Debating workshop: Xingmin’s reflections

What are the three things I had learnt:

1. Debate is a formal argument between two sides, the proposition and the opposition (ACS propositon versus HWS oppositon)

2. There are four speakers in a group, 1st speaker, 2nd speaker, 3rd speaker and reply speaker. 1st-3rd have  4 mins to speak, reply speaker have 2 mins to speak.

3. We had to do subsantive arguments which you could apply PEEL to.

Points

Elaboration

Example

Link

2 things I am not sure of:

1. How to elaborate more

2. How to take down short notes of the debate

1 thing I would want to know more about:

I want to learn more about the rebuttals, our group did not rebutt too much as we did not really know how to do

Debating workshop: Evan’s reflections.

Dear Ms Lee,

 I enjoyed the debating workshop. It has educated me and has changed the way I speak. Our usher, Collin, is also very friendly and likeable. By the way, I have learnt 3 valuable things. They include case set-ups, rebuttals and lastly link. Case set-ups is usually the opening section of the first speaker. It is to start of a speech and also to give his teammates a briefing of what to say. Secondly, rebuttals are a kind of short speech that does not prove the motion. Thirdly, the link is a part of an argument. For example, the final link is to wrap up the argument. However, do not look down on them. It serves a big purpose and without it, the argument may risk being irrelevant.

There are 2 things that I am not sure. That is to reply a speech and to elaborate. That is the reason why I did not do well in the role of the opposition reply. Luckily for me, my friends forgave me and encouraged me to do better.

The Last and Final thing that I want to say is about finding more information of reply speeches. I think that by finding more about reply speeches, I would be able to end the speech better. Anyway, this debating workshop is truly a wonderful experience for me. If given a second chance, I would definitely not want to miss it!  

Debating 101 Workshop

Hi guys

For the 5 chosen pupils going for the above workshop, please spend some time blogging about the experience and share with others. If you could include pictures, that will be awesome!

Looking forward to reading your entries! 🙂

Gardens by the Bay

This afternoon, some teachers and I attended an educators’ preview to the Gardens by the Bay. It is an exciting part of NParks’ vision of a City in a Garden. Despite rapid development in land-scarce Singapore, the country has actually more vegetation cover than before. The gardens look cool and will be ready in June. It’s another great place to learn more about the different types of flora.

Here are a few pictures for you.

Super trees

In the cooled conservatories

The bridge to MBS

Scholastic Writers’ Award 2012

Let’s attempt this! Give it a try!

You may choose to write on ONE of the following topics:

1) The House on the Hill

2) Life Without a Mobile Phone

3) Begin your story with: I woke up to the sound of running water. Sitting up in bed, I realised that my mattress was soaking wet. Still, in a daze, I flinched as a large, cold drop of water splashed on my head…

If you are in Group A (7 to 10 years old), the required essay length is between 500 – 1000 words.

If  you are in Group B (11-14 years old), the required essay length is between 800-1500 words.

The entries should be typewritten and the title should appear at the top of the first page.

Gentle reminder

Just a gentle reminder that there is Spelling on Monday so please bring along your Spelling book.

There is STRETCH lessons this coming week.

Hugo

TGIF! I’m so looking forward to the weekends! Just now, during the meeting, Mrs Sim was recommending the teachers to watch Hugo and I think it’s worth watching!

Here’s the trailer for you guys.

Exam’s over!

Now that the CA1 is over, I would like to hear your thoughts! Share briefly:

1) How do you think you will fare?

2) What is one thing that you are looking forward to now?

Let’s start sharing!