Middle school debate activities

Not long before I made the move from a local Club to BGCA, I started playing a game with my middle grades members that they LOVED. I adapted it from something I heard on a podcast and called it Dum…

These debate activities and lesson plan ideas are perfect to use in your upper elementary or middle school classroom this presidential debate season or anytime! These tips, tricks, ideas, anchor charts, topics, and how to implement debate guide will help your students be debating different topics successfully in no time! Click to read my best strategies for debates, persuasive writing and opinion writing to foster collaboration and speaking and listening skills. Click to the blog post!

When I taught high school, my favorite day of the week was current event Friday because students shared about the events of the week and the class engaged in academic conversation and debates over current affairs. When I attempted to bring this same idea to middle school it flopped! It turned into arguments and hurt ... Read More about Academic Conversation Through Silent Debates

Graphic organizer for 7th and 8th graders. Sample format and vocab necessary for a good debate.

Introduction to debate

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Teaching debate to middle school students? Need debate topics? check out these 50 debate topics for middle school students.

Engaging strategies to teach persuasion, argument, and debate in middle or high school ELA: activities, lessons, ideas and resources

Prepare yourself. Use this checklist to see if you are ready for the debate.

Help your students learn the type of language used during debates with this worksheet on debate language. Starting, clarifying, to oppose or counter.