WELCOME TO THE DEBATING WORLD.

* MOST OF THE FOLLOWING (EXCEPT FOR THE WORDS HIGHLIGHTED IN COLOR)

WAS PULLED FROM THE INTERNETIT WAS USEFUL , SO LET US MAKE THE BEST OF
WHAT WE HAVE IN THE TIME WE HAVE.
HERE S A LINK TO THE MOVIE I REFERED YOU TO. LETS WATCH THE MOVIE AND SEE
HOW MUCH EFFORT THE CHARACTERS DEBATING MAKE TO ENSURE THEIR WORDS
ARE THE LAST ONES REMEMBERED BY THE AUDIENCE.

BEFORE WE WATCH LETS CLARIFY A FEW QUESTIONS .

Question: What is a debate?
Answer:

a discussion between people in which they express different

opinions about something .
Source: Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS :

What is Debate?
"I may be wrong and you may be right and, by an effort, we may get nearer the truth."
Karl Popper

Debate is a formal contest of argumentation between two teams or individuals. More broadly, and
more importantly, debate is an essential tool for developing and maintaining democracy and
open societies. More than a mere verbal or performance skill, debate embodies the ideals of
reasoned argument, tolerance for divergent points of view and rigorous self-examination. Debate
is, above all, a way for those who hold opposing views to discuss controversial issues without
descending to insult, emotional appeals or personal bias. A key trademark of debate is that it
rarely ends in agreement, but rather allows for a robust analysis of the question at hand. Perhaps
this is what French philosopher Joseph Joubert meant when he said: It is better to debate a
question without settling it, than to settle a question without debating it.

The Karl Popper Debate Format

At the secondary school level, IDEA debaters follow the Karl Popper debate format, which places
students in two teams of three members. Teams are presented with a 'resolution', such as
Economic development should be valued above protection of the environment or Human
genetic engineering is immoral". The team affirming the resolution speaks first. The opposing
team then must refute the arguments offered by the affirming team and offer arguments
rejecting the resolution. Both sides are given the opportunity to present their positions and to
directly question the opposing team. Neutral judges - usually parents or teachers - evaluate the
persuasiveness of the arguments and offer constructive feedback on such elements as faulty
logic, insufficient evidence and arguments debaters may have overlooked. Debate teams are
judged strictly on the merits of their arguments.

Debate and Democracy

Debate is not a forum for asserting absolute truths, but rather a means of making and evaluating
arguments that allows debaters to better understand their own and others positions. This sense
of a shared journey toward the truth brings debaters closer together, even when they represent
opposing sides of an issue or come from vastly different cultures or social classes. In so doing,
debate fosters the essential democratic values of free and open discussion.

SOURCE:

http://idebate.org/about/debate/what

IT COULD BE THE SAME OPINION AT TIMES BUT WE ALL SAY THINGS IN A DIFFERENT
WAY. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE DEBATE IS THAT YOU GET EVERYONE ON YOUR SIDE
TO HEAR, BELIEVE , FEEL AND SHARE THE SAME VIEWS THAT YOU HAVE ON THE
TOPIC IN A MANNER SO STRON THAT THEY THINK YOU ARE THE ONE THAT BEST
REPRESENTS THAT TOPIC.

Full Definition of debate

1. : a contention by words or arguments:
2.

the formal discussion of a motion before a deliberative body according to the rules of
parliamentary procedure

3. b : a regulated discussion of a proposition between two matched sides

BY ARGUMENT WE RE NOT GOING TO CURSE OR SWEAR ANYTHING TO ANYONE,

WE RE SIMPLY GOING TO MAKE PEOPLE LISTENING TO US JOIN IN AND AGREE
WITH US AND OUR VIEWS ON ANYTHING WE SAY IN ANY DEBATE.

WE MUST
1- SPEAK UP
2-PERSUADE
3-CONVINCE
4-SHARE
5-BE CLEAR
6-HAVE EVIDENCE TO BACK OUR POINTS
7-STRUCTURE EVERYTHING IN THE SIMPLEST OF WAYS
8-MASTER THE GRAMMAR OF THE LANGUAGE
9-MASTER THE PRONOUNCIATION OF WORDS
10 REACH THE AUDIENCE EMOTIONS, LEVEL, UNDERSTANDING OR EVEN
HEARTS AT TIMES.
11- USE THE TIME WISELY WHILE PRESENTING
12 KNOW WHEN TO STOP AND LEAVE THEM HANGING WANTING JUST A LITTLE
MORE FROM YOU , BUT THEN YOU ENDED , NOT BECAUSE YOU WERE OUT OF
TIME, BUT BECAUSE YOU KNOW SO MUCH AND HAVE SO MUCH THAT YOU RE
LEAVING THEM WITH THAT CURIOUSITY ABOUT WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO SAY
NEXT.
WW

IN ORDER TO DEBATE ,:
1- BRAINSTORM THE TOPIC FROM EVERY ANGLE POSSIBLE
2- DO RESEARCH TO GATHER EVIDENCE
3- CONSRUCT A WRITTEN PRESENTATION (OPTIONAL) OR REHERSE IN SPEECH
FORM.
4- TIME YOURSELF ( THE AVERAGE DEBATING TIME IS BETWEEN 10 MINUTES FOR
SOME AND 20 MINUTES IN OTHER CASES ) .WE LL PREPARE FOR THE BOTH
TIME. SHORT DEBATES AND A LITTLE LONGER DEBATES.
5- KNOW WHEN TO GET UP, KNOW WHEN TO SPEAK UP, KNOW WHEN TO STOP
TALKING AND KNOW WHEN TO SIT DOWN .

WELL GET TO TALK ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS IN THE FIRST PREPARATION
SESSIONS BUT I M JUST SENDING THEM NOW , SO YOU D SEE SOME OF THE
THINGS WE LL TALK ABOUT AND BE PREPARED FOR IN A DEBATE. US
AS WE ASSEMBLE THE TEAM, LET US COME PREPARED WITH WHAT WE WOULD
ALREADY KNOW BY FRIDAY.

FINDING FORESTER IS BY FAR ONE OF MY MOST TOLERATED AMERICAN MOVIES FOR

YOUNG PEOPLE AND YOU D SEE WHY , WHEN YOU WATCH THESE FEW CLIPS FROM
THE MOVIEIF YOU VE SEEN THE MOVIE ALREADY , THEN EXCELLENT . CLICK ON
THE LINKS AND JUST FOLLOW THEM THROUGH FROM 1 TO 8.
AND SEE IF YOU COULD ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS FOR ME WHEN WE MEET.
WHAT DOES THE BOY WANT IN THIS WHOLE SENARIO?
WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT THE MAN IS TEACHING HIM TO BE ABLE TO DO AND
HAVE ALL ON HIS OWN?
HOW CAN YOU RELATE TO THE CLIPS?

WATCH THEM , LEARN WHAT YOU CAN FROM THEM AND LETS HEAD ON FULL SPEED
INTO DEBATE MODE.

PART 2
AFTER READING ALL THIS

LETS GO TO THE MOVIE NOW.

SEE IF YOU COULD ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

WHAT IS THE MOVIE ALL ABOUT?
WHAT ARE THREE OBJECTIVES OF THE THREE TEENS (MAIN CHARACTERS OF THE
MOVIE)
HOW DID THEY ACCOMPLISH THEIR GOAL(S)?
WHAT DID THIS MOVIE TEACH YOU ABOUT DEBATING?
NOW :
Just click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4shgSviJiE
ENJOY GUYS .
LETS MEET TOMORROW WEDNESDAY AFTER 11 OR FFRIDAY AFTER 12.