APPENDIX 1 – AN OUTLINE OF ISSUES AND REASONS

A. With your partner, discuss and create an outline for your debate.

I. Write down some issues that the topic evokes:

2. Write down 4 major reasons for taking each position of the debate.

Position A:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Position B:
1.
2.
3.
4.

B. Form teams, and create “A Debate Strategy.”

• With your team members, discuss the issues you wrote and share your four reasons for both positions of the debate.
• Decide on which reasons to use, and chart them on your “Debate Strategy.”
• Write a ‘Defense statement’ to back up e ach of the reasons for both positions of the debate.
• Write a ‘Challenge statement’ to question ea ch of the reasons for both positions of the debate.
• When the debate starts, remember that the focus is not on winning an argument, but on speaking, exploring ideas, and gaining new points of view on different topics.

APPENDIX 3 - FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE FOR DEBATES