Could you talk about a topic for one minute whilst holding your listener’s attention? 
We tried.

A World Book Day Debate 

We debated the question… Is reading a hobby?

 After discussing what makes something a hobby (choice, engagement), we split into two groups. Group A argued that reading is a hobby whilst group B argued that it was not.
Group A won having disagreed with many of the reasons that Group B gave for not seeing reading as a hobby.

We enjoyed the debate especially as we have begun to challenge with opposing arguments.

              Debate - London is a big city.�� 

A MAKE IT SOUND GOOD, MAKE IT SOUND BAD GAME!

We worked in two groups to prepare statements that made London as a big city, sound good or bad and then presented this in pairs.

STRANDED ON A DESERT ISLAND 
We played a ‘ Stranded on a Desert Island’ game. It helped us to work with a partner and use persuasive language to convince them to choose our item to take onto the island.