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KS3 · Year 8 - Development · Term 2 - Power and Protest · Week 6
Pages: Greta Thunberg, "How Dare You" UN speech (2019)
UN Climate Action Summit, September 2019. 16-year-old activist accuses world leaders of inaction.
Lesson 1
What students do
Watch clip; track tone shifts on a graph.
Task
Mark moments of anger; list facts she stacks together.
Success criteria
Identifies 3 tonal peaks and 4 stacked facts.
Lesson 2
What students do
Compare Thunberg's anger with Truth's repetition.
Task
Pair-talk: "Both speakers… but Thunberg…".
Success criteria
Uses comparative stem to note one similarity and one difference.
Lesson 3
What students do
Model paragraph: anger as a deliberate rhetorical device.
Task
Analyse "How dare you" - repetition and tone.
Success criteria
Tone named; effect on listener explained.
Lesson 4
What students do
Examine fact stacking - why list data?
Task
Two sentences on cumulative effect of statistics.
Success criteria
Connects facts to credibility/urgency.
Lesson 5
What students do
Bridge to next week's comparative assessment.
Task
Plan a comparison of Thunberg and one earlier speaker.
Success criteria
Plan names 2 shared techniques and one contrast.
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