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19. Organize the main ideas, details and questions in an oral testimony.

• Take the flowchart from Activity 18 as an example.
• Answer the questions to provide more details. Look at the example.

relieved
(adj.): aliviada
For our oral testimony blanket (n.):
cobija

Interlocutor Draft 1

MALALA: One day in October, our desks started to tremble

and shake. I was in primary school. All the boys
and girls yelled, "Earthquake!" We ran outside and
gathered around our teachers, as this is what we
were taught to do. All the buildings around us seemed
to be shaking and the rumbling didn’t stop. Most of us
were crying and our teachers were praying.
FRIEND: What did you do afterwards?

MALALA: We were all sent home. Our mother was relieved to
see us and hugged us.
FRIEND: Were you scared?
MALALA: Yes, because the aftershocks kept coming all
afternoon. It took us a while to realize how bad
it was. Entire villages had been turned to dust.
Landslides blocked access to the worst affected
parts. All the phones and power lines were down.
FRIEND: Did you do something to help the refugees?

MALALA: We started to collect money and donations to help
people. My father went to everybody he knew,
asking for donations of food, clothing and money. I Remember
helped my mother collect blankets. It’s easier for
other people to
understand the
information when
it’s presented in a

20. Adjust the draft you just made to add some more details. logical order. To
organize the main
• Discuss what you imply with each newly added phrase to ideas, consider
provoke a specific effect on the addressee. Look at the example. what others need
to know first,
second and so on.

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