Debate Lessons & Activities with Graphic Organizers & Rubrics

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Grade Levels

8th - 10th

Subjects

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History

Resource Type

Activities, Graphic Organizers, Lesson

Standards

CCSSCCRA.SL.1

CCSSCCRA.SL.2

CCSSCCRA.SL.3

CCSSCCRA.SL.4

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75 pages, 170 slides

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Teach your students how to debate! Debating can be difficult for students, but this resource will teach your students how to debate like pros. It takes them through the steps of the process, so they learn how to make and support solid arguments in a persuasive manner. Check the preview for lots of detail on how you can use this for debates in your classroom.

LESSON ONE: an introduction to debates and a lesson on creating focused, clear, and supported arguments and claims

LESSON TWO: a practice session with a short, informal debate

LESSON THREE: students begin to learn about logical appeals (ethos, logos, and pathos) and how to avoid logical fallacies

LESSON FOUR: students will focus on the power of persuasion and learn how emotional appeals and rhetorical devices will help them win a debate

LESSON FIVE: students will begin to plan a debate with lots of graphic organizers, handouts, and examples to help them.

The debate resource includes:

✅ Detailed lessons plans & slideshows for you

✅ Handouts and graphic organizers that teach your students about debating and help them plan their own debate.

✅ Multiple skill-building activities

✅ Sentence starters and templates

✅ An editable rubric and peer assessment

And, if you want more help for students planning debates, check out: Debate Preparation Stations

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Total Pages

75 pages, 170 slides

Answer Key

Included with rubric

Teaching Duration

1 Week

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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).

CCSSCCRA.SL.1

Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.

CCSSCCRA.SL.2

Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

CCSSCCRA.SL.3

Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.

CCSSCCRA.SL.4

Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

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