Reflection:

a. What should I keep on doing

from my debating today?
b. What needs improvement
from my debating today?
5 Skills of a Debater:
1. Preparation: Structure,
Research, Facts
2. Speech: Expression,
Delivery, Persuasion,
Argumentation, Clarity
 3. Logic: Cause and Effect,
Rebuttal
4. Knowledge: Content, Context,
Definition
5. Experience: Emotions, Poise,
Practice

Ranked from the most important

to the least important.
CHANGES IN FORMAT FOR
DEBATE
1. Every debate, your opening
speech should only have up to
3 reasons.
2. Introduction – X, HX, NP,
HC, C, CC – opening to a
story, narrative, present a
problem
a. Why are we having this
debate?
b. How important is this
debate?
 c. Definition – cited, supports
your idea
3. Contention 1: Reason.
Explanation. Proof
4. Contention 2: Reason.
Explanation. Proof
5. Contention 3: Reason.
Explanation. Proof
6. Closing – Emotional
Statement to persuade the
listeners.
 Contention – main
arguments/centermost
arguments/most important

Animal Testing
Affirmative: We should ban
animal testing.
 a. Do animals have
rights?
b. Do we have
alternatives to animal
testing?
c. Is human testing
viable?
Negative: We should not ban
animal testing.
1. When did the question first
come? – opening
2. Why is this question
important? - opening
3. If a conclusion is made, what
will be the effects to us? -
closing
4. What are the reasons for
both sides?
5. Prepare answers for
opponent’s rebuttals.
6. Prepare tons of facts.
1. Alternatives are expensive
and most governments cannot
afford them.
- Money should never be an
issue when it comes to life.
- If the government cannot
afford them, how can they
save lives? Money cannot
buy life but it can buy
medicine.
- Unnatural deaths of animals
thru animal testing could
cause imbalance in nature.
- The use of animals are
highly regulated so it won’t
have a severe effect on the
environment.

- The effects on the

environment and its
recovery will be much more
expensive compared to this.
 - But the devastation human
testing would cause will be
bigger and much more
expensive not just with
money, but also in life.

“My favorite book is Teen

Titans,” said Cota.
 According to Debate.org
“Everyone should be a vegetarian
because it is healthy.”
According Points of View, a
book written by Cota, “Teen
Titans are stronger than
Beyblade.”

According to Albert Einstein

“Dogs are better than cats.”