Starter quiz
- Complete this sentence. 'Rebuttal and points of information make a debate...'
- long
- unpredictable ✓
- predictable
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- Which two things should a speaker's notes be?
- clear ✓
- concise ✓
- beautifully written
- in coloured ink
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- What should a speaker spend their last few minutes before a debate doing?
- resting
- writing their notes
- rehearsing their speech ✓
- speaking to the judges
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- Why might abbreviations be found in a speaker's notes?
- because they're fun to use
- because they take up less room ✓
- because the judges award extra points for using them
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- Why is it easier to make eye-contact with the audience when a speaker has notes?
- notes distract the audience
- notes give the audience something to look at
- notes help a speaker to only look away from the audience briefly ✓
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- Which two of these may be found in notes to make them easier to read?
- pictures
- colours
- brackets ✓
- dashes ✓
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Exit quiz
- Which of these could describe a debate?
- a silent show
- a competitive event ✓
- a scripted play
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- What are the two ways a debate can be decided?
- playing rock, paper, scissors
- an audience vote ✓
- one person from the audience is elected to decide
- a judge, or judging panel ✓
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- Which two of these are categories used to score a speaker?
- age
- style ✓
- appearance
- delivery ✓
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- What is the maximum score a speaker can achieve in each category?
- 5
- 10 ✓
- 50
- 100
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- If a speaker responds well to challenges posed to them by the other team, they would achieve a strong score in which category?
- delivery
- content
- points of information ✓
- style
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- Which two of these are in the judging criteria for the category 'style'?
- good amount of eye-contact with the audience
- speaking clearly and at a good volume
- evidence of personality or persona ✓
- efforts to provoke an emotional reaction ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- A debate usually has a winning team.
- 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
Children might think that judging a debate needs to be done by adults.
Children can most definitely judge a debate themselves once they know what they're looking for.
Keywords
Judging - Judging means evaluating and deciding something.
Delivery - Delivery is how a person presents something.
Style - Style refers to the way that a person presents something.
Content - Content is the substance, material and information that something is made of.
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