Supporting your opinions dice games

opinions/ academic discussions

Choose one of the sections below (your own choice or what your teacher tells you), roll the dice, do the thing that matches the number that comes up, then take turns doing the same.  

A: Asking your partner to support their opinions dice game

After your partner gives their opinion, ask them for reasons why you should accept what they say/ why they have that opinion, asking a question about this kind of support:

1. Asking for clarification/ further explanation
2. Asking about personal experience
3. Asking your partner about positive and negative points/ to look at the other side
4. Asking for data/ figures/ statistics/ numbers
5. Asking about cause and effect
6. Asking about sources of information/ Other people’s experiences/ Things heard or read

B: Supporting your opinions dice game

After you give your opinion, roll a dice and give this kind of support for that opinion:

1. Clarifying/ Paraphrasing/ Restating
2. Personal experience
3. Positive and negative points/ Looking at both sides
4. Data/ Figures/ Statistics/ Trends
5. Logical arguments (Consequences/ Effects/ Results, etc)
6. Quoting expert sources/ Other people’s experiences/ Things heard or read

When your teacher stops you, brainstorm questions and statements with the six functions in the two sections above.

If you only did one of the two games above, do the other one. Then do the activity below.

C: Interactions dice game

Before your partner gives their opinion, roll the dice to decide how you will react after they give that opinion:

1. Check what your partner means/ Check exactly what your partner’s opinion is, then comment
2. Ask your partner to support their opinion
3. Agree with your partner’s opinion, with the same kind of support for your opinion as your partner used
4. Agree with your partner’s opinion, with a different kind of support for your opinion than your partner used
5. Disagree with your partner’s opinion, with the same kind of support for your opinion as your partner used
6. Disagree with your partner’s opinion, with a different kind of support for your opinion than your partner used

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