Debating Skills Lesson

Based upon the concept of silent debating, the idea is that in groups, students are given a statement each to write an opinion for and against. They do this in silence. Then, after initialling their comments, clockwise, they pass their statement on to another student and take another. When all are completed, options could then be to select a couple of statements with which to have a class debate. Or, they could carry on in silence giving their opinions on other statements. Alternatively, they could debate their opinions about the statements in groups.