Personal Bridges

Key Vocab

Anecdotal

Power of words

Voice Modulation

Display the Rubric for the Elocution contest and discuss parameter.

Announce that the winning team will be awarded digital certificates.

Step 1/15 min

Send students into breakout rooms and read Appendix A

Discuss the key skill of article.

Introduce that this is the topic for Elocution Speech.

Step 2/ 40 min

“Bridges are usually built to move one side to another. We are also constantly building bridges in our lives connecting our past to our present or present to the future. Examples of some of the bridges are our subject selection in college - a bridge to a prosperous future or a choice of our spouse- a bridge to happiness in personal life. Some of our bridges do not work out the way we intend which we can refer to as our own personal Choluteca bridges .”

Have you built any Choluteca bridges in the past or are you building some bridges right now?

Have you thought about the storms that can transform these bridges into your future Choluteca bridges?

What design thinking did you undertake while you were constructing your bridges so that they remain relevant for a long time to come. (Note: Conscious effort to bring a change is design thinking: Example: A stream they do not want to pick)

Step 3/10 min

How is this MOOC helping you to get prepared better for the elocution contest?


End the class by sharing activities for the day in GC

What are some of the most interesting discoveries you made while working on the MOOC? About the new activities?

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End the class by asking students the status of their preparation for the elocution contest. Say that you are really excited to know their story.