Belonging Speech sample Belonging – Sample speech Introduction: • Name your texts and their composers • Brief statement about what ideas related to Belonging are explored in this text Belonging – Sample speech • • • • What is belonging? Do I belong? Do you belong? And do we care? These are some of the universal questions we all share. Good morning to you all. I am here to discuss my understanding of these ideas through two texts. My first text is The China Coin by Allan Baille. My second text is ‘”We are Going …for Grannie Coolwell by Kath Walker. Belonging – Sample speech First point: • Introduce your first point and compare (things that are similar) and contrast (things which are different) what each text says about this idea Support for first point: • For each text, select two techniques that are used by the composer to represent this idea. Name the technique, give an example and explain its impact on the responder. Comparing and Contrasting for 1st point We all have our own perceptions and ideas of what it means to belong and how we do it. In the China Coin … In Kath Walker’s poem We are Going we learn about the feelings of a group of Aboriginals who …. Techniques • One technique Allan Baille uses is ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… Make sure you • Another technique used is have ……………………………………………………………………………… 1. Techniques ……………………………………………………………………………… 2. Examples ……………………………………………………………………………… 3. Impact on responder ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… Techniques • One technique Kath Walker uses to get the idea of No longer belonging is Make sure you …………………………………………………………………………… have …………………………………………………………………………… 1. Technique …………………………………………………………………………… 2. Example …………………………………………………………………………… 3. Impact on …………………………………………………………………………… responder …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… ………………… • Another technique used is …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… Belonging – Sample speech Repeat this for your second text… Belonging – Sample speech Second point: • Introduce your first point and compare (things that are similar) and contrast (things which are different) what each text says about this idea Support for first point: • For each text, select two techniques that are used by the composer to represent this idea. Name the technique, give an example and explain its impact on the responder. Comparing and Contrasting for 2nd point We all have our own perceptions and ideas of what it means to belong and how we do it. In the China Coin … In Kath Walker’s poem We are Going we learn about the feelings of a group of Aboriginals who …. Techniques • One technique Allan Baille uses is ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… Make sure you • Another technique used is have ……………………………………………………………………………… 1. Techniques ……………………………………………………………………………… 2. Examples ……………………………………………………………………………… 3. Impact on responder ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… Techniques • One technique Kath Walker uses to get the idea of No longer belonging is Make sure you …………………………………………………………………………… have …………………………………………………………………………… 1. Technique …………………………………………………………………………… 2. Example …………………………………………………………………………… 3. Impact on …………………………………………………………………………… responder …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… ………………… • Another technique used is …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… Belonging – Sample speech Conclusion: Brief recap of perspectives of belonging in the two texts. Belonging – Sample speech As you can see it is clear from each of these texts that our sense of belonging is frequently linked to a specific place and is always based on our individual perceptions. Thank you.