HOW TO ORGANISE A DEBATE

A debate always has two teams of two people each and a chairperson. One
team supports the statement, the other team is against it.
Example of a statement
Testing cosmetics on animals should be stopped
There are five people in each group:
Chairperson introduces the teams statement and summarizes the reasons
for agreeing or disagreeing with the statement and manages the debate.
Speaker 1 presents the reasons why the audience should agree with his/her
team and gives the audience convincing evidence/examples to support the
reasons.
Speaker 2 reminds the audience of what the teams arguments were and what
support material was mentioned and also has the very important job of
commenting on the other teams arguments, and of trying to show why they
are wrong.
The order of speaking:
1. Chairperson
2. Speaker 1 for
3. Speaker 1 against
Question Time
4. Speaker 2 for
5. Speaker 2 against
The time for questions is before the final speakers have their turn. Remember these
rules:

Each speaker is allowed a maximum of 3 minutes;

All speakers can have notes;
Speakers can note things down while the other team is speaking and pass
them on to a team mate to help them when it is their turn;
No one may interrupt a speaker;

The debate should take no longer than 10 minutes.

Steps
1) Form group of 5.
2) Decide on a statement.
3) Split up into 2 groups for and against. And decide on who is going to be
chairperson.
4) Prepare your case.
5) Hand in outline of the debate