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Are people who own more than one home selfish? China should restrict private ownership of cars. 230 Christine 231 Emily Impromptu speeches Normal Class 2 Does an all-star cast enhance or distract a film’s message? Universities should cut off electricity in dormitories at night. 127 Kenson 111 Mathias 121 Bennie Impromptu speeches Business Class 1 Mistakes are important to learn about life. Happiness is not in doing what we like but in liking what we do. Confidence is the first step to success. 126 Karmen 105 Wilma 106 Jane 114 Sara False friends are worse than bitter enemies. Explain how a smart person may not be wise. Introduction to Debate week 8 Basic Terms Debate: a competition in which two opposing teams make speeches to support their arguments and disagree with those of the other team. Resolution: the opinion about which two teams argue. Affirmative team: agrees with the resolution. Negative team: disagrees with the resolution. Argument: supports your position on the resolution. (add this to your handout) Rebuttal: explains why one team disagrees with the other team. Judges: decide the winner. Why study debate? Done correctly, it builds research competence, media literacy, reading comprehension, argument literacy, evidence evaluation, summarization and outlining, public speaking, conflict resolution, civil discussion skills, critical thinking, and note taking. Let’s look at each one of those: research competence media literacy reading comprehension argument literacy evidence evaluation summarization outlining public speaking conflict resolution civil discussion skills critical thinking note taking Done poorly, debate can be: people yelling at each other students reading from scripts that they didnt write Students need the skills associated with debate first. So, let’s look at some skills. Critical Thinking in Debate Read the handout. Each student should read one or two sentences and pass the mic