🏓 Horizon: Rebuttal Basics
Week two of Debate Club puts a taped line down the studio floor and turns disagreement into a rally. Learners see why a contradiction is not a rebuttal, practise the acknowledge–counter move with openers like “That may be true…”, and master the three grammar tools of concession — although + clause, however + new sentence, despite + noun — before rallying motions back and forth under the respect rules.
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Lesson Plan
- How does “you’re wrong” make you feel?
- What should the answer to an argument contain?
- Rules for disagreeing with friends
Key Vocabulary
Grammar Points
- although / even though / while are subordinating conjunctions: they join two clauses in one sentence with a comma between them, and are never paired with but
- however / nevertheless are linking adverbs: they start a new sentence (or follow a semicolon) and take a comma after them
- despite / in spite of are prepositions followed by a noun or -ing form, never a full clause (use despite the fact that + clause instead)
- The rebuttal move: acknowledge with a concession phrase (That may be true…), then counter with contrasting evidence (However, …)
Prerequisites
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