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9. Complete a chart in your notebook with the information
about the story you are going to share.

• Look at the example of one of Malala’s testimonies.

For our oral testimony

Remember
Example: To find a topic you
are interested in,
Topic My experience in the 2005 Kashmir earthquake try brainstorming
some ideas or
grouping ideas
Setting My village, in Swat Valley together. Then,
limit the topic.
For example, if
Addressee The school community Malala decided
to talk about the
2005 Kashmir
Purpose To share how I was affected by one of the most earthquake, she had
devastating earthquakes in Pakistan in recent years to include lots of
different parts, such
as causes, effects,
affected areas, how
Building stage the society reacted,
among others.
However, by limiting
10. Determine the general meaning of your story, with your it to “My reaction to
the 2005 Kashmir
teacher’s help. earthquake” , she
General meaning. Main ideas For our oral testimony
is able to cover
• Include all the details you circled in Activity 8 and the
the topic in a short
information from the chart in Activity 9.
conversation.
• Look at the example below that has the details in italics.

Example:
I am going to share my testimony about the 2005 earthquake that occurred in the region
of Kashmir WITH the SCHOOL COMMUNITY, what my classmates and I did at the moment,
how I felt and what happened in the following days..

session 4 To determine the purpose of the testimony, think about why are you
Remember

going to disclose it. Do you want to provide information, entertain
people, or express yourself? For example, since you are going to have
the oral testimony with the school community, they might already
know the main details about the earthquake, but they don’t know how
you felt or what happened at home.

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