Conformity

Upon completion of this task students will have satisfied the following Stage 6 outcomes:

3. A student develops language relevant to the study of English.

7. A student selects appropriate language forms and features, and structures of texts to explore and express ideas and values.

10. A student analyses and synthesises information and ideas from a range of texts for a variety of purposes, audiences and contexts.

12. A student reflects on own processes of responding and composing.

Students develop a creative debate response in groups to the quotation "We are half ruined by conformity; but we should be wholly ruined without it."  ~Charles Dudley Warner.

Students will choose whether they are to argue for or against and then use a variety of websites to gather information for their debate.

All information should come from credible sources and be appropriately referenced.

This debate is not structured like a traditional debate. Each group will have 10 minutes to persuade the other groups
that their point of view is the best in an innovative, creative way.