At the beginning of class today, we debriefed the debate we had yesterday by discussing the questions that students answered for homework. The questions we discussed were:
1 - What made an effective argument?
2 - What elements weakened a person's argument?
3 - What did you learn about debate from debating and/or observing?
I will type up notes from our discussion and make those available for our next round of practice debates.
Next, we reviewed how to create bibliographies in NoodleTools and where to find information on webpages and articles to create bibliographies.
Everyone then had the remaining time in the period to begin researching their formal debate topic.
For the formal debate topic, everyone should have 6 resources or more from which to gather facts.
Useful Resources:
YouTube walkthrough on Bibliographic Citations with NoodleTools
Homework:
Continue finding resources for your formal debate topic.
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)
