Debate 2

or
Assisted Highlighting*
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This meeting is used for debating performance. Teams which are

scheduled to debate will perform today.

Or

This meeting can also be used to practice the following debate game.
 Assisted Highlighting*

Description:
To teach the idea of “reading with a purpose” that characterizes
research.
Materials:
• Short Article (related to debate or thematic study) provided.
• Highlighter (2 different colours - optional)
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Procedure:
Provide students with a short article (the shorter the better) on a
topic which they will be debating. Move through the article,
sentence by sentence, either individually or as a class, and discuss
whether a particular idea, fact, or quotation would be useful for a
debate. Teacher may decide to have the article on an LCD projector
and identify which arguments and statements are worthy of
highlighting.
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Students identify PRO arguments in one colour highlighter and

CON arguments in another highlighter. When students have
identified specific claims which the research would support, they
must be able to summarize that argument in one sentence
(sometimes called a tag) orally and in written form. Teacher may
elect to work through an article together as a class and then assign
an article individually.
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Article “Cloned embryo renews human cloning ban debate” is

provided in a form of word document under the name of
a. Student Handout 1 (for the students)
b. Teacher Handout 1 (for the teacher)