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DEBATE CLUB

LESSON ONE - WELCOME TO THE CLUB

Introduction
Welcome the students to the debate club
As the students arrive, welcome them and ask them to record their first and last name, class,
and English teacher’s name on the provided form. Encourage them to make a name card or use
one that they already have.

Get focused with a welcome chant


Create unity and help students get in learning mode with a call-and-response chant. You can use
a premade chant or create one together with the students.
Example: “What’s up, buttercup?” “Nothing new, honeydew!”

Introducing Me presentation
Introduce yourself to your students
Let students get to know you with a short presentation. You can include things about your
hometown, family, hobbies, favorite things, and anything else you’d like your students to know.
Give the students a chance to ask you any other questions at the end of your presentation.

Paper Airplane You activity


Get to know your students
To start, students write down 5 facts about themselves on a piece of paper. Then they put their
creativity to work by folding the paper into a paper airplane. On your count, everyone flies their
planes toward the middle of the room. Then students pick up a plane that landed near them.
Students take turns reading the facts written on the plane and trying to guess whose it was. Let
the class help if individuals get stuck.

Student survey
Get to know your students
Have students record their name, birthday, and favorite candy (or other things you wish to know
about them) on an index card. They should also answer the question: “What are your goals for
the debate club?” They can also think about the questions: “What skills do you hope to
practice?” and “What topics interest you?” Keep these cards for your records and to help you
shape the club by including student desires.
DEBATE CLUB
Plenary
Discuss goals and plans for the next lesson
Inform the students that the next lesson will include getting to know each other a bit more and
discussions of club rules.

End the lesson with a goodbye chant


Similar to the welcome chant, the goodbye chant signals a dedicated end to the lesson. Again,
you can use a premade chant or create one together with the students.
Example: “See you later, alligator!” “In a while, crocodile!”

This or That? activity (if time allows)


Ease students into the basics of argumentation
This or that is a simple game that students can use to practice basic argumentation with no
formal instruction. Have students stand in a line down the center of the room. Explain that two
options will appear on the board, and that they should move to the side of the option that they
prefer. They must be able to give one reason why they chose one thing over the other.
Example: “This or that? - Dogs or cats?” If students prefer dogs, they step to the left side of the
room. If students prefer cats, they step to the right side of the room.

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