Year 4 - Debating deforestation

 

This morning in Year 4, we put our persuasive writing skills to the test with a class debate. The statement we were debating was, 'Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest should stop completely." We rearranged our classroom for the debate so we had two opposing sides. Our chairperson was Rohan, who did an excellent job of taking statements and running the debate, and our time keeper was Oli, who made sure no one ran over their allotted time. Each team took it in turns to counter the other side and put forward their argument. After break we had time to take questions and comments from the whole class. 

The speakers arguing for were Jashryl, Angel and Nicola with Vinnie acting as team Captain. The speakers arguing against the statement were Lisa, Emil and Zephaniah with Bleu asking as team Captain. Well done to all the students who used facts, rhetorical questions and other persuasive devices to put forward their arguments. 

"Even though they were arguing against us, we've got to hand it to them because they came up with some very good arguments." - Vinnie

"I thought it was really good doing the debate because it helped me to understand what one is and how it works. " - Angel

"I really enjoyed it. Especially asking questions." - Isabella