Debating

This week in Room 4 we have been studying debates and how they convince people to believe in a point of view.
First of all we practised doing debates for and against school uniforms in New Zealand schools.
Then we were given set tasks either for or against Facebook R13, Cell phones R11 and Single sex classes.
We are still waiting for the information that will tell us who will be going through to debate with the other classes in the Shooting Stars team.
Some people found rebutting easy and others found it hard, rebutting is putting people down in a nice way, trying to make their argument look weak.
We all learnt we had to be strong or no one would believe us.
By Nathaniel and Maddie.