Free sample · ages 13–18
Will robots take every job? Let your teen decide.
A free, print-and-go debate challenge from my Thinking Day workbook. A real question teens actually care about, and the structure to argue it properly.
Free until Thu 10 Dec, 11:59pm ET
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A page from a Thinking Day Senior lesson, ready to print. Free until Thu 10 Dec, 11:59pm US Eastern.
What's inside
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A question with no easy answer
Jobs, AI and the future. The kind of topic teens have opinions on before you've finished the sentence.
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Both sides, properly
Prompts that push them to weigh evidence, take a position and answer the strongest counterargument.
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Print and go
Works at the kitchen table or in a homeschool lesson. No prep, no lecture required.
Hi! I'm Francesca, a high school English teacher and a mom to two energetic boys.
Teens will happily argue about robots for twenty minutes. Ask the same teen to write an argumentative essay and… silence. Oh dear.
Here's the secret. It's the same skill. This sample lets them practise it on a topic they already care about, so the essay part stops feeling like a wall.
Francesca
The Classic High School Teacher