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Part 1: Before you start your essays, discuss the following questions in your groups and write the first part of a “Letter of Intentions”.


 * a) Explain briefly the chosen topic.**

Our topic is "Different Types of Debates ". Since there are different types of debates, we decided to talk about each one of them.


 * b) What’s the purpose of the essay?**

The purpose is not only to show the different types of debates, but also to explain how to create a good debate.


 * c) Who is it intended for?**

It is intended for the professor and the other students who are taking Academic Writting.


 * d) What effects do you want it to have on your readers?**

We want them to learn more about debates and how to prepare themselves in case they need to take part on a debate or even create one.


 * e) What have you read on this specific topic? Are there any authors or key concepts that you would like to use in your critical writing?**

Last semester we learned about debates and the teacher gave us some material to study. We will probably use this material to support our ideas. However, We don't have any author's name here, just a site that introduces and present some types of debates: http://www.forensicsonline.net/forum/local_links.php?catid=22.


 * __LETTER OF INTENTIONS__**

We are the Ocean group and our topic is "Different Types of Debates". Our group chose this topic first because it is a very interesting subject and it is an academic practice that can help a lot any student. Furthermore, debates can improve some specific skills such as improvisation, argumentation and speech. The purpose of our essay is to present the different types of debates, and also explain how to create a good one. We will present this essay for the Academic Writing professor and the other students who are taking this discipline. Our intention is to call the reader's attention for this practice that can help them in case they are invited to participate in some debate in the future, and even for the ones that probably will become teachers and want to create a different class. Our group has studied this topic in  another discipline delete before and we saw that Academic Debates are a very common practice in North American High Schools and Universities as we saw in some sites like: http://www.forensicsonline.net/forum/local_links.php?catid=22. We will make more research about this topic and this is just our first step.


 * //Márcio Rezende//**
 * //Eduardo Terra//**
 * //Ariadne Gizele//**
 * //Helder Dias//**