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English first additional language
Grade 8
Celebrations
Module 16
The christmas/easter debate
Activity 1:
To listen actively in discussionslisten for specific informationinteract in additional languagedebate social and ethical issues
[lo 1.4, 1.3.1, 2.2.1, 2.4]
- Two of the major public holidays in South Africa are Easter and Christmas. These are both religious holidays and both have relevance to the Christian religion.
- There are people who are of the opinion that public holidays should not be linked to any religious festival. They argue that this amounts to favouritism and discrimination among religions.
- You will now have a debate around this issue.
- Your teacher will divide the class into two groups.
- Group One will support the national celebration of Christmas and Easter as public holidays.
- Group Two will oppose this and suggest that Easter and Christmas be a private and personal celebration. They will argue that South Africans be given the choice of using their leave benefits at work to celebrate these religious festivals.
About Debating:
Debating is more than just a class discussion. You are required to support and defend a particular point of view on a given topic. You will be given time to prepare yourself. Different roles will be assigned to different learners in the class.
These roles are:
- A chairperson: This learner will be in control of the debate. (S) he opens and closes the proceedings. (S) he will never express a personal point of view or support either group.
- A first speaker for each side. : These learners will each introduce their point of view before the debate starts in all earnest. When the topic has been thoroughly debated, these speakers will summarize their group’s argument.
- The floor (an uneven number of learners): These learners’ sole purpose is to listen to the arguments and cast their vote at the end of the debate, based only on the arguments they have heard.
TOTALS | ||
1. Does not meet expectations.(1 each) |
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2. Almost meets expectations.(2 each) |
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3. Meets expectations.(3 each) |
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4. Exceeds expectations.(4 each) |
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Read also:
OpenStax, English first additional language grade 8. OpenStax CNX. Sep 11, 2009 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col11042/1.1
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