As you come in the room for class, you may be assigned a seat on this day. Please be cooperative and sit where I tell you.
You will be divided into 7 groups. You will need to sit with the members in your group because you will be working as a group today.
I will start by reading the directions and situation on the ARGUMENTATION GROUP ACTIVITY document. I will define the following words that you may not be familiar with: vagrants, panhandlers, misdemeanor, probation, urinating, defecating, and prosecution.
I will assign each group a role to play in the debate. Your job, as a group, is to decide whether you will support the policy or argue against it. You should make this decision based on the role you have been given. You will be presenting your argument to the class as a group.
Begin by using the resources available in the classroom to construct your arguments and delegate tasks to each group member. It may be helpful to write down notes to remember what points of your argument you want to emphasize when you try to persuade the rest of the class to support your claim. Remember to speak in English because you will be presenting in English :D
Make sure you have your handout from the previous day on PERSUASIVE STRATEGIES and note during the presentations what persuasive strategies each group used. Take notes inside the persuasive strategies document about what strategies each group used in the supporting strategies section. You should upload this to your ESL 114_Firstname Lastname folder in Dropbox by 11:59 PM on Friday, October 8th in order to receive participation points for today's class.
First, group 1 will present its argument.
Second, group 2 will present its argument.
Third, group 3 will present its argument.
Fourth, group 4 will present its argument.
Fifth, group 5 will present its argument.
Sixth, group 6 will present its argument.
Seventh, group 7 will present its argument.
As a class, you all will vote to see whether or not the policy is passed.
We will use the remaining time to discuss what strategies each group used to support its claims.
