Lyfta debate: should pet ownership be restricted?

Teacher notes

This lesson forms part of the Lyfta debate series, which practices different elements of oracy through structured debating activities. Please read through our oracy toolkit which provides an overview of best practice around structuring high quality talk in the classroom. https://help.lyfta.com/en/articles/9934189-lyfta-s-oracy-toolkit **Oracy focus:** Structuring arguments. Active listening. **Activity focus:** Opinion lines **Lyfta core themes:** Community and citizenship, Health and Wellbeing, Relationships. **Lyfta core skills and values**: Empathy and Understanding Others, Generosity and Kindness, Healthy Living, Taking Initiative. **SDG:** 3. **National Curriculum objectives:** KS3 English: - pupils should be taught to speak confidently and effectively, including through: -using Standard English confidently in a range of formal and informal contexts, including classroom discussion -giving short speeches and presentations, expressing their own ideas and keeping to the point -participating in formal debates and structured discussions, summarising and/or building on what has been said. KS4 English: -Pupils should be taught to speak confidently, audibly, and effectively, including through: -Giving short speeches and presentations, expressing their own ideas and keeping to the point -Participating in formal debates and structured discussions, summarising and/or building on what has been said -Using Standard English confidently in a range of formal and informal contexts, including classroom discussion. PSHE: Living in the Wider World: especially KS3 L23 - to recognise the importance of seeking a variety of perspectives on issues and ways of assessing the evidence which supports those views.