This document discusses developing reasoning and evaluative skills through group activities. It describes an activity where students are split into groups and each group must convince a judge of a position on different topics within a limited time. Examples of topics include the best movie genre for a family and whether fruits or chocolate is better for someone craving sweets. The document also provides guidance on formulating evaluative statements by making assertions about a text's content and properties and considering counterclaims with hedging language to soften criticisms.