How to lead
A Debate
How to run a debate
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greetings in today's class we are going
to be exploring the world of debating
debating is when you argue for or
against a topic you have to prove why
your team is right and the opposition is
wrong a topic might be something simple
like cats are better pets than dogs or
students should get more holidays let's
begin with the setup of a formal debate
two teams of three people sit at the
front of the room on one side is the
affirmative team and on the other side
is the negative team
the first speaker of the affirmative
team is the first person to speak
the timekeeper starts the stopwatch when
the speaker begins
the first speaker defines the keywords
of the topic introduces the teen's
argument and begins the debate
different debates have different time
limits for example if each speaker has
to speak for four minutes
the timekeeper will ring the bell once
at three minutes as a warning and twice
at four minutes to indicate to the
speaker their time is up
the second person to speak is the first
speaker from the negative team like the
affirmative side they define the key
words and introduce their team's
argument this person also robots points
made by the first speaker of the
affirmative team rebuttal is when you
choose a point made by the opposition
and explain why they're wrong and proves
why you're right rebuttals can win or
lose debates however you must never
become personal in rebuttals after the
first speaker of the negative side the
second speaker of the affirmative side
speaks followed by the second speaker of
the negative side both of these speakers
continue their team's arguments and
rebuff the opposition
the third speakers of each team are the
last people to speak first it's the
third speaker of the affirmative team
and then the third speaker of the
negative team both of these speakers
rebut the opposition's debate and
summarizes their own team's arguments
the third speaker of the negative team
is the last person to address the
audience in the debate and have the last
word this can be an advantage in
debating at the end of the debate an
adjudicator or team of adjudicators will
decide which team is the winner they
consider your presentation skills'
the timing of your debate and it's the
team with the most convincing argument
that wins the debate the captain of the
winning side paints the opposition for a
good debate as well as the adjudicator
timekeeper chairperson and audience the
captain of the defeated side also thinks
the same people debating teaches you to
look at both sides of an argument
sometimes you may not agree with the
side of the debate you are arguing and
this can be challenging but it can be a
good experience to look at a topic with
a different point of view it also
teaches you teamwork each member of the
team needs to know what their teammates
are talking about planning and writing
the debates are done together now let's
watch the first speakers of a debate
present their argument the topic is that
computers should replace teachers
