Last week we looked at the KONY 2012 movement as a response to the conflict that is ongoing in Uganda. We looked at whether it was positive or negative and to what extent it could help us understand whether conflict is ‘futile.’
Today, we are going to review the homework that you did for the following prompts:
- Conflict has far reaching consequences
- It is possible to survive conflict.
It was your job to choose one chapter from The Rugmaker of Marz-e-sharif and find some examples from the text that illustrate either prompt to be true or false.
In groups, I would like you to collate your finds in a map on a single side of A3 paper. In 20 mins, I will ask you to stand up in front of the class and explain your findings. Your homework for today is to type up your finding and email them to me; I will create a single document with all your quotes and ideas and email them out to everyone so you have a good base of textual evidence to draw upon for next weeks SAC.
The format of a good speech is as follows:
- Tell the audience what you are going to say.
- Say it.
- Remind the audience of what you have said.
- Introduce yourself, who you are and what gives you the right to speak on the issue.
- Use at least three persuasive techniques, if not more.
- Make sure you rebut the opposing POV; if possible, try and present any counter argument they may have and rebut that as well.
- Keep your use of statistics to a minimum. People get bored very easily.
- Conclude strongly. Leave the audience in no doubt about your opinion on then issue.