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Argument and Advocacy Debates

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Assignment: Write a blog post reflecting on your research, preparation, and presentation experiences including working as a team and seeing the same issue from both sides. 

The experience for me during this writing unit was unlike any other writing unit that we have done so far. I say this because it was more of a collaborative teamwork unit. Me and my team worked together as a group to talk, research and debated, against the other team who talked, researched, and debated.

Debating is also a life skill. It comes in handy anywhere, especially if you want to be in politics or run your own business. You need to know how to debate for yourself and to protect your benefits.

When you are debating, it is also important to look at an issue from both sides. You want to know what the other team’s weakness’ and strengths are, and you want to know what your team’s weakness’ and strenghts are. That research is what will win you the debate.

When you are preparing for a debate, you have to make sure that the evidence that you provided fits your argument. If your topic is that plastic bags should be banned, don’t say that reusable bags are worse than plastic bags for the enviorment.

In addition, when you are talking for your debate, make sure not to talk so soft so that no one can hear you.

I had a really fun time researching and debating with my team, and look forward to doing this type of work more often.

Growing Creativity

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I feel that we should grow more creativity during this special time that we are quarantined in our home. This is because when we are doing homework on our device(s) when we do E – Learning, we can sometimes go minutes and hours without stopping to take a break to do what we love.

I am suggesting that we should take more time to do what we like to do like read a book, draw, play, etc.

Teachers can also join in by issuing assignments that require building and/or creating something, going outside to explore and notice things in nature, etc.

When we increase our creativity, we get more curious, and curiosity is what creates new ideas that can help stop this pandemic.

Wish Suggestion

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I think that Mrs. Rickard should read Wish next year because:

1. It is a really good book and it teaches good lessons. For example, one lesson that I learned is that anger is not the only way to getting what you want in life because that is what Charlie thought in the beginning.

2. It is very exciting by having ups and downs in the story. For example, like when Charlie found Wishbone, she then lost him again, then found him back again!

I am sure that next year’s kids will really like it.

I also have a recommendation for read – alouds. It is a book called “The Boy who Harnessed the Wind.” The author’s name is William Kamkwamba, and he is writing a self – biography about himself. The setting is in Africa in a town with no electricity. The whole story is based on curiosity because William was curious about inventing a windmill in his town to provide electricity, and in the end, he ends up on a worldwide national T.V. show for “harnessing” electricity in his town. I think that this book can teach good lessons, and next year’s kids will like it too.

Mia