Kompetenzerweiterung III (Tuesday Group), Homework for December 1st

 ***Please be advised that, due to Project Week, there will be no class on November 24th. Our next meeting will be on December 1st.***

For our next session, please prepare the following:

- hopefully, many of you will have found your partners for the exam by now. If not, please make this a priority in the next couple of class sessions. Even if you don't have a partner yet, have a look at this site and browse the topics on the right-hand side of the page: https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate. (If had me for Komp I/II, you will be familiar with this page. For these students, I encourage you to look at new topics. The site is huge.) Write down three questions (or create ones inspired by the questions you see on the page) that you can see yourself using as a prepared debate question. 

- if you have a partner already, try to videoconference with them during the Project Week and practice two debate questions of your choice.

- read through the pro/con debate "Should there be billionaires?" posted on the Ilias Inhalt page out loud and answer the following questions: which points mentioned in the article are reminiscent of the points one could use for if celebrities deserve high paychecks (a debate from this past Tuesday's class)? Which points from the article are not relevant?

- read through the pro/con debate "Should there be a meat tax?" Who argued their position more strongly? (Note: the question is not which side do you agree with) Why?

- now develop a question that takes the structure/template of "Should there be a/n ______________ tax?" (you can insert many things into the slot, such as sugar, inheritance, luxury) and prepare this debate for our next session.