Writing Planner
Learning Intention –
Debating
Stacie
Session 1 - Debating
Stacie
Session 2 - Debating
Stacie
Session 3 Debating
Stacie
Session 3 –
Personal – reengagement with
Writer’s
Notebooks
Simon
Session 3 – Fun –
Posters (Targeting
Text p126 and 127)
Lesson 1 of 2.
WALT – understand the different roles
within a debate.
WALT – how to have an informal debate
WALT – creating a
debate
WALT –
WALT – What makes an
effective poster.
WILF - researching the roles within a
debate
Writing Type
WILF – students giving their viewpoint
and a rebuttal.
WILF WILF – working in
teams to begin to
make their debate as
a team.
WILF – The creation of an
effective poster based
upon the poster rubric.
Fun
Conventions
Show ppt of posters
of pose the
questions:
 What is the
main
purpose of
the poster?
 Who is the
intended
audience for
the poster?
 What is the
main
message of
this poster?
persuasive
persuasive
persuasive
Show a picture of what a debate
format would look likeShow slide show from this linkhttp://www.slideshare.net/mmcd
onald2/debating-introduction
Go through what we have already
discovered as a group about –
class discussion asks questions
such as who is involved in a
debate, what are their roles?
What do we know about the 1st
speaker?
What do we know about the 2nd
speaker? Etc.
Start by looking
at what makes a
good argumentshow the slide
show from
Monday again
with a focus on
the slides about
the arguments
and what makes
a good
argument.
VOICES
Whole Class Focus
(10-15mins)
Students will then be breaking off
into groups of three and looking
at the specific roles researching
what each role has involved.
They will use I Pads and
notebooks to research these.
Each group will have a different
role that they are researching
Split the class up into their home
groups to have an informal
debate. Give other teachers- Mrs
king, Miss Disney and myself some
debating topics to use.
Teachers will work to have an
We will break
the class into
e.g. group one- 1st speakers
group 2- 2nd speaker etc.
informal debate with their group.
- Split your group of
students in 2 sides.
- Give an affirmative and a
negative side then.
- Pose the problem to the
group
- The groups have 5 mins to
discuss their opinions and
what points they will give
- Then the group come back
together and present their
negative or affirmative
side.
- The other team gets a
chance to rebut if they
feel they can.
groups 0f 6 for
the debating
teams
For each debate
topic we will
have a negative
and affirmative
side- students
will then work to
decide who is 1st,
2nd or 3rd
speaker.
Work in home groups on informal
debates.
Students will
begin to
research their
side of the topic
either negative
or affirmative.
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Scaffolding/ Planning
(3-5mins)
Independent Writing
Activity
(25 mins)
Includes:
USSW
(5-10mins)
&
Roving Conferences
(5 mins)
Focus Students
Work in groups to define the role
in the debate that they were
given.
Affirmative or negative
- 1st speaker
- 2nd speaker
- 3rd speaker
- Chair person
- Audience
- Timekeeper
- Judges
Anyone having difficulty
researching the roles help them
Walk around and
help any7 groups
Explain that the
children will be
making their own A3
posters.
Discuss some ideas
that they could use
in their poster.
Explain that over
two sessions they
will create and then
rate their posters in
groups of 5.
Do draft first on
scrap paper then
published copy.
Show rubric for
assessing posters.
Show rubric to allow
students to mull
over some ideas.
Work on posters.
Those having
difficulty with ideas
start the search and guide them
in the right direction.
Editing Focus
(5 mins)
Sharing
(5-10mins)
Have students share some of the
information they have found out
about each of the roles in a
debate.
We will come back as a group and
share what everyone thinks
worked well, did they enjoy the
informal debate were there any
good rebuttals given?
that are
struggling to get
started
to start them off.
Reflect as a
group on the
task, were
students able to
start to find
some good
information?
Share some of
this.
Show some of the
work achieved so
far.