Foreword Introduction Part one: The case for critical oracy 1. What is critical oracy 2. Why is oracy important? 3. Overcoming barriers to using critical oracy in the classroom. 4. The role of senior leaders and teachers in a school of noisy classrooms 5. Trouble Shooting Part two: What to do in your classroom: the activities 1. Parliamentary debate 2.
Other debate formats Balloon debates Boxing match debates Table debates Public meetings Conscience alley 3. Shorter activities Rebuttal tennis I couldn''t disagree more Where do you stand? Hat debates 4. In character Hot seating Mock trials Question time Chat show News broadcast 5. Formats for critical group or whole class work On that point Dragon''s den Fish bowl Expert groups Argument stations 6. Formats for critical pair discussion Rebuttal tennis Ask and switch Rotating circle Teacher-pupil pairs Question and answer pair up. 7. Activities to explicitly develop oracy skills The um-er game Defending the indefensible Following instructions How are you feeling? Expand-contract Appendices The Noisy Manifesto Glossary Sentence stems and connectives to aid effective critical oracy Examples of vocabulary to pre-teach Assessment criteria List of debate and discussion topics Debate speech scaffold sheets Oracy in the National Curriculum Bibliography and useful links le debates Public meetings Conscience alley 3. Shorter activities Rebuttal tennis I couldn''t disagree more Where do you stand? Hat debates 4.
In character Hot seating Mock trials Question time Chat show News broadcast 5. Formats for critical group or whole class work On that point Dragon''s den Fish bowl Expert groups Argument stations 6. Formats for critical pair discussion Rebuttal tennis Ask and switch Rotating circle Teacher-pupil pairs Question and answer pair up. 7. Activities to explicitly develop oracy skills The um-er game Defending the indefensible Following instructions How are you feeling? Expand-contract Appendices The Noisy Manifesto Glossary Sentence stems and connectives to aid effective critical oracy Examples of vocabulary to pre-teach Assessment criteria List of debate and discussion topics Debate speech scaffold sheets Oracy in the National Curriculum Bibliography and useful links pair discussion Rebuttal tennis Ask and switch Rotating circle Teacher-pupil pairs Question and answer pair up. 7. Activities to explicitly develop oracy skills The um-er game Defending the indefensible Following instructions How are you feeling? Expand-contract Appendices The Noisy Manifesto Glossary Sentence stems and connectives to aid effective critical oracy Examples of vocabulary to pre-teach Assessment criteria List of debate and discussion topics Debate speech scaffold sheets Oracy in the National Curriculum Bibliography and useful links a List of debate and discussion topics Debate speech scaffold sheets Oracy in the National Curriculum Bibliography and useful links.