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o read their essay aloud to the whole class. The audience makes notes and gives feedback (alternative: the audience is divided up and they make notes on different areas, for example structure, argument and so on).
Students complete an essay for homework. Once finished, they read it aloud to themselves (perhaps standing in front of the mirror). Any issues which appear in the reading should be corrected.



Speed Debating
Speed Debating is a good activity to do in advance of essay writing. It works as follows:
Introduce a proposition. For example, Conservatism is not relevant to modern politics.
Divide the class in half.
Indicate which half of the class will be arguing FOR and which half will be arguing AGAINST.
Give students time to construct their arguments.
Ask the students who are FOR to stand up. They must find a student who is AGAINST and sit opposite them.
Students take it in turns to speak (2-3 minutes for each) before 1-2 minutes of free-for-all.
Students who are FOR stand up and find a new partner. Repeat step VI and so on.
Formal Debating
Formal Debating is a good activity to do in advance of essay writing. It works as follows:
Introduce a motion. For example, This house believes that human behaviour is biologically determined.
Divide the class in half. One half will be FOR. One half will be Against.
Each group must nominate three speakers. These will be the Proposer, the Seconder, and the Summariser.
The groups prepare their arguments in detail.
The Proposers, Seconders, and Summarisers are called forward. They sit at the front, with a judge in between.
The Proposer FOR the motion speaks first for an allotted period of time. The Proposer AGAINST then