At the beginning of class, I handed out grade report sheets showing people their grade for progress reports. We then talked about a couple Poetry Out Loud assignments that were past due, but that few people had submitted. These assignments were "Unpacking Your Poem" and "Why Someone Should Read Your Poem"(see handouts below). I then handed out grade report sheets that showed people what their grade would be if they failed to turn these assignments in.
General Debate Structure:
Speaker 1 - Opening Statement
Speaker 2 - Opening Statement
Speaker 1 - Topic Statement (main argument)
Speaker 2 - Topic Statement (main argument)
Speaker 1 - Rebuttal (based on speaker 2's topic statement)
Speaker 2 - Rebuttal (based on speaker 1's topic statement)
Speaker 1 - Closing Statement
Speaker 2 - Closing Statement
Next, we looked at a typical debate structure (see below) and then went right into practicing with this structure. Working with their partner, people picked two opponents in a "Who Would Win?" vs situation (e.g. "Who would win: Batman or Spiderman?" or "Who would win: a bear or a shark?"). Everyone then had 20 minutes to fill out a response sheet following the debate structure (the rebuttal section can be skipped for now as it is filled out during the debate).
Handouts:
Why Should Someone Read Your Poem (POL Prompt)
Unpacking Your Poem
Debate Practice: Who Would Win
Homework:
If you did not do so in class, finish writing down your main argument for "Who Would Win" (we will present these tomorrow in class)
Work on completing or revising the Poetry Out Loud assignments we looked at today in class (see below).
Revisions:
Why Should Someone Read Your Poem (POL Prompt) (see class site post on 11/21)
Unpacking Your Poem (see class site post on 11/07)
