Lesson 4

What did we cover?
Review of last week and homework
A discussion about rebuttal and introduction of the “they said…but I disagree because” structure
Get me to the breakout room (game) – a game where students need to rebut my reasons to not allow them into a separate breakout room
Practicing direct responses – students need to select which rebuttal was a better response given two options
Alley rebuttal (game) – students need to rapidy rebut each other’s arguments in turn
Topics Discussed
We should ban zoos
We should ban homework
Social media does more harm than good
We should start school later
Preparation for next week
Over the next week, please use the rebuttal structure (“they said…but i disagree
because”) whenever you are trying to rebut people in your everyday life. We’ll start
the next lesson by sharing examples of where we have used it.