Debating; POV; Listening

1. Oral Communication 2: Speaking
8P24
Week 10
2016-2017

2. Professional Learning Conversations
• Debate: Where speaking and listening come
first
• Frank’s Debate:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-NQSAL-
c0c

3. Debate Games & Activities
• Source: Saskatchewan Elocution & Debate
Association
– www.saskdebate.com/resources/teacher-
resources (link on Week 10 Sakai page)

4. Jig Saw Strategy
• Home Groups
Number off from 1 to 5

5. Expert Groups
1. Guided research or assisted highlighting
2. The edible argument – Battle bars
3. Four corners debate
4. Listening to historical speeches
5. Pass the buck

6. Home Groups
• Each “Expert” will describe his/her strategy for
debating
• Use the recording sheet to make notes for
yourself on each strategy
• The original Debate Games and Activities
Guide can be accessed on Sakai under Week
10.

7. Teachers as Listeners
• Have someone at your table read aloud the
article “Real Listening as Real Teaching” by
Carol Ann Tomlinson (Ed. Leadership, Nov.
2014, pp. 90-91).
• Discuss the boy’s comment about his teacher
at the end of the article. What connections
can you make to this comment?

8. Viewpoint vs. Point of View

9. Point of View

10. Responding from a Point of View
• Choices:
1. Retelling an animal story
2. Retelling a fairy tale
3. Cartooning
4. Puppets: IRC
5. Puppets: Sock Puppets app