Ideas for Teaching Debate/Discussion in Public School Classes
Debate Topic Database with Links to Resources Per Topic
Database for Middle School (Lower Level Learners)
US National School Debate Resources
5 Debate Topics for US National School Debate Competitions
These topics focus on the US government but could easily be modified to fit the Korean context.
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Opening Activity
We’re going to work on vocabulary using pictures.
Look at the pictures.
Picture A: What can you see?
Target Sentence Pattern = He is…
Modification for High Beginner+ = (Yesterday) He was…
What can you see in the picture?
What are she doing?
Very difficult Word
Have you ever seen this before?
What is this?
Can you guess what it is for?
Use visual [...]
Opening Activity
Verb + Object
He/She verb~s
Can you…
Do you (ever)…
Have you ever…
Role-Play – Instructions
Assign Parts
Today, we are going to act out the very first scene given in the textbook – chapter 1.
Does anybody want to be Mulan?
Do any of you want to be Mulan?
We also need a narrator…
Who wants to be that?
How about Mulan’s female friend?
The old [...]
Sick Student
Are you sick? / Are you OK? Are you feeling OK?
OK. Let me call the nurse. Then, go see the nurse.
Runny Nose – Sniffles
Please, step outside (into the hallway) and blow your nose. Do you have any tissue?
Please, wipe your nose (on the tissue).
Please, don’t wipe your nose [...]
Photos – Picture Dictionary –
Ideas
Use what they have on (when they come to class).
Using Student Clothing
Activity – Using students’ clothes
Put them in a circle.
We’re going to get in circles group by group.
Two groups of 5 students will come up front and stand on this line here.
There are some clothes in the circle.
1 [...]
Introduction
Do you know the story of Mulan?
Do you know about Mulan?
Who’s Mulan?
Pre-Reading Activity(ies)
New Words and Phrases
Let’s work on new words and phrases.
Knowledge Check – What do you know already?
Example Sentences
Is this good? Am I happy with this?
What’s wrong with this?
[I use simple sentence patterns – What IS she doING? She IS ridING a [...]
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Why Watch Other Classes?
Each class does the same activity — but it comes out a little different. Some of the useful expressions that come up are the same in each class. Some are different. Also, different useful ideas come up in different classes.
If you watch another class (or your own [...]
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