Junior Debate Club Book 1

Published by Eduplanet

Lesson 1 Toy weapons are harmful to children.

Listen to This!

My name is Michael, and I am 7 years old. I like playing with toys. _______
______________, I have almost every kind of _______ at home. My parents don’t
______________ to buy me toys because I am their only child. I also like having my
friends over to my house so we can play with my toys together.

Yesterday, I saw a ______________ _______ BB gun. It looked so cool, so I

really wanted it. However, when I asked my parents about it, they looked very
_____________________ because there was an accident, and a child got hurt when he
and his brother were playing with the BB gun. It was on TV, and it showed how
_____________________ BB guns can be.

I still really want the new BB gun, and I ______________ that I won’t get
anyone hurt. How can I _____________________ my parents?

Hear Me Out!
Listen to Hannah’s argument, and fill in the blank.
I have a _____________________ brother. He is 6 years old, and he loves
playing with toys, too. He is also interested in toy _____________________. I
think most boys like those kinds of toys. However, toy weapons,
_____________________ toy guns, are used to hurt others by
_____________________. It is not right to teach kids that they can get
_____________________ by hurting others.

No Way!
Listen to Luke’s argument, and fill in the blank.
Many children like playing with toys, but toy weapons are just one type of toy
that boys ______________ to play with. I think it’s just a matter of different
_____________________. Girls like to play with dolls. They like to dress them up and
want to look like them. If you think toy weapons are so ______________, I think
______________-_______ dolls also give girls the wrong idea about true ______________.

Hear Me Out Again!

Listen to Rachel’s argument, and fill in the blank.
Toy weapons should not be ____________________________ at all. What do children do
with toy weapons? They play a game of _______ war. We are ______________ telling
children how to kill others. Children do not have good ______________. They will
_____________________ think that war is not wrong and that they can hurt others for
any reason.

Not a Chance!
Listen to Daniel’s argument, and fill in the blank.
I think my _____________________ are _____________________ about toys. Toys are
just toys. Most children play with water guns, BB guns, and other toy
weapons. Although they are young, they know what is wrong and
right. They just want to play with their friends with all kinds of toys.
Accidents don’t only happen with toy weapons. It’s not right to
______________ everything on toy weapons.