The other day, an article from the Daily Mail crossed my path in the Twittersphere. Nothing strange there - Twitter has long been the safe haven of pedagogues and conspiracy theorists alike - but this one brought me up short. …
Category: debating
Debating Matters – really!
I have read a few posts recently about the value of debating in a school and wanted to add to the posts already here with another cry for debating to be taught as a discreet skill and not forced to …
trying a blind debate
One of the reasons I enjoy my school is the willingness of students to engage in developing their skills despite losing their lunchtime! In order to try to develop skills in a blind debate, I had asked Year 12 to …
Putting a Poem on Trial: At the Cenotaph and Futility
As part of their preparation for the AQA Lit B4 Critical Essay, Year 13 are about to put two poems on trial. The format will be that of a MACE debate (2 speakers per side and comment from the floor) …
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VIth form debating club
The videos from the debate THBT censorship has no place in a democracy can be found at this link: http://www.youtube.com/user/SGSEnglish/videos?flow=grid&view=1 5 of the 8 speeches were filmed and I hope you enjoy them. The development since September is astonishing - …
Year 12 Debaters – prisoners and votes
This material is to assist my yr 12 debating club. The debate is in Mace format to: This house would give prisoners the vote. The debate here is lopdsided since it was a practice run for the OPPOSITION who are …
SLOUGH GRAMMAR SCHOOL DEBATING ENRICHMENT CLASS – Handbook.
DEBATING ENRICHMENT CLUB Slough Grammar School A Guide to the 2012-13 Debating Season. Welcome to debating - the cage fighting arena of the science of Rhetoric! During the year I hope to see you develop quick and lucid thinking as …
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