Objectives

1. Objectives By the end of today’s lesson you will be able to: • make a counter-argument to a view that has been expressed, addressing weaknesses in the argument and offering alternatives.

2. Steps To Identifying A Counter-Argument • What is this argument saying? • What are some common things people say against this topic? • Who is saying this?

3. What’s your counter argument? Argument: Schools would be better if we brought back the cane as pupils would be afraid to misbehave… Counter-argument? However, if schools used violence as a punishment, pupils may come to believe that violence is an acceptable way of behaving and therefore become more violent themselves

5. What’s your counter argument? Argument: Schools would be better if we brought back the cane as pupils would be afraid to misbehave… Mobile phones are a waste of money since landlines are much cheaper… Smoking should be banned in all public places because passive smoking damages other people… There should be a law to make people recycle bottles and cans in order to cut down on the waste we produce… Thieves should be given longer prison sentences because it would cut down on crime Counter-argument: However, if schools used violence as a punishment, pupils may come to believe that violence is an acceptable way of behaving and therefore become more violent themselves

6. “Teenagers should listen more!” You will reply to this…

7. cause and effect consequently as a result thus therefore because contrasting on the other hand on the contrary an opposite view whereas alternatively in comparison comparing equally in the same way similarly as with emphasising above all in particular significantly especially Connectives to be used in argument writing