The use of a motif in Hillary Clinton's speech

English

Expressing convictions

Analysing an opinion article about protecting the greenbelt

Aristotle's triad

Hillary Clinton's passionate speech about women's rights

Using a motif in your writing

Evaluating how two non-fiction writers express their opinions

‘The Chimney Sweeper’: a protest against child labour

Planning a fairy tale about a social issue

‘Where Have All the Flowers Gone?’: a song of conviction

Creating content for a formal presentation

Planning content for a presentation

Preparing to deliver a presentation

Delivering a formal presentation

In 'Writing with passion', students use protest poetry and speeches as inspiration for their own protest writing. In 'Single Poet Study: Maya Angelou', students look in depth at the writing of a poet who is synonymous with writing as protest; in particular at the ways in which she used her poetry to voice support for the Civil Rights Movement. 

In 'Myths and Legends Re-Told', students consider how writers have modernised ancient stories in order to make them more reflective of modern values. In 'Writing with passion', students look at the ways in which they can use their own writing, inspired by key poets and speech writers, to take a political or moral stand.

In this unit, pupils learn about the different ways that writers have expressed their points of view across history. They look at some key techniques that writers use, such as motif and triad, before reading a speech, article, poem and song. They finally write and deliver their own presentation.

Taking a stand

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Match the vocabulary on the left with the synonym on the right. 

The key message of Hillary Clinton's speech is that women's rights are...

At which organisation did Hilllary Clinton make her speech?

a character that appears again and again in several stories

a recurring idea or symbol that unifies a text 

an audience that is eager to hear a speech

a language device designed for rhetorical purposes

Which of the following is the best definition of a motif?

What is the motif used in Romeo's speech about Juliet when he first sees her on the balcony? He says 'Juliet is the sun'.

Which two elements from the following list make up the motif in Hillary Clinton's speech?

Which of the following is **not** true of Hillary Clinton?

What is the name of the name of the international organised formed after WW2 in order to work towards peace and cooperation between nations?

A symbol is when an object represents an idea or feeling? Which of the following objects represents love?

a selection of text taken from a larger piece of writing

a summary of the main ideas and themes from a piece of writing

an analysis of a complex piece of writing

When is the best definition of an extract?

rights granted to human beings under the law of their country

basic rights for all human beings regardless of status

rights granted to some groups based on specific criteria

rights that are exercised on occasions such as election day

Which of the following is the best definition of human rights?

concerns about the government and elections

concerns associated with financial stability and well being

matters concerned with successful exam passing and employment

Which of the following is the best definition of social and economic issues?

The use of a motif in Hillary Clinton's speech

Lesson outcome

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