I really enjoyed the argument debates that we did this year is Ms. Edwards class. My group had the important argument, should we further explore more underwater or outer space? I liked doing research and finding evidence to prove my point. Some groups had all the children wanting to fight for the same point, and some had to argue against what they really believed in, which must have been very hard. I didn’t care too much about what side I was being put on, but all the other kids in my group wanted outer space, so I fought for underwater exploration. I enjoyed watching videos and reading articles related to the topic. I felt that this was a good argument because it was not a “Yes” or “No” question. We had to introduce ourselves and what we supported, counter the points of the other side, state reasons and evidence to support our argument, and at the end sum up all the reasons we made for our argument. We got feedback after each debate. The first didn’t go so well. We didn’t use much teamwork. But by the second debate we worked well as a team, and showed all the major things we should during a debate. We added in more evidence, and made some posters to point to. After the first debate, we decided to start over with almost all new reasons. We chose the reasons based on articles we read to see what we could get the most evidence for. We all put in much more time and effort and it really paid off. This unit has really showed me how far you can go with friendly arguing. I never knew arguing could be so fun! I have really enjoyed this unit and I hope I get the chance to do it again soon.