De-Extinction Debate

October 29, 2019

Standards

RI.9-10.6 Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.

Obj: I can determine author's point of view and purpose in a text.

I can analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance POV or purpose.

Starter

Based on the reading, do you agree more with the point or counterpoint?

Why?

Vocabulary: 

Word: Debate

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary Definition: regulated discussion on a proposition between two matched sides.

Your Definition: 

Activity:What is one important skill to use in a debate?

Activity: 

1.  Debate

You will draw, at a random, a side for the debate on de-extinction.

Depending on the side you receive, work with your group to create talking points.

Consider evidence, rhetoric, counters, etc.

At the end of this there will be a winning side.

Closure

Which side of the debate presented a stronger argument?

Why?