Goldilocks

We are working towards the children running their own book clubs with a focus on critical literacy.

After reading the book, we discussed whether or not we believe that Goldilocks is a criminal or not. We then took a vote.

We held a debate to convince the undecided. The children who voted yes sat on one side, the children who voted no sat on the other side, and the children who voted ‘unsure’ were the audience.
(Speakers alternating from each side, for and against.)

• Goldilocks IS a criminal because she broke into the house.
• She’s not a criminal because she didn’t break the bed.
• But she broke the chair.
• I don’t think she’s a criminal because she’s a kid. 
• I think she’s a criminal because when she was a young kid, she was still bad because when she was a little bit older she still was bad. She has gone into someone’s house without even asking.
• She’s not a criminal because she just went into the bed.
• It wasn’t her house. She went into the bed and she broke the chair and she ate the porridge.
• If she was a kid, she wouldn’t be bad ‘cause kids don’t do naughty things. 
• I think she’s a criminal because she could’ve waited for the people, the bears, to come back to the house to go into the house and ask if she could go in the house and go if she could do that.

To my surprise, the ‘against’ team convinced more people!