This debate unit is the perfect addition to your lesson plans as you work with an argumentative writing unit or on any unit where students are working on debating or speaking and listening skills. This unit includes six low-prep and 100% digital lessons. Everything you need for each lesson is included, and each one is quick and easy to set up.
Tired of ineffective debates and poor student engagement during discussions?
Enhance your classroom dynamics with this comprehensive debate unit.
✨ Here’s what they’ll learn:
- Engage Effectively: Master the art of engaging and thoughtful debate through structured, interactive lessons.
- Evidence Handling: Develop skills to collect, sort, and rank evidence crucial for supporting their arguments.
- Presentation Skills: Learn the nuances of presenting arguments logically and persuasively during debates.
📚 Why this works:
- This unit simplifies the complexity of debating into six progressive, low-prep digital lessons, enabling students to build confidence and competence. They’ll not only understand the mechanics of debate but will also apply these skills in real-time scenarios, ensuring they learn to think critically and communicate effectively.
💡 Perfect for:
- Teachers integrating debate with argumentative writing units.
- Classrooms focusing on enhancing speaking and listening competencies.
- Educators seeking to provide students with real-world applicable debate skills.
Here's what's included:
- Six mini-lessons
- Digital and PDF teaching slides for each lesson
- Worksheets and student pages for each lesson
- Examples of each task.
Your students will love learning, reviewing, and applying their learning about debate using these scaffolded writing, speaking, and listening lessons. Each lesson builds on the previous one to allow you to increase the rigor each day while also having varied activities and assessments to keep students engaged.
The six lessons are:
- Debate Lesson 1: Introduction to Debate
- Debate Lesson 2: Practice and Learn About Debate
- Debate Lesson 3: Practice and Learn About Debate #2
- Debate Lesson 4: Application
- Debate Lesson 5: Extended Application and Analysis
- Debate Lesson 6: Extension With Presentations or Role Play Debate
The activities that accompany these lessons are 100% done for you. You will simply need to print what you need or assign copies of the student's notebook in Google Classroom. Some lessons can be printed, prepped, and used year after year.
Prep is quick and easy... Print the student pages, set up your example or slides to be displayed, and teach each scaffolded lesson.
