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Year 5

Introduction to debate

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  • Developing spoken language

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In this unit, pupils develop their understanding of debating conventions, including justifying, making points, giving proof, summarising, responding, judging and scoring a debate. Pupils learn how best to prepare for a debate and how to write notes to deliver a speech during a debate.

This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowledge of debating introduced in the Year 4 unit 'Getting ready to debate'. Here, pupils review and develop their understanding of conventions around debating, including justifying, making points, giving proof, summarising, responding, judging and scoring a debate. Pupils also learn how best to prepare for a debate and how to write notes to support the delivery of a speech within a debate. This unit prepares pupils for further speaking, listening and oracy work in the Year 5 unit, 'Successful speeches'.

  1. Justifying an opinion
  2. Making points and explanations in a debate
  3. Giving proof and summarising an argument
  4. Learning the roles in a debate and making a rebuttal
  5. Making and responding to points of information
  6. Preparing for a debate
  7. Writing notes to support delivering a speech in a debate
  8. Judging and scoring a debate
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