Starter quiz
- What is the name for the person in charge of a meeting, event, discussion or debate?
- timekeeper
- chairperson ✓
- audience
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- What is the name for the person who measures or records the amount of time taken during the debate?
- timekeeper ✓
- chairperson
- floor speaker
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- True or false? Floor speakers help the speakers to prepare for the debate and can speak during the floor debate section.
- True ✓
- False
- Who summarises the speakers' speeches for their team?
- floor speakers
- summary speakers ✓
- timekeeper
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- Points of __________ are a way to challenge your opponents and attempt to make their speeches less convincing to the audience.
- education
- information ✓
- concentration
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- True or false? Points of information are allowed to be made at any point during an opponent's speech.
- True
- False ✓
Exit quiz
- True or false? A debate is a competitive event between two teams who are trying to beat each other.
- True ✓
- False
- Which of these are ways a debate can be decided?
- the toss of a coin
- it ending in a draw
- being scored by judges ✓
- an audience vote ✓
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- Which of these are categories a judge will score a speaker on in a debate?
- content ✓
- volume
- speed
- delivery ✓
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- True or false? A speaker will not be judged on how well they deliver and handle points of information.
- True
- False ✓
- What is the maximum score a speaker can be awarded if a judge thinks their speech was perfect?
- 10
- 20
- 40 ✓
- 100
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- A judge will be looking out for humour, sarcasm and irony to award points in which category?
- style ✓
- content
- delivery
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Self-reflection is an important tool to use for improving.
- The winning team in a debate can be decided by an audience vote, or a judge, or a panel of judges.
- The judges award a score out of ten in four different areas: content, style, delivery and points of information.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that a speech is either good or bad.
Teach pupils that a speech can have strong elements, but still have areas for improvement.
Keywords
Judging - evaluating and deciding something
Delivery - how a speaker presents themself
Style - the techniques used to persuade the audience
Content - the substance, material and information that something is made of
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