Creating debates, listening to arguments and sharing opinions.

Lesson: English

Class: Y1 Year: 2018 - 2019

Today Y1 begun to understand the importance of debate. Following on from our class text ‘Meerkat Mail’ by Emily Gravett, children role played the parts of Sunny the Meerkat and his Meerkat cousins Ed and Scratch. Y1 were tasked to create a debate over which meerkat food was the best, crunchy scorpions or sloppy eggs. Children learned  to share opinions and arguments in a fun friendly way, not to be upset if someone thought something different and the importance of listening to other people's opinions in a respectful way. Y1 then wrote some fantastic sentences about their opinions on eggs and scorpions as a tasty treat. Amazing arguments Y1.