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  • Debate

    L.O: I can express an opinion on familiar subjects and understand that people have differing opinions.  

    L.O: I can respond to what I have heard, whilst giving my own viewpoints.  

    L.O: I can summarise my point in group discussions e.g., drawing out key ideas, bringing the discussion to a close, feeding back to others. 

    Talk with your partner and discuss:

    What is electricity?

    When do you think electricity was invented?

    Beth wyt ti'n meddwl.

    Click on the image below to find out more about what electricity is. 

    Tasc 1:

    Which great invention do you think is the most important and why?

    Use your placemat to make notes.

    Cofia your super sentence starters.

    Gwyrdd Chilli - Discuss in your group and produce a Fab 5 on what you think the most important electrical invention is.

    1. Number 1 is the most important in your opinion.

    2. Number 5 is the least important in your opinion.

    3. Why do you think this?

    Oren Chilli - Discuss with your group and produce a Super 7 about what you think the most important electrical invention is.

    1. Number 1 is the most important and 7 is the least important in your opinion.

    2. Why do you think this should be the order?

    Coch Chilli - Discuss in your group and produce a Dimond 9 about what you think the most important electrical invention is.

    1. Number 1 is the most important and 9 is the least important in your opinion.

    2. Why do you think this should be the order?

    Cofia: Justify your answer.

    Let’s have a class discussion:

    In your group make sure you have clear reasons.

    Why you have put the items in this order?

    Who is going to say which points in your group?

    Tasc 2:

    Gwyrdd Chilli:

    Stick your Fab 5 into your book.

    Write a few sentences about the most important and the least important item, explaining why you picked them.  

    Oren and Coch:

    Write your Super 7 or Diamond 9 out in your book.

    Write a paragraph justifying your reasons for your first and last choices.

    Create a timeline in your book from the first electrical invention to the most recent.

    Name of invention, who invented it and the date it was invented.

    Example:

    Lightbulb, Thomas Eddison, 1879.