Teacher notes — Discussion & Debate
Do kids need a "no-sugar day" at home? A discussion lesson on family snack rules
- Pair talk before whole-class talk gets quieter students a rehearsed answer, which matters most at the A2 end of this group.
- The debate activity works best when you assign sides at random. Students argue harder for a side they don't personally hold, and it stops the discussion from turning into one opinion repeated five times.
- Keep the vote visible (hands up, or stickers on the board) so the wrap-up question has something to react to.
- If a student brings up a real family rule, let them share it, but steer the conversation back to the class rule, not to any one student's home.
- For a stronger class: have students write a one-paragraph "family snack policy" for an imaginary family, with one rule and two reasons, and present it to a partner.