This house believes that homework should be banned from schools. <figure class="table" style="float:left;"><table class="ck-table-resized" style=";"><colgroup><col style="width:100%;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:5pt;vertical-align:top;">Affirmative Speech: “I believe we should cancel all homework forever. Homework is useless and nobody learns anything from it. If we had no homework, we would all become smarter because we’d have more time to play video games.”</td></tr></tbody></table></figure><h3>Part 1: Write your sentences here</h3><ol><li>Hello judges and fellow classmates. Today I will talk about why I strongly disagree with the topic that _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</li><li>“My opponent said that _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</li><li>“However, this idea is not correct. Let me explain why it is wrong</li></ol>_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<ol><li>Now, I would like to share my main ideas. First, homework is _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  </li><li>[Share an example or fact from the internet]   “A fact shared on …………….(website name)......... said that _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</li><li> “So in conclusion, my team believes _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  </li><li>“Thank you judges for listening.”</li></ol>📷Part 2- record yourself reading the speech. Post it on our Facebook group!!   Part 3- Review the roles for each speaker!!! Read ALL <figure class="table" style="float:left;"><table class="ck-table-resized" style=";"><colgroup><col style="width:50%;"><col style="width:50%;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="background-color:#ffc000;border:1pt solid #000000;padding:5pt;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2">Speaker 1-3 Roles </td></tr><tr><td style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:5pt;vertical-align:top;"><h4>AFFIRMATIVE TEAM:</h4>1st Speaker:<ul><li>Introduces the topic</li><li>Says what their team believes and says what each team member will be talking about (quickly) </li><li>Shares 1 strong reason why they agree</li></ul></td><td style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:5pt;vertical-align:top;"><h4>NEGATIVE TEAM:</h4>1st Speaker:<ul><li>Rebuttals the other team’s ideas and opinions </li><li>Says what their team believes and says what each team member will be talking about (quickly) </li><li>Shares 1 strong reason why they agree</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:5pt;vertical-align:top;">2nd Speaker:<ul><li>Rebuttals the other team’s ideas. Says why they are wrong. </li><li>Give more reasons and examples using facts from the internet or books. </li></ul></td><td style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:5pt;vertical-align:top;">2nd Speaker:<ul><li>Rebuttals the other team’s ideas. Says why they are wrong. </li><li>Give more reasons and examples using facts from the internet or books. </li></ul></td></tr><tr><td style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:5pt;vertical-align:top;">3rd Speaker:<ul><li>Rebuttals the other team’s ideas. Says why they are wrong. </li><li>Summarizes their team’s ideas by telling the judges what each team member said </li><li>Finishes their speech with a strong sentence. </li></ul></td><td style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:5pt;vertical-align:top;">3rd Speaker:<ul><li>Rebuttals the other team’s ideas. Says why they are wrong. </li><li>Summarizes their team’s ideas by telling the judges what each team member said </li><li>Finishes their speech with a strong sentence. </li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table></figure>

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